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1st LD: Japan's ruling camp expected to win majority in upper house election

Xinhua, July 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Japanese ruling camp led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to win a majority in Sunday's upper house election, according to exit polls by local media.

Half seats in the 242-member chamber was contested in the election and the ruling camp is likely to win over 61 seats, said an exit poll by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK.

The main opposition party of the Democratic Party secured 20 seats in the contest, while the Japan Communist Party elected five seats as of now, according to the polls.

It remained unclear now that whether the ruling camp that groups Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and its small partner of the Komeito Party, as well as other two small opposition parties could win together two thirds majority in the chamber so as to launch a Constitution amendment motion in the future.

Another exit poll by Japan's Kyodo News said that the Constitution review bloc is close to getting two thirds majority in the upper house. Endit