Japan's ruling party lost its majority in the National Assembly

In Japan, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) lost its majority in parliament, despite leading early lower house elections. This is proven by data from NHK television channel on preliminary voting results.

According to information provided, in the October 27 election, the LDP and its ruling coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in the key lower house of parliament for the first time since 2012.

NHK reported that the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party, People's Democratic Party, Japanese Communist Party and Japan Innovation Party have a total of at least 235 seats, of which 233 seats are needed for a majority.

On October 1, the government led by Fumio Kishida resigned. The new Prime Minister is former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected LDP president on September 27. On October 9, the entire Japanese Cabinet signed a decision to dissolve parliament. Ishiba decided to hold early elections to ensure a social mandate after a series of scandals in the ruling party.