Japan general election turnout expected to be 55.33% (above 2014’s record low).

In this April 25, 2021 file photo, a voter casts a ballot in a House of Representatives by-election in Sapporo, Hokkaido. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka)

TOKYO — Turnout for Japan‘s Oct. 31 House of Representatives election is estimated at 55.33% in single-seat constituencies, according to a Mainichi Shimbun survey as of 8 p.m. that day.

The figure is slightly higher than the postwar record low of 52.66%, set in the 2014 general election.

(Mainichi)

World News including Japan general election turnout estimated at 55.33%, above 2014’s record low
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Published Date: 10/31/21