2022 Japanese House of Councillors election

House of Councillors elections are scheduled to be held in Japan by 25 July 2022 to elect 124 of the 245 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the then 710-member bicameral National Diet, for a term of six years.

2022 Japanese House of Councillors election

25 July 2022
124 of the 245 seats in the House of Councillors 123 seats needed for a majority
Leader Fumio Kishida Kenta Izumi Natsuo Yamaguchi Party Liberal Democratic Constitutional Democratic Komeito Leader since 29 September 2021 30 November 2021 8 September 2009 Leader's seat not contesting (Representative) Not contesting (Representative) Tokyo Last election 35.37%, 113 seats 15.81%, 32 seats 13.05%, 28 seats Current seats 109 44 28 Seats needed 14 79 95   Leader Yuichiro Tamaki Ichirō Matsui Kazuo Shii Party Democratic for the People Innovation Communist Leader since 18 December 2020 12 December 2015 24 November 2000 Leader's seat Not contesting (Representative) Not contesting (Mayor of Osaka) not contesting (Representative) Last election 6.95%, 21 seats 9.80%, 16 seats 8.95%, 13 seats Current seats 12 15 13 Seats needed 111 108 110   Leader Tarō Yamamoto Mizuho Fukushima Takashi Tachibana Party Reiwa Shinsengumi Social Democratic NHK Party Leader since 1 April 2019 22 February 2020 17 June 2013 Leader's seat not contesting (Representative) National TBD Last election 4.55%, 2 seats 2.09%, 2 seats 1.97%, 1 seat Current seats 2 1 1 Seats needed 121 122 122
Election results
Incumbent President of the House of Councillors Akiko Santō Liberal Democratic

Seventy-four members will be elected by single non-transferable vote (SNTV)/First-past-the-post (FPTP) voting in 45 multi- and single-member prefectural electoral districts. The nationwide district will elect 50 members by D'Hondt proportional representation with optionally open lists; the previous most open list system was modified in 2018 to give parties the option to prioritize certain candidates over the voters' preferences in the proportional election.[1][2]

The election will occur within the first year of Fumio Kishida's term as Prime Minister, and it will see Kenta Izumi debut as the leader of the opposition CDP.