Aug
30
They open polling stations in Japan
More than 104 million Japanese are the polls cited ina elections, polls show, separating the Democratic Liberal Party (PLD) of power that has long mediosiglo and hand over power to the opposition.
about 53,000 schools in 47 provinces remain open Hastal 20.00 local time (11.00 GMT) for designated A480 Japanese Lower House members, which elects the future prime minister among the 1374 candidates who contest these elections.
Part of the electorate has already voted in advance, the two main candidates entreellos, Yukio Hatoyama of the Democratic opositorPartido (PD), a favorite in the polls, and actualprimer minister, Taro Aso, the LDP .
Of the 480 seats to be reallocated, 300 are assigned with a system of single seat constituencies, which choose 1.139candidatos, while 180 are distributed proportionally in party lists with 235 candidates.
Latest polls were published yesterday as opposition clear favoritoal Hatoyama, 62, whose parliamentary group podriaobtener absolute majority and end the dominance of PLDdurante over half a century.
The LDP has ruled Japan in the past 55 years, with excepcionde 11 months between 1993 and 1994.
PS The opposition has proposed a change in the orientation of laeconomia Japanese, a more independent relationship with the U.S. and uncambio in the bureaucratic structure of the state, while the attacked PLDha Hatoyama's inexperience to govern.
Seven other political groupings have opportunities in obtenerasientos the House of Representatives of the Diet (Parlamentojapones), among which are the New Komeito, a partner gobiernodel PLD, the Communist Party and Social Democratic Party (PSD).
Polls give more than 300 members of the PD, which was presented with a wing election reform program, while PLD elconservador lose up to 200 seats and would get centenarde Members.
According to Asahi, is expected to el67 participation exceeds 5 percent of the elections in September 2005 in the victorious quesalio Junichiro Koizumi, the LDP.
In the previous lower house, which was dissolved on July 21 , elPLD had 303 seats, while its ally the New Komeitodisponia of 31 and PD of 112 seats.
The opposition led by the Democratic Party dominates the Senate desdejulio 2007. EFE