US EditionRecord 21.45 Million People Vote Early in Upper House Poll
JAPAN, JUL 19 – Early voting reached 25.12% of registered voters nationwide due to record 6,905 polling stations, though overall turnout was affected by summer vacation, officials said.
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Record 26 million vote early in Japan's upper house election
Voter turnout in Sunday's upper house election stood at an estimated 58.52 percent as of 4 a.m. Monday, higher than the 52.05 percent recorded in the previous upper house election in 2022. A record 26 million people cast early ballots in the election, which took place in the middle of…
Upper House Election: Early Voting Hits All-Time High; Record Number of Polling Stations Also Available
A record high of about 26 million voters cast their ballots early for the House of Councillors election, according to a report released Sunday by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
On the 19th, the Mie Prefectural Election Commission announced that 315,070 people, or 21.84% of eligible voters, had cast early votes in the 15 days from the day after the Upper House election was announced to the 18th. The final number of early voters, including those on the 19th, will be announced on the 20th. According to the Prefectural Election Commission, the number of early voters up to the 18th was an increase of 81,459 people compared …
As of the 18th, 254,358 people had cast their votes in advance for the Okinawa constituency in the 27th House of Councillors election, which will be held on the 20th. This is the highest number ever recorded. This is 43,019 more than the same period in the last House of Councillors election in 2022. The Prefectural Election Commission announced this on the 19th. As of the 2nd, this represents 21.42% of the total 1,187,454 registered voters on th…
Advance voting hits record high: 24.22% of eligible voters as of July 18 in Kumamoto constituency for House of Councillors election Akimitsu Namimatsu 2025/07/19 (Sat)
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