LDP and New Komeito win 325 seats in Japan's House of Representatives

Japanese media reported that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its ally, the New Komeito Party, won a total of 325 seats in the December 16 Lower House election.

NHK reported that the LDP party led by Shinzo Abe won 294 seats in the House of Representatives while the Komeito party only won 31 seats.

LDP President Shinzo Abe (Photo: Reuters)

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won only 57 seats, the Japan Restoration Party and the Japan Future Party won 54 and 9 seats respectively while 7 other parties and independent candidates won the remaining seats in the House of Representatives.

A victory in this election will bring the LDP back to the ruling party position after three years of losing it to the DPJ. After the official election results, the Japanese parliament will hold a special session on December 26 to elect a prime minister.

LDP President Shinzo Abe will become Japan's Prime Minister for the second time after he unexpectedly resigned due to health reasons in September 2007. Mr. Abe announced that he would first visit the United States to promote the bilateral alliance.

In addition, he also stated that he did not want to cause more tension with China and would soon improve relations with Beijing, but affirmed that the Senkaku Islands are inherent territory of Japan.

In addition, Mr. Abe also commented that the LDP's victory proved the DPJ's failure in the past three years in power. Mr. Abe has started to form a new government and will meet with the leader of the New Komeito Party.

After the preliminary results of the December 16 Lower House election showed that the ruling Democratic Party (DPJ) suffered a heavy defeat, the party's President, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, announced his responsibility and decided to resign as President of the DPJ.

On the same day, DPJ members said they were completely surprised and disappointed by the party's failure after three years in power./.

According to (Vietnam+) - DT