Japan 2021 general election
What was the result of the 2021 general election in Japan?
Liberal Democratic Party led with 34.7% of the vote. 55.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Japan- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most votes?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Liberal Democratic Party led with 34.7% of the vote; 55.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.9 points on 2017.
- Liberal Democratic Party 72 34.7%
- Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 39 20.0%
- Japan Innovation Party 25 14.0%
- Komeito 23 12.4%
- Japanese Communist Party 9 7.3%
- Democratic Party for the People 5 4.5%
- Reiwa Shinsengumi 3 3.9%
- Japan Socialist Party 0 1.8%
- Seats won
- Share of the vote
Key numbers
34.7%
Share of the vote won by Liberal Democratic Party
It led Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by 14.7 points of the vote.
55.6%
Voter turnout
Up 1.9 points on 2017.
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | 72 | 34.7 | 19,914,883 |
| Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan | 39 | 20.0 | 11,492,094 |
| Japan Innovation Party | 25 | 14.0 | 8,050,830 |
| Komeito | 23 | 12.4 | 7,114,282 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 9 | 7.3 | 4,166,076 |
| Democratic Party for the People | 5 | 4.5 | 2,593,396 |
| Reiwa Shinsengumi | 3 | 3.9 | 2,215,648 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 0 | 1.8 | 1,018,588 |
| The party that protects those who do not pay the NHK license fee | 0 | 1.4 | 796,788 |
Votes by party
- Liberal Democratic Party 19,914,883
- Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan 11,492,094
- Japan Innovation Party 8,050,830
- Komeito 7,114,282
- Japanese Communist Party 4,166,076
- Democratic Party for the People 2,593,396
- Reiwa Shinsengumi 2,215,648
- Japan Socialist Party 1,018,588
- The party that protects those who do not pay the NHK license fee 796,788
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.
These are the 176 seats elected from party lists; the House's constituency seats are not in our data, so this is not the whole House.
How many people voted?
55.6% of the 105,320,523 registered voters cast a ballot (58,575,222 ballots), up 1.9 points on 2017. 57,180,934 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 2012 in our data.
How the result is shaped
The effective number of parties by votes is 4.9; Liberal Democratic Party led Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan by 14.7 points of the vote.
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