The conservative Liberal Democratic Party is still in the lead to win the Dec. 16 general election, results said Monday, with its main competitors, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) and the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, still in second and third place, respectively.
In a nationwide telephone poll conducted Saturday and Sunday by Kyodo news, 21.1 percent of the 1,240 respondents said they intend to vote for the LDP in the proportional representation section of the House of Representatives election, up 2.7 points from the previous poll on Dec. 1 and 2.
Support for Nippon Ishin, led by former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara and founder Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, stands at 10.6 percent, up 0.2 point from the previous poll.