2026 Japanese General Election
The Takaichi snap election8 February 2026 · The long Abe era and after · 465 seats, 233 for a majority
The election took place nearly four months into Sanae Takaichi's tenure as Prime Minister of Japan, which began on 21 October after she won the 2025 Liberal Democratic Party presidential election and formed the Liberal Democratic Party–Japan Innovation Party coalition (LDP–JIP).
Prime Minister before
Sanae Takaichi
LDP
Prime Minister (continued)
Sanae Takaichi
LDP
Largest force
LDP
316 of 465 seats
Turnout
56.3%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDP | Sanae Takaichi | 316 | +125 | — | — | — | |
| Centrist Reform | Yoshihiko Noda | 49 | -123 | — | — | — | |
| Ishin | — | 36 | -2 | — | — | — | |
| DPP | Yuichiro Tamaki | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Sanseitō | Sohei Kamiya | 15 | +12 | — | — | — | |
| Team Mirai | Takahiro Anno | 11 | +11 | — | — | — | |
| JCP | Tomoko Tamura | 4 | -4 | — | — | — | |
| Reiwa | Taro Yamamoto | 1 | -8 | — | — | — | |
| Genzei–Yukoku | Kazuhiro Haraguchi | 1 | +1 | — | — | — |
4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.