Exit Polls: Japan’s Abe Wins Election Landslide

(FNA)- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was reelected in a second landslide victory, according to exit polls.

AFP reports that according to an exit poll from Japanese private broadcaster TBS, Abe's Liberal Democratic Party is projected to win 294 seats, while its coalition partner the New Komeito Party is to win 34, a combined 328 seats in the 475 member lower house of Japan's parliament.

The ruling bloc went into the snap poll with a 325 seat majority after the 2012 election landslide win, at which the number of voters was however a record postwar low of 59.3%. According to Reuters, Sunday's projected victory has also come after a low voter turnout, RIA Novosti reported.