Japanese media: The Japanese House of Representatives elected Kono Taro with 210,000 votes, a record number of votes

The Paper's reporter Nan Boyi

On November 1, the final ownership of all 465 seats in Japan's 49th House of Representatives election was revealed. Taro Kono, who lost the LDP presidential election at the end of September, won 210515 votes in his House of Representatives constituency, a record since 1996.

Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported on November 1 that the LDP's constituency is Kanagawa District 15, and Kono Taro's vote is the highest since the establishment of Japan's current "proportional representation system for small constituencies" in 1996.

In this election, Kono Taro traveled to about 50 constituencies to assist party members, and the date of his campaign in his constituency was only two days after the announcement of the election and the date of the end of the election. Kono's cronies say Kono's victory is the credit for the social media campaign project.

The previous election record for the Japanese House of Representatives was set by former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. In 2009, Yukio Hatoyama, who led the democratic party at the time, led the party to rotate in Japan, and he won 201461 votes in his constituency Hokkaido District 9.

According to reports, Kono also received a record of 192604 votes in the 2012 House of Representatives election, ranking fourth in that election.

According to earlier reports, on the afternoon of September 29, in the Presidential Election of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Kono Taro only had one vote difference in the first round of voting with former Liberal Democratic Party Election Chairman Fumio Kishida, and also failed to surpass Kishida in the second round of voting, and finally lost. The outside world pointed out that Kono Taro is experienced, has an outspoken personality, and dares to challenge the "faction politics". Although Kono Taro has clashed with the Liberal Democratic Party, he has a high popularity among the people.

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