Tokyo, Sept 11, SPA -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's rulingLiberal Democratic Party appeared headed for a landslidevictory in elections for the lower house of Parliament,Japanese media predicted as the polls closed Sunday. Public broadcaster NHK and several commercial networkssaid exit polls indicated the Liberal Democrats had markeda major victory in the polls, easily winning a simplemajority of the powerful house's 480 seats. An official vote count won't be released until Mondaymorning. Voter turnout was high, at 50 percent by evening, up 2.65points from 2003 election, the Associated Press reported.--SPA1430 Local Time 1130 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/288573