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Japan’s Ruling Party Facing Heavy Defeat in Tokyo Assembly Election – Exit Poll

© REUTERS / Toru HanaiA man walks past Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) poster (C) for the July 10 upper house election with the image of Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the LDP, and other candidates' posters at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan July 10, 2016
A man walks past Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) poster (C) for the July 10 upper house election with the image of Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the LDP, and other candidates' posters at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo, Japan July 10, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP) is projected to gain only 13-39 seats in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, and lose to the political group of Tokyo's Mayor Yuriko Koike, local media reported Sunday citing exit polls results.

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TOKYO (Sputnik) – Koiko’s Tokyo Citizens First or Tomin First party, along with its allies, is forecast to secure 73-85 mandates, while on its own, Tokyo Citizens First is likely to receive between 48 and 50 seats, the NHK broadcaster specified.

Japan’s Komeito party, a junior coalition partner of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s LDP, is expected to get from to 21 to 23 seats.

The polling stations opened in Tokyo earlier in the day, with the city residents voting to choose the representatives of the 127-seat local parliament among 259 candidates.

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