The average age of people who won seats in Sunday＊s Lower House election was 54.7 years old, slightly younger than in the previous Lower House election in 2024 when the average age was 55.6.
Six winners were in their 20s. The youngest was Nagisa Muraki of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, at 25 years old. Former Prime Minister Taro Aso of the LDP was the oldest, at 85.
The average age of winners stood at 55.7 for the LDP and 52.5 for the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), the LDP＊s coalition partner.
In the opposition camp, winners were 57.6 years old on average at the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), created by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito, 48.7 at the Democratic Party for the People (DPP), 49.0 at Sanseito, 40.2 at Team Mirai and 60.5 at the Japanese Communist Party.
First-time winners numbered 106, up seven from the previous election. The LDP accounted for the largest share, at 66, followed by 13 from Sanseito, 10 from Team Mirai, seven from the DPP, five from the JIP and four from the CRA.
One hundred and eleven winners had relatives who served as lawmakers. The LDP had 104 such winners, far exceeding two each for the CRA and the DPP and one for the JIP.
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