Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, has won the elections to the lower house of parliament, securing 316 of the 465 seats, local media report.
According to the final tally published by NHK, the LDP has 316 seats, while its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, has 36.
This is the LDP's best result since its founding in 1955; the previous record was set in 1986 under Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, when the party won 300 seats.
This victory in the elections to the lower house of parliament gives Takaichi a significant advantage in advancing her conservative political platform, Kyodo news agency notes.
Before the elections, the LDP had 198 seats, and the current success was made possible by Takaichi's personal popularity, the media note.
Overcoming the two-thirds threshold of 310 seats in the lower house of the Japanese parliament means that the LDP will be able to make changes to the country’s constitution or pass bills even if these initiatives are rejected by the upper house, where the ruling coalition remains a minority, Kyodo notes.
