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Next Japanese general election

← 2017 On or before 22 October 2021
All 465 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 233 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Yoshihide Suga Yukio Edano Natsuo Yamaguchi Party Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Komeito Leader since 14 September 2020 15 September 2020 8 September 2009 Leader's seat Yamaguchi-4th Saitama-5th Not contesting (Councillor) Last election 284 seats, 33.28% 55 seats, 19.88% 29 seats, 12.51% Current seats 283 108 29 Seats needed 357 204   Leader Kazuo Shii Ichirō Matsui Yuichiro Tamaki Party Japanese Communist Party Nippon Ishin no Kai Democratic Party for the People Leader since 24 November 2000 2 November 2015 11 September 2020 Leader's seat Minami-Kantō PR Not contesting (Mayor of Osaka) Kagawa-2nd Last election 12 seats, 7.90% 11 seats, 6.07% New party Current seats 12 10 40 Seats needed 221 N/A 193   Leader Mizuho Fukushima Takashi Tachibana Party Social Democratic Party (Japan) The Party to Protect the People from NHK Leader since 22 February 2020 17 June 2013 Leader's seat Not contesting (Councillor) None Last election 2 seats, 1.69% Did not contest Current seats 2 1 Seats needed 231 232
Parliamentary districts not including proportional blocks
Incumbent Prime Minister Shinzō Abe Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)

The 49th general election of members of the House of Representatives (Japanese: 第49回衆議院議員総選挙, Hepburn: dai-yonjūkyūkai Shūgiin giin sōsenkyo) is scheduled on or before 22 October 2021, as required by the Constitution of Japan.

Voting will take place in all Representatives constituencies of Japan.