The upcoming 50th House of Representatives election is on everyone's radar, especially as it's the first one since the LDP slush fund scandal made waves. The main focus now is on whether the ruling party can clinch a majority.

The 50th House of Representatives election kicked off on the 27th, with punters mainly chatting about political reforms and economic moves prompted by the Liberal Democratic Party's factional slush fund debacle. Everyone's eyes are on whether the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito can snag a majority of those 233 seats, with PM Shigeru Ishiba marking that as the win line for the ruling mob.

This election's the first we've seen in three years since October 2021, and there are 1,344 candidates in the running for all 465 seats. That's splitting into 289 single-member districts and 176 proportional representation seats. By 4 p.m., voter turnout had dipped to just 24.32%.

The opposition parties have been having a bit of a struggle sorting out their candidate line-up. Still, the Constitutional Democratic Party and the Democratic Party for the People seem to have picked up a fair bit of support. Plus, they've applied the "10 increase 10 decrease" adjustment for single-member districts for the first time, and there was a by-election for the House of Councillors Iwate seat also taking place that day.

Japanese (日本語)

自じ民みん党とう裏うら金がね事じ件けん後ご初はつの第だい50回かい衆しゅう院いん選せん、与よ党とう過か半はん数すう獲かく得とくが焦しょう点てんに

第だい50回かい衆院選しゅういんせんが27日にちに行おこなわれ、自民党じみんとうの派閥はばつ裏金うらがね事件じけんを受うけた政治改革せいじかいかくや経済対策けいざいたいさくが主おもな争点そうてんとなっています。自民じみん・公明こうめい両党りょうとうが過半数かはんすうの233議席ぎせきを獲得かくとくできるかが焦点しょうてんで、石破茂いしばしげる首相しゅしょうは与党よとうで過半数かはんすうを勝敗しょうはいラインと設定せっていしています。

今回こんかいの選挙せんきょは2021年ねん10月がつ以来いらい3年ねんぶりで、小選挙区しょうせんきょく289、比例代表ひれいだいひょう176の全ぜん465議席ぎせきに対たいし、計けい1344人にんが立候補りっこうほしました。投票率とうひょうりつは午後ごご4時じ時点じてんで24.32％と低下ていかしています。

野党やとうは候補者こうほしゃ調整ちょうせいに苦戦くせんしましたが、立憲民主党りっけんみんしゅとうや国民民主党こくみんみんしゅとうは一定いっていの支持しじを得えている様子ようすです。また、小選挙区しょうせんきょくの「10増ぞう10減げん」が初はつ適用てきようされ、参院さんいん岩手いわて選挙区せんきょく補欠選挙ほけつせんきょも同日どうじつ実施じっしされました。

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