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LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) leads with 31.6%, 27.3 points ahead of DPFP.

Checked every day · Latest data 25 October 2026

LeadingLDPLiberal Democratic Party

Support31.6%average of 11 pollsters

Lead27.3 ptsover DPFP

Polls14in the last 30 days

Polling average

4 October 2026 to 25 October 2026

LDPNo party

LDPLiberal Democratic Party

31.6%

−5.3

DPFPDemocratic Party For the People

4.3%

−1.5

SanseiSanseitō

3.8%

−1.5

IshinJapan Innovation Party

3.7%

−1.6

CDPConstitutional Democratic Party of Japan

3.7%

−0.1

KomeiKomeito

2.6%

+0.4

JCPJapanese Communist Party

2.4%

−1.5

MiraiTeam Mirai

2.1%

−1.3

CPJConservative Party of Japan

1.2%

−0.8

LifeParty of Life

0.5%

+0.2

DRPDemocratic Reform Party

0.4%

+0.3

SDPSocial Democratic Party

0.3%

−0.1

Others

1.3%

−0.8

No party

38.4%

+11.5

Und./ no ans.

4.5%

+0.1

Average of the most recent poll from each pollster within 30 days of the newest poll. The change column compares with the same average 30 days earlier. Parties missing from a poll are averaged over the polls that include them.

Trend over the past yearAverage of polls in the previous three weeks, plotted weekly

LDPDPFPSanseiIshinCDPKomeiJCPMirai

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Latest polls

25 polls in the past year

Pollster	Fieldwork	Sample	LDP	Ishin	DPFP	Sansei	Mirai	DRP	JCP	Life	CDP	Komei	CPJ	SDP	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Reiwa	None/Und.	CRA
Mainichi/SSRC	24–25 Oct 2026	2,001	23	5	5	3	4	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	47	–	–	–	–
Nikkei/TV Tokyo	23–25 Oct 2026	945	39	3	7	4	3	0	3	0	5	1	2	0	–	28	5	–	–	–
ANN	17–18 Oct 2026	1,018	36.8	3.7	4.9	4.2	1.6	0.3	3.4	1.2	5.1	1.8	1.3	0.6	1.6	27.9	5.6	–	–	–
Asahi	17–18 Oct 2026	1,108	32	4	4	2	1	0	3	0	2	3	1	0	1	41	6	–	–	–
Kyodo News	17–18 Oct 2026	1,050	32.1	6.7	8.4	6.1	5.2	0.9	2.9	0.3	4.2	4.6	1.8	0.2	1.3	23.3	2	–	–	–
Sankei/FNN	17–18 Oct 2026	1,014	34.5	2	3.5	4.2	1.2	0.1	2	0.5	2.7	2.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	41	3.7	–	–	–
Senkyo.com/JX	17–18 Oct 2026	1,017	24.6	4.7	4.5	4.6	2.8	0.6	2.8	1.8	8.2	2.9	1.8	1.5	5.6	33.6	–	–	–	–
Yomiuri/NNN	16–18 Oct 2026	1,019	34	4	3	5	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	–	41	5	–	–	–
NHK	10–12 Oct 2026	1,184	35.3	2.7	2.7	2.6	1.2	0.5	2.6	0.3	3	2.3	0.7	0.3	0.8	38.5	6.4	–	–	–
Jiji Press	9–12 Oct 2026	1,168	22.1	1.6	1.9	2.7	1.7	0.1	1.4	0.2	1.5	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.1	59.7	2.9	–	–	–
JNN	3–4 Oct 2026	1,022	34.7	3.2	2.9	3.4	0.6	0.4	2.5	0.3	2.5	2.8	0.8	0.3	0.6	41.4	3.6	–	–	–
Asahi	26–27 Sep 2026	1,095	30	3	2	4	2	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	43	8	–	–	–
Mainichi/SSRC	26–27 Sep 2026	1,944	26	5	4	4	4	1	3	0	4	2	2	1	1	44	–	–	–	–
ANN	19–20 Sep 2026	1,034	43.2	4.6	4.1	3.7	2.1	0.3	3.4	0.9	3.2	2.7	2.1	0.8	2.1	24.2	2.9	–	–	–
Nikkei/TV Tokyo	17–18 Sep 2026	1,007	41	4	4	5	2	0	4	0	4	2	2	0	–	24	8	–	–	–
Yomiuri/NNN	17–18 Sep 2026	1,001	35	4	4	5	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	0	1	40	3	–	–	–
Kyodo News	17–18 Sep 2026	1,051	36.1	5.9	7.7	6.8	5.2	0.1	3.7	0.4	3.5	2.5	1.8	1	2.5	19.4	3.4	–	–	–
Senkyo.com/JX	17–18 Oct 2026	1,017	31.2	7.9	5.7	8.2	5.7	0.2	5.3	–	9.2	4	2.9	0.8	1.9	–	–	0.5	16.7	–
Senkyo.com/JX	12–13 Sep 2026	1,015	29.5	7.8	9.2	6	7	–	6.7	–	6	1.9	3	0.5	2.8	–	–	1	15	3.7
Senkyo.com/JX	15–16 Aug 2026	1,016	25.4	6.8	9.3	8.6	6.2	–	6.5	–	6	2.4	4.7	0.7	2.5	–	–	1	13.6	6.4

Figures in percent. The leading party in each poll is underlined. A dash means the party was not listed.

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Sources

Voting intention polls, party names and party colours are taken from the Wikipedia page Opinion polling for the next Japanese general election, which lists each pollster's published results, and are used under CC BY-SA 4.0. We check the page every day. These polls are for the next Japanese general election.