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Voter turnout was 53.84%, around two percentage points down from 2021 and the third lowest in the postwar era, [56] while the number of female candidates reached the record high of 73, [57] equivalent to 16% of the House of Representatives' composition. [58] The ruling LDP-Komeito coalition lost their majority for the first time since 2009.
They calculate that Demeny voting in Japan would increase the parent voting bloc from 24% to 37% and lower the over-55-year-old voter-bloc from 43% to 35%. [15] Stefan Olsson [16] argues that "the delegation of the children's right to vote is not any stranger than when adults delegate political authority to their elected representative. After ...
Despite being disrupted by Typhoon Lan, the elections saw a slight increase in turnout rate of 53.68 percent but still was the second lowest in postwar Japan. The lowest ever turnout was recorded in 2014. [6] They were also the first elections after the voting age was lowered from 20 to 18. [7]
Turnout was a record low, and many voters viewed the election as a waste of time and money. DPJ president Banri Kaieda lost his seat in Tokyo while the Japanese Communist Party doubled in strength. [9] [10] The right-leaning Japan Innovation Party and Party for Future Generations lost seats. [11]
Adults between 18 and 24 have continuously posted the lowest voter turnout rate of all age groups over the past six decades, with turnout wavering between 30-50% in all presidential elections ...
A new analysis found Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders have seen the largest increase in voter registration of any racial group this year compared to 2020.
Association to Increase Voter Turnout and Joker Members of Parliament Yuusuke Kawai 2,035 0.02% New: Independent Masanori Kougo 1,951 0.02% New: Tsubasa: Atsuhiko Kurokawa 1,833 0.02% New: Prevent Medical Kume Kei Victims Association and Soka Gakkai Eradication Party Mariko Kuwahara 1,747 0.02% New: Anti-NHK: Katsuya Fukunaga 1,281 0.01% New ...
Voter turnout among 18-29-year-olds in 2024 was “approximately on par with the 2016 presidential election,” the same data shows. ... Harris’ lead over Trump among young women shrunk to 24 ...