Okinawa gubernatorial election candidate Denny Tamaki automatically lost a parliamentary seat in the House of Representatives on Sept. 13. The Liberal Party had only two Lower House members, Tamaki and Ichiro Ozawa. But a parliamentary group cannot be formed by just one Diet member, which made Ozawa an independent. The strength of parliamentary groups in the Lower House is now as follows:
|
Liberal Democratic Party |
283 |
|
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Citizens Club |
56 |
|
Democratic Party for the People and Club of Independents |
38 |
|
Komeito |
29 |
|
Group of Independents |
13 |
|
Japanese Communist Party |
12 |
|
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) |
11 |
|
Social Democratic Party and Shimin Rengo (Civil Alliance for Peace and Constitutionalism) |
2 |
|
Party of Hope |
2 |
|
Independents |
18 |
|
Vacancies |
1 |
