noun
House of Councillors election; upper house election
Abbreviation of 参議院選挙. Used in political and news contexts to refer to the election for Japan's upper house.
See also: 参議院選挙
次の参院選は来年の夏に行われる予定だ。
The next upper house election is scheduled for next summer.
参院選の投票率が過去最低を記録した。
Voter turnout in the House of Councillors election hit a record low.
Abbreviation for 衆議院選挙, the lower house election. Often mentioned together with 参院選 during election seasons.
Abbreviation of 参議院選挙 (House of Councillors election), formed by taking the first two characters of 参議院 and adding 選 (election).