Template:Current composition of the House of Councillors (Japan)
Appearance
Caucus (English name)[2] (domestic name) |
Parties | Members | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Term | Total | ||||||||
29 July 2019 – 28 July 2025 (elected 2019, up 2025) |
26 July 2022 – 25 July 2028 (elected 2022, up 2028) | ||||||||
PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | ||||
Government | 25 | 39 | 64 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 139 | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō |
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 19 | 32 | 51 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 113 | |
Komeito Kōmeitō |
Komeito | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 26 | |
Opposition | 22 | 25 | 47 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 89 | ||
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party Rikken-minshu / Shamin / Mushozoku |
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Independents |
9 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 41 | |
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) and Free Education For All Nippon Ishin no Kai / Kyōiku mushō-ka o jitsugen suru Kai |
Nippon Ishin no Kai Free Education For All (FEFA) |
3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |
Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai Kokumin-minshutō / Shin-Ryokufūkai |
Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) Independents |
3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō |
Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi |
Reiwa Shinsengumi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
The Party to Protect People from NHK NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō |
The Party to Protect the People from NHK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Okinawa Whirlwind Okinawa no Kaze |
Okinawa Social Mass Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Independents (government & opposition) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||
Independents Members not affiliated with any parliamentary caucus |
LDP 1 (President) CDP 1 (Vice President) Sanseitō 1 Independents 8 | ||||||||
Total | 48 | 69 | 117 | 49 | 72 | 121 | 238 | ||
Vacant: the Iwate seat in the 2022 class (by-election due October 27, 2024), 6 more majoritarian seats, three from Tokyo and one each from Kanagawa, Osaka and Wakayama (no by-elections before 2025), three proportional seats (to be filled by runners-up shortly) |
N/A | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "会派名及び会派別所属議員数". 参議院 House of Councillors, The National Diet of Japan. 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
- ^ "Strength of the Political Groups in the House of Councillors". House of Councillors. Retrieved 2022-12-23.