Japanese general election, 1979
Japanese general election, 1979
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All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan 256 seats needed for a majority |
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First party |
Second party |
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JSP |
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Leader |
Masayoshi Ōhira |
Ichio Asukata |
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Party |
Liberal Democratic |
Socialist |
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Last election |
260 seats, 43.2% |
124 seats, 21.9% |
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Seats won |
248 |
107 |
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Seat change |
-12 |
-17 |
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Popular vote |
24,084,130 |
10,643,450 |
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Percentage |
44.59% |
19.71% |
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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) |
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Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) |
322 | 24,084,130 | 44.59% | 248 | 1 |
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Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) |
157 | 10,643,450 | 19.71% | 107 | 16 |
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Japanese Communist Party (JCP) |
128 | 5,625,527 | 10.42% | 39 | 22 |
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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 |
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Others |
33 | 69,101 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 |
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Independents |
96 | 2,641,064 | 4.89% | 19 | 2 |
Totals (Turnout 68.0%, incl. invalid votes) |
891 | 54,010,120 | 100.00% | 511 | 0 |
Vote share |
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LDP |
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44.59% |
JSP |
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19.71% |
JCP |
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10.42% |
KP |
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9.78% |
DSP |
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6.78% |
NLC |
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3.02% |
SDF |
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0.68% |
Independents |
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4.89% |
Others |
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0.13% |
Parliament seats |
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LDP |
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48.53% |
JSP |
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20.94% |
KP |
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11.15% |
JCP |
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7.63% |
DSP |
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6.85% |
NLC |
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0.78% |
SDF |
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0.39% |
Independents |
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3.72% |
References