(VOVworld) – According to an exit poll conducted by the Kyodo news agency, the ruling coalition of Liberal Democratic (LDP) and Komeito parties is set to win a majority of seats in the ongoing elections to the parliament's upper house.  

PM Shinzo Abe (C) smiles as he places a red rose next to the name of a successful candidate with other LDP executives at the party’s vote counting center in Tokyo on July 10th. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

An upper house election is held every three years to contest half of the Diet’s 242 seats. In Sunday’s election, 73 seats were contested in constituencies and 48 were allotted through proportional representation. Final results are expected on Monday.