The Japanese Parliament held a Prime Minister nomination election today

2026-02-20 13:21:20

According to CCTV News, Japan’s House of Representatives and House of Councillors will hold the Prime Minister nomination election on the 18th local time. Japanese Constitution stipulates that a special Diet session must be convened within 30 days after the House of Representatives election to conduct the Prime Minister nomination election. It is expected that on the day of this special Diet session, the current Koichi Cabinet will resign collectively, and the newly elected members of the House of Representatives and the existing Senate will each vote to select the new Prime Minister and accordingly reassemble the cabinet. The Japanese Prime Minister nomination election is conducted in both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. In the first round of voting, a candidate who receives more than half of the votes can win directly. If no one obtains a majority, the top two candidates will proceed to a second round of voting, and the one with more votes will win. If the nomination results of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors are inconsistent and cannot be reconciled through consultation, according to the Constitution, the final decision will be based on the House of Representatives. Given that the Liberal Democratic Party currently holds more than two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, public opinion generally believes that Koichi’s victory in the Prime Minister nomination election is almost certain.

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