Japan Election: Fifth of Voters Cast Ballot Early, in Slight Rise (Update 1)

The Yomiuri Shimbun

16:15 JST, October 27, 2024 (updated at 19:30 JST)

More than 20 million voters cast their ballot early in the House of Representatives election over the 11 days from Oct. 16 — the day after the official start of campaigning — to Oct. 26, according to a report by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.

The ministry issued its report on early voting on Sunday.

According to the report, the number of early voters over the 11-day period rose to 20,955,435, or 20.11% of all registered voters on the electoral roll. That is up by 0.57 percentage points from 19.54% of voters over an 11-day period in the 2021 lower house election.