Strength of the Political Groups in the House of Councillors

(As of August 10,2025)

Political Groups in the House Number of Members Abbreviation
Liberal Democratic Party 100 (19) LDP
The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Social Democratic Party and the Independent 42 (21) CDP
Democratic Party For the People and The Shin-Ryokufukai 25 (8) DPFP-SR
Komeito 21 (2) KP
Nippon Ishin(Japan Innovation Party) 19 (6) JIP
SANSEITO 15 (7) SAN
Japanese Communist Party 7 (3) JCP
REIWA SHINSENGUMI 6 (2)
Conservative Party of Japan 2 (0) CPJ
Okinawa Whirlwind 2 (1) OW
Independents 9 (4) None
INCUMBENTS 248 (73) -
Vacancies 0 -
MEMBERSHIP 248 -

Notes: Figures in parentheses show the number of women members.

Most house members belong to political groups, which is formed based on their political parties. On this Web site, the names of the political groups are abbreviated as listed above for layout reasons. These abbreviations are not the official abbreviations for the various political groups.