December 15, a result of the general election have been finalized. The ruling party won two thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives. Abe has said, "Abe administration was able to get the confidence from the people" in an interview on television.
The ruling party won. However, this result does not necessarily mean the popularity of the Abe administration. Before the election, support rate of the Abe administration had declining. "Absence of the leading opposition party" has led to the ruling party victory.
Democratic Party was the ruling party until December 2012. However, their administration management was amateurish. They had been expected to solve the pension problem. But they could not present a drastic solution. Corresponding to the nuclear accident also was not appropriate. Democratic Party has lost the public trust. And, even now it has not been recovered. Seats in the Democratic Party has been a slight increase. However, party leader was defeated.
In this election, the Communist Party of Japan has expanded the power. The seats has been increased from 8 to 21. The rate of increase of seats was the best. Many of criticism vote against the ruling party went to the Communist Party. However, this does not mean that the proponents of the Communist Party of Japan has doubled. One of the reasons is the low voter turnout (about 52%). It was advantageous to the Communist Party that has the organization vote. Low turnout also shows the reality that criticism vote to ruling party has lost the place to go.
| Ruling party | Seats | Percentage (%) | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 291 | 61 | |
| Komeito | 35 | 7 | |
| Opposition | |||
| Democratic Party | 73 | 15 | |
| Party Restoration | 41 | 9 | |
| Communist Party | Twenty one | 4 | |
| Other | 14 | 3 | |
| Total | 475 | 100 |