Japan’s ruling party suffers historic defeat

Shigeru Ishiba’s future as Japan’s prime minister hangs in the balance after his political bloc, which has held power for 70 years, lost its majority in both houses of parliament for the first time

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito fell three seats short of retaining majority in upper house after elections that saw gains by new right-wing populist groups – Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and Sanseito

Ruling coalition already lost its majority in Japan’s more powerful lower house in October

Ishiba says he has no plans to quit


UPPER HOUSE ELECTION RESULT
Total seats: 248

Majority: 125

101
21
38
22
19
15
7
25

Before election
119
27
39
10
21
1
11
20

RULING COALITION
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
Komeito

OPPOSITION
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP)
Democratic Party for the People (DPP)
Japan Innovation Party
Sanseito
Japanese Communist Party (JCP)
Others

Tightly-contested election held at time of frustration over rising prices and threat of U.S. tariffs

Sources: NHK, Bloomberg, Reuters, FT
Picture: Getty Images
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