Japan’s Ruling Party Is Heading to Best Election Result Since 1986, Poll Says
- Abe’s party may win more than 300 Seats in Sunday’s election
- Leading opposition parties may split remaining seats
Shinzo Abe during a campaign rally in Sapporo on Oct. 15.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party could win more than 300 seats in Sunday’s general election, putting his long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party on course for its best national result in 31 years, a poll published Monday showed.
The LDP is projected to win between 281 and 303 seats, close to two-thirds of the 465 up for grabs, the Mainichi newspaper survey showed. That would put the party just shy of the record 304 it set in July 1986. The ruling coalition, including its partner Komeito, would retain the super-majority needed to advance Abe’s plans to revise Japan’s pacifist constitution.