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Of those elected, 28 won in single-member districts and 40 through proportional representation. They account for 14.6% of all elected Lower House lawmakers.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); });

The largest number — 39 — came from the Liberal Democratic Party, followed by eight each from the Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA), the Democratic Party for the People (DPP) and Sanseito. Among these three parties, the women accounted for 16.3%, 28.6% and 53.3% of each party’s total seats won, respectively.

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