Japan polling average: Liberal Democratic 29.3% — Democratic Party For the People 9.2% — Liberal Democratic +20.1Also: Japan Innovation Party 7.8% · Team Mirai 7.0% · Japanese Communist Party 6.7% · Sanseitō 6.1% …Pollytic average to 17 Sept 2026: recent, larger polls weigh more; no institute counts more than once.
Each poll as published, with its pollster, fieldwork dates, sample size and a link to the source.
How to read a poll
Sample size is how many people were asked. More people means less random error, never none.
±3 is the margin of error: the real figure is likely within 3 points either way of the one shown.
Two polls can differ because they were taken on different dates, with different methods and different samples.
est. means the institute did not publish a margin of error, so it is estimated from the sample size.
The average smooths this out: it combines recent polls, so one unusual poll cannot swing the picture.
What the polls say
Liberal Democratic leads the polling average in Japan on 29.3%, 20.1 points ahead of Democratic Party For the People (9.2%). The biggest shift over the past month is Liberal Democratic, up 3.8 points.
1 poll from 1 institute was published in the last 30 days of polling. The most recent is from Senkyo.com/JX, published 17 Sept 2026. The average gives recent and larger polls more weight and counts no institute more than once; read how it works.
Government
Who governs now, and the parties behind the government.
Sanae Takaichi
Prime Minister
Orientation
Right
In office since
Coalition
Liberal Democratic PartyLead partyRight
Japan Innovation PartyCoalition partnerCentre-right to right