Japan Election: Voter Turnout in Japan’s General Election at 29.01% as of 6 p.m., Down Nearly 3 Points from 2021 (Update 1)

A woman walks towards voting booths at a polling station for Japan’s lower house election in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024.
17:28 JST, October 27, 2024 (updated at 20:30 JST)
Voter turnout for Sunday’s House of Representatives election stood at 29.01% as of 6 p.m., according to the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry.
The figure was 2.63 percentage points lower than turnout in the 2021 lower house election, which stood at 31.64% as of 6 p.m. on election day.
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