Overview

• Advance voting between July 4 and 13 reached 9.48% of registered voters with nearly 9.9 million ballots cast ahead of the July 20 election.
• Surveys indicate almost 30% of voters remain undecided in key districts, keeping the final outcome unpredictable.
• In Iwate’s single-seat contest, CDP incumbent Kiyotaka Yokosawa maintains a stable lead over LDP veteran Tatsuhiro Hirano with unified opposition backing.
• Saitama’s four-seat district has DPJ’s Hiroto Kumagai and LDP’s Toshiharu Furukawa holding the top spots in a crowded field.
• Miyazaki’s race shows DPJ’s Yamauchi edging out LDP’s Nagamine, and in Aichi an NHK Party candidate has drawn over 8 million mentions on X, highlighting social media’s role.