Template:Current composition of the House of Councillors (Japan)
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| 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 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 141 | ||
| Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō |
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 19 | 33 | 52 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 114 | |
| Komeito Kōmeitō |
Komeito | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |
| Opposition | 23 | 26 | 49 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 92 | ||
| The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party Rikken-minshu / Shamin |
Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Independents |
9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | |
| 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) |
4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 21 | |
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| 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 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Independents Members not affiliated with any parliamentary caucus |
LDP 1 (President) CDP 1 (Vice President) Sanseitō 1 Independents 9 | ||||||||
| Total | 50 | 73 | 123 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 245 | ||
| Vacant: one Kanagawa seat in the 2019 class, one Tokyo seat in the 2022 class (no separate by-elections unless more than 25% of the district in the respective class are vacant)[3] the Iwate seat in the 2022 class (by-election due October 27, 2024) |
N/A | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
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 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Strength of the Political Groups in the House of Councillors". House of Councillors. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
- ^ Kanagawa Shimbun, August 30, 2023: 自民・島村大参院議員が死去、神奈川選挙区で２期目, retrieved September 17, 2023.