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| A week before the House of Representatives election, the difference has narrowed by 5.2 percentage points since the previous survey was conducted in mid-October. (File photo by=KIM KYUNG-HOON/REUTERS) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] TOKYO: About 36 percent of the electorate plan to cast constituency votes for Japan's ruling coalition led by the Liberal Democratic Party in next week's general election, compared with 19.7 percent for candidates backed by five opposition parties, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
A week before the House of Representatives election, the difference has narrowed by 5.2 percentage points since the previous survey was conducted in mid-October. In the proportional representation section, 29.9 percent of the respondents to the nationwide telephone survey said they will vote for the LDP, compared with 11.6 percent for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan.
