TBS will broadcast "Election Day 2026" from 7:53 p.m. to midnight as a special program for the House of Representatives election, which will be held on February 8th.
The lineup will feature Ota Hikaru from Bakusho Mondai as the special anchor, Inoue Takahiro from N-Sta as the general host, Izumi Mai from N-Sta as anchor, and Ishii Ryoji from Gogosuma as the special anchor. "In order to respond to each and every viewer's desire to know the details, we will focus on the election results, which are the biggest concern for viewers, and will provide the latest information on the nationwide vote count and results faster and more accurately than anywhere else," the station said.
The guest will be Katsuhiro Yoneshige of JX Press, and commentators will be TBS special commentator Hiroshi Hoshi and TBS Political Affairs Department Chief Natsuya Iwata. Coverage will be handled by news23's main anchor Shohei Fujimori and anchor Tomohiro Kiire.
