New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- Japan voted on Sunday in an election expected to hand Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a resounding win. Voters will pick lawmakers in 289 single-seat constituencies, with the rest decided by proportional-representation votes for parties.

Polls close at 8 PM (1100 GMT), when broadcasters are expected to issue projections based on their exit polls.

The conservative coalition of Takaichi, the nation's first woman leader, could win more than 300 of the 465 seats in the lower house of parliament, according to multiple opinion polls, Reuters reported.

If the coalition of Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party with the Japan Innovation Party, known as Ishin, wins 310 seats, it would be able to override the opposition-controlle...