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==Latest results==
=== April 2024 House of Representatives by-elections ===
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On 28 April 2024, three by-elections were held: in Tokyo 15, Shimane 1 and Nagasaki 3. The CDP carried all three; amid extremely low approval ratings in the wake of the party kickback slush fund scandal, the LDP didn't even contest Tokyo and Nagasaki, but also lost its previously unbroken "conservative kingdom" in Shimane.<ref>[[NHK]] News, 28 April 2024: [衆議院補欠選挙 立民 3選挙区すべて勝利 自民は議席失う], retrieved April 28, 2024.</ref><ref>[[NHK]] Senkyo Web election archive: H.R. by-elections [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/senkyo2/nagasaki/20506/skh54851.html Nagasaki 3], [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/senkyo2/matsue/20312/skh54640.html Shimane 1] and [https://www3.nhk.or.jp/senkyo2/shutoken/20507/skh54852.html Tokyo 15], retrieved April 28, 2024.</ref>
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