Japanese general election, 1979

7 October 1979

All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 256 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party
		JSP
Leader	Masayoshi Ōhira	Ichio Asukata
Party	Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election	260 seats, 43.2%	124 seats, 21.9%
Seats won	248	107
Seat change	-12	-17
Popular vote	24,084,130	10,643,450
Percentage	44.59%	19.71%

Prime Minister before election

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister-designate

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

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Results of the 1979 general election in Japan for the House of Representatives. A total of 511 seats were contested:

**Summary of the 7 October 1979 Japanese House of Representatives election results^[1]^[2]**
Parties		Candidates	Votes^[3]	%	Seats	+/- (last gen. election)
	Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)	322	24,084,130	44.59%	248	1
	Japanese Socialist Party (JSP)	157	10,643,450	19.71%	107	16
	Japanese Communist Party (JCP)	128	5,625,527	10.42%	39	22
	Justice Party	64	5,282,682	9.78%	57	2
	Democratic Socialist Party (DSP)	53	3,663,691	6.78%	35	6
	New Liberal Club (NLC)	31	1,631,811	3.02%	4	13
	Social Democratic Federation (SDF)	7	368,660	0.68%	2	(2)
	Center-left opposition	155	10,946,847	20.25%	98	3
	Others	33	69,101	0.13%	0	0
	Independents	96	2,641,064	4.89%	19	2
Totals (Turnout 68.0%, incl. invalid votes)		891	54,010,120	100.00%	511	0

References

↑ Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Statistics Department, Long-term statistics, chapter 27: Public servants and elections, sections 27-7 to 27-10 Elections for the House of Representatives
↑ Interparliamentary Union (IPU): 1979 and 1980 Shūgiin elections
↑ Decimals from fractional votes (anbunhyō) rounded to full numbers

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