Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) failed to take 51 seats it needs to maintain previous position in the upper house election held on Sunday, according to live TV report.

According to the election result released by Japan's major television stations, the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has so far gained more seats than the LDP.

The DPJ has won 50 seats, 4 more than LDP's 46 by 01:00 p.m. (1600 GMT), TV Asahi reported. The LDP is not to attain its target of retaining the 51 seats because there are only four seats left from the 121 seats in the upper house election.

A total of 320 candidates were vying for the 121 seats.

Source: Xinhua