Japan s Abe looks far ahead in Japan s snap election

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader, attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima, Japan, October 10, 2017.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's coalition is on track for a roughly two-thirds majority in Sunday's general election, a survey by Kyodo news agency showed, as its conservative rival led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike appeared to lose momentum.

Japanese go to the polls on Sunday to elect representatives for the country's 465-member lower house, the more powerful of Japan's two-chamber parliament.

The Kyodo poll, conducted by telephone between Oct. 15-17, showed Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) poised to win about 280 seats in the 465-member lower house. Combined with its junior coalition partner Komeito, it is likely to retain about two-thirds of the seats, Kyodo said.

The ruling bloc held a two-thirds "super majority" before the chamber was dissolved for the [http://de.pons.com/�bersetzung?q=snap%20election&l=deen&in=&lf=en snap election].

công chứng ở thanh xuân About two-fifth of voters polled were still undecided, suggesting they could still sway the results, it said.