Today became the historical day of the Japanese political history. There was the 45th general election of the House of Representatives.
The fixed number is 480. 300 of them are chosen from the small election districts and 180 are chosen from the 11 election blocks. The term is 4 years. Those who are over 20 years old have the right to vote. Those who are over 25 years old have the right to run. About 70 % of voters went to the polling places between 7 AM and 8 PM. About 14,000,000 people (13.40% of voters) voted in advance.
When there is a general election, there is also the National review of the Supreme Court justices.
The Liberal-Democratic Party used to have the power, but with this election the change of the power happened and the Democratic Party became the ruling party by getting the comfortable majority.
In Japan election is held on Sunday. Those who cannot come on Sunday, they can vote earlier than the election day.
However as far as I know in the US it is held on Tuesday. I think this is a quite different attitude.
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