1979 Japanese general election

1979 Japanese general election

← 1976 7 October 1979 1980 →

All 511 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.0% (Decrease5.4%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
CGP
Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Kōmeitō
Leader since 1 December 1978 13 December 1977 13 February 1967
Last election 249 seats, 43.2% 123 seats, 21.9% 55 seats, 10.9%
Seats won 248 107 57
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease16 Increase2
Popular vote 24,084,131 10,643,450 5,282,683
Percentage 44.59% 19.71% 9.78%
Swing Increase1.4pp Decrease2.2pp Decrease1.1pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
DSP
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Yōhei Kōno
Party Communist Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Leader since 1 August 1958 June 1976
Last election 17 seats, 10.4% 29 seats, 6.3% 17 seats, 4.2%
Seats won 39 35 4
Seat change Increase22 Increase6 Decrease13
Popular vote 5,625,528 3,663,692 1,631,812
Percentage 10.4% 6.78% 3.02%
Swing Steady Increase0.5pp Decrease1.2pp

  Seventh party
 
SDF
Leader Hideo Den
Party Socialist Democratic
Leader since March 1978
Last election
Seats won 2
Seat change New
Popular vote 368,660
Percentage 0.68%
Swing New


Prime Minister before election

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Masayoshi Ōhira
Liberal Democratic

General elections were held in Japan on 7 October 1979 to elect the 511 members of the House of Representatives. Prime Minister Ōhira Masayoshi's announcement that a consumption (sales) tax would be imposed was a hot-button issue in the run-up to the election. Facing widespread public disapproval, the prime minister abandoned the tax proposal. The prime minister's party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), ended up losing one seat, while the Japan Communist Party experienced a surge in voter support and its best ever electoral result, which mostly came at the expense of the Japan Socialist Party and the LDP-breakaway New Liberal Club.

This was the first election in the LDP's history in which the party increased its share of the popular vote compared to the previous election.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Democratic Party24,084,13144.59248–1
Japan Socialist Party10,643,45019.71107–16
Japanese Communist Party5,625,52810.4239+22
Kōmeitō5,282,6839.7857+2
Democratic Socialist Party3,663,6926.7835+6
New Liberal Club1,631,8123.024–13
Socialist Democratic Federation368,6600.682New
Other parties69,1010.130
Independents2,641,0644.8919–2
Total54,010,121100.005110
Valid votes54,010,12199.06
Invalid/blank votes511,8920.94
Total votes54,522,013100.00
Registered voters/turnout80,169,92468.01
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Diet

By prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
LDP JSP Kōmeitō JCP DSP NLC SDF Ind.
Aichi 22 10 2 2 1 4 3
Akita 8 4 3 1
Aomori 7 5 1 1
Chiba 16 6 3 2 1 4
Ehime 9 7 2
Fukui 4 2 1 1
Fukuoka 19 7 4 4 1 2 1
Fukushima 12 9 2 1
Gifu 9 6 2 1
Gunma 10 7 3
Hiroshima 12 8 2 1 1
Hokkaido 22 10 8 1 1 1 1
Hyōgo 20 6 5 4 2 3
Ibaraki 12 7 3 1 1
Ishikawa 6 5 1
Iwate 8 6 2
Kagawa 6 4 2
Kagoshima 11 8 3
Kanagawa 19 5 4 4 1 3 2
Kōchi 5 2 1 1 1
Kumamoto 10 5 2 1 2
Kyoto 10 2 1 2 3 2
Mie 9 5 2 1 1
Miyagi 9 5 1 1 1 1
Miyazaki 6 3 2 1
Nagano 13 7 3 1 1 1
Nagasaki 9 4 2 1 1 1
Nara 5 2 1 1 1
Niigata 15 8 5 2
Ōita 7 3 2 1 1
Okayama 10 5 1 2 1 1
Okinawa 5 2 1 1 1
Osaka 26 6 3 7 7 3
Saga 5 4 1
Saitama 15 7 2 3 1 1 1
Shiga 5 2 1 1 1
Shimane 5 3 1 1
Shizuoka 14 7 2 2 1 2
Tochigi 10 5 3 1 1
Tokushima 5 4 1
Tokyo 43 13 8 11 8 2 1
Tottori 4 2 2
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 3 1 2
Yamagata 8 4 2 1 1
Yamaguchi 9 5 2 1 1
Yamanashi 5 4 1
Total 511 248 107 57 39 35 4 2 19

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