Shigeru Ishiba elected Japan's new Prime Minister

Tengrinews.kz - Shigeru Ishiba elected as Japan's new Prime Minister, according to TBSNews.

"Ishiba won the runoff election for the first time in 30 years and was elected as the 103rd Prime Minister," the publication notes.

In the first round of elections, none of the candidates received the 233 votes needed to win. At that time, the current head of government Shigeru Ishiba had 221 votes, the representative of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan Yoshihiko Noda - 151, the head of the Democratic Party For the People Yuichiro Tamaki - 28.
In the second round, Shigeru Ishiba and Yoshihiko Noda competed for this post.

"As a result of the runoff election, Ishiba received 221 votes and Noda 160 votes, and Ishiba, who received the most votes, was elected as the 103rd Prime Minister. While the ruling party's number of seats fell below half, the opposition parties also failed to unify," the information states.

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