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This is a list of members of the Diet of Japan . The Diet has two chambers: the House of Councillors (upper house) and the House of Representatives (lower house). Councillors serve six year terms, with half being elected every three years. Representatives serve terms of up to four years, but the House of Representatives can be dissolved, causing a shorter term (snap election).
In-House Groups [innai] kaiha | Parties | Seats by parties | Seats | |
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Government | 289 | |||
Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō / Mushozoku no Kai Liberal Democratic Party / Association of independents | Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 256 | 257 | |
Independent | 1 | |||
Komeito Kōmeitō | Komeito | 32 | 32 | |
Opposition | 168 | |||
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Rikken Minshutō・Mushozoku Constitutional Democratic Party / Independents | Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) | 97 | 99 | |
Social Democratic Party (SDP) | 1 | |||
Independent | 1 | |||
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) and Free Education For All Nippon Ishin no Kai / Kyōiku mushō-ka o jitsugen suru Kai Nippon Ishin no Kai / Free Education For All | Nippon Ishin no Kai | 41 | 45 | |
Free Education For All | 4 | |||
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 10 | 10 | |
Democratic Party for the People Kokumin Minshutō・Mushozoku Club Democratic Party for the People / Independent Club | Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) | 7 | 7 | |
Yūshi no Kai Yūshi no Kai | Independent | 4 | 4 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 3 | 3 | |
Independents (government or opposition) | 7 | |||
Independents (not member of a caucus) Mushozoku | LDP (Speaker: Fukushiro Nukaga) | 1 | ||
CDP (Vice-Speaker: Banri Kaieda) | 1 | |||
Independents (not member of a party) | 5 | |||
Total | 464 | |||
Vacant Ketsuin | proportional seat: one LDP list seat from Hokkaidō (scheduled runner-up replacement: Kazuo Maeda) [2] | 1 | ||
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派, kaiha, current House of Representatives website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website, [3]
Notes:
Caucus (English name) [6] (domestic name) | Parties | Members | |||||||
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Term | Total | ||||||||
29 July 2019 – 28 July 2025 (elected 2019, up 2025) | 26 July 2022 – 25 July 2028 (elected 2022, up 2028) | ||||||||
PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | PR | SNTV/FPTP | Subtotal | ||||
Government | 26 | 40 | 66 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 141 | ||
Liberal Democratic Party Jiyūminshutō | Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) | 19 | 33 | 52 | 18 | 44 | 62 | 114 | |
Komeito Kōmeitō | Komeito | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | |
Opposition | 23 | 26 | 49 | 25 | 18 | 43 | 92 | ||
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party Rikken-minshu / Shamin | Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) Social Democratic Party (SDP) Independents | 9 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 40 | |
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) and Free Education For All Nippon Ishin no Kai / Kyōiku mushō-ka o jitsugen suru Kai | Nippon Ishin no Kai Free Education For All (FEFA) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 21 | |
Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai Kokumin-minshutō / Shin-Ryokufūkai | Democratic Party For the People (DPFP) Independents | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
Japanese Communist Party Nihon Kyōsantō | Japanese Communist Party (JCP) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
Reiwa Shinsengumi Reiwa Shinsengumi | Reiwa Shinsengumi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
The Party to Protect People from NHK NHK kara kokumin o mamoru tō | The Party to Protect the People from NHK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Okinawa Whirlwind Okinawa no Kaze | Okinawa Social Mass Party | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Independents (government & opposition) | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
Independents Members not affiliated with any parliamentary caucus | LDP 1 (President) CDP 1 (Vice President) Sanseitō 1 Independents 9 | ||||||||
Total | 50 | 73 | 123 | 50 | 72 | 122 | 245 | ||
Vacant: one Kanagawa seat in the 2019 class, one Tokyo seat in the 2022 class (no separate by-elections unless more than 25% of the district in the respective class are vacant) [7] the Iwate seat in the 2022 class (by-election due October 27, 2024) | N/A | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
List of members by parliamentary group and constituency. There are usually translations and abbreviations for parliamentary groups (会派 kaiha, current House of Councillors website translation: "In-House Group") used on the English pages of the House of Representatives website [8] The official caucus names [9] are transcribed to Latin here:
Notes:
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