Japan’s Abe secures large election majority

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has secured a landslide win in Japan’s snap general election, with his ruling coalition keeping a two-thirds “super majority” in the lower house of parliament

Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its partner, Komeito, together secured 313 seats in lower house, passing 310 figure required for two-thirds majority. Victory paves way for Abe to amend Japan’s post-war pacifist constitution

PROJECTED SEATS IN LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT           Turnout: 53.68%

Liberal Democratic Party
Komeito 
Constitutional Democrats 
Party of Hope
Communist Party 
Nippon Ishin no Kai
Social Democratic Party
Independent

seats 

Sources: Financial Times, Xinhua
Picture: Getty Images
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