General elections were held in Japan on 27 October 2024 due to the early
dissolution of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National
Diet, by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Voting took place in all
constituencies, including proportional blocks, to elect all 465 members of the
House of Representatives.
The election was held one month after Ishiba took office as prime minister,
after winning a heated contest in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)
presidential election on 27 September, following the resignation of Fumio
Kishida as party leader due to his low approval rating amid the party-wide
slush fund corruption scandal.