Ruling party gets its wish

IN the final election tally, the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party was granted its wish - it will have as many seats in the new House of Representatives as it had in the old.

The LDP actually won 223 seats yesterday, but informed sources in Tokyo indicate that at least four of the 30 independents and minor party victors in the election are ready to cross over to the LDP, thus restoring its strength to the 227 total it had in the dissolved House.

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