Abe's Coalition May Lose Two-Thirds Majority, Poll Shows
An attendee holds a pamphlet during a Shinzo Abe election campaign rally in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition is projected to lose its two-thirds majority in Sunday’s general election, a Nikkei poll showed, potentially slowing the premier’s push to revise the nation’s pacifist constitution.
The most likely scenario is the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito bloc picking up 297 seats, shy of the 310 need for the so-called super-majority. The opposition populists Party of Hope and the Japan Innovation Party will likely get 65, while left-leaning parties led by the new Constitutional Democratic Party are set to win 73.