The Liberal Democratic Party suffered a major defeat in the parliamentary election, but the Ishiba administration still has some vitality!
The Japanese upper house election ended, and the final results showed that the Liberal Democratic Party and its ally, the Komeito Party, both lost. After losing their majority in the lower house last year, the two parties also lost their majority in the upper house this time.
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party ultimately controlled 122 seats in the upper house, three short of a majority. Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba has acknowledged that the election results did not meet expectations and stated that he will further reflect and draw lessons from the experience.
Although the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party failed in the election, the main opposition party led by former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, the Constitutional Democratic Party, did not achieve significant breakthroughs. The party has 38 seats in the upper house, far from challenging the Liberal Democratic Party's majority position.
The Political Participation Party and the People's Democratic Party made a sudden rise in this election, and their seats began to approach those of the Constitutional Democratic Party, which increases the difficulty for the Constitutional Democratic Party to form a coalition government with the opposition. However, as long as the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito Party join one or two small parties, they can exceed 125 seats to achieve a majority. Therefore, Ishiba and his government currently still have some vitality.
Even if Ishiba is unable to attract opposition parties into his camp, as long as Hatoyama is unable to unite all the opposition parties to form a government, Ishiba can lead the Democratic Party and the Komeito Party to establish a minority government.
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