Japan elections
Japan's ruling coalition wins over half the seats in lower Chamber : Preliminary Results
Tokyo/Sputnik: The Japanese ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito Party has received over half seats in the parliament's lower chamber, according to the NHK broadcaster, citing preliminary results of the Sunday elections.
The elections started at 7 a.m. local time (22:00 GMT) at about 46,000 polling stations and were over at 8 p.m.
As of 23:20 local time, the ruling coalition has secured 238 out of 465 seats.
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