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Japan's ruling party wins election after Abe assassination - DW News
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, cruised to victory following a parliamentary vote on Sunday. The ruling LDP secured 63 seats, more than half the 125 seats up for grabs in the upper house, according to local media reports.
The ruling conservative bloc, which also includes LDP's coalition partner Komeito, will now have 75 seats in the assembly.
"It's significant we were able to pull this election together at a time violence was shaking the foundations of the election," said Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, an Abe protege.
The LDP was expected to receive a surge of support after Abe's assassination.
"We just lost Mr. Abe. I would like the LDP to win many votes so that they can run the country in a stable manner," 67-year-old pensioner Sakae Fujishiro told the Reuters news agency as he cast his vote for the ruling party in Tokyo's eastern Edogawa ward.
