1979 Japanese general election|
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| Turnout | 68.01% ( 5.44pp) |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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| Leader
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Masayoshi Ōhira
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Ichio Asukata
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Yoshikatsu Takeiri
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| Party
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LDP
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Socialist
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Kōmeitō
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| Last election
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41.78%, 249 seats
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20.69%, 123 seats
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10.91%, 55 seats
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| Seats won
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248
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107
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57
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| Seat change
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1
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16
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2
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| Popular vote
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24,084,131
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10,643,450
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5,282,683
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| Percentage
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44.59%
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19.71%
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9.78%
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| Swing
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2.81pp
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0.98pp
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1.13pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Sixth party
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| Leader
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Kenji Miyamoto
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Sasaki Ryōsaku
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Yōhei Kōno
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| Party
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JCP
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Democratic Socialist
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New Liberal Club
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| Last election
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10.38%, 17 seats
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6.28%, 29 seats
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4.18%, 17 seats
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| Seats won
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39
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35
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4
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| Seat change
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22
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6
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13
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| Popular vote
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5,625,528
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3,663,692
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1,631,812
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| Percentage
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10.42%
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6.78%
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3.02%
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| Swing
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0.04pp
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0.50pp
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1.16pp
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Seventh party
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| Leader
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Hideo Den
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| Party
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Socialist Democratic
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| Last election
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–
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| Seats won
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2
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| Seat change
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New
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| Popular vote
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368,660
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| Percentage
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0.68%
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| Swing
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New
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Elected MPs and the leading party by vote share in each multimember district
Districts where the LDP (green) or opposition (blue) won most seats; teal for ties |
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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.[1] 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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 24,084,131 | 44.59 | 248 | –1 |
| Japan Socialist Party | 10,643,450 | 19.71 | 107 | –16 |
| Japanese Communist Party | 5,625,528 | 10.42 | 39 | +22 |
| Kōmeitō | 5,282,683 | 9.78 | 57 | +2 |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,663,692 | 6.78 | 35 | +6 |
| New Liberal Club | 1,631,812 | 3.02 | 4 | –13 |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | 368,660 | 0.68 | 2 | New |
| Other parties | 69,101 | 0.13 | 0 | – |
| Independents | 2,641,064 | 4.89 | 19 | –2 |
| Total | 54,010,121 | 100.00 | 511 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 54,010,121 | 99.06 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 511,892 | 0.94 | |
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| Total votes | 54,522,013 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 80,169,924 | 68.01 | |
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| Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Diet |
| Seats won per district
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LDP
JSP
Kōmeitō
JCP
DSP (orange) & SDF (crimson)
NLC
Independent |
By prefecture
References