1979 Japanese general election

1979 Japanese general election
7 October 1979
All 511 seats in the House of Representatives
256 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.01% ( 5.44pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Masayoshi Ōhira Ichio Asukata Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party LDP Socialist Kōmeitō
Last election 41.78%, 249 seats 20.69%, 123 seats 10.91%, 55 seats
Seats won 248 107 57
Seat change 1 16 2
Popular vote 24,084,131 10,643,450 5,282,683
Percentage 44.59% 19.71% 9.78%
Swing 2.81pp 0.98pp 1.13pp
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kenji Miyamoto Sasaki Ryōsaku Yōhei Kōno
Party JCP Democratic Socialist New Liberal Club
Last election 10.38%, 17 seats 6.28%, 29 seats 4.18%, 17 seats
Seats won 39 35 4
Seat change 22 6 13
Popular vote 5,625,528 3,663,692 1,631,812
Percentage 10.42% 6.78% 3.02%
Swing 0.04pp 0.50pp 1.16pp
  Seventh party
 
Leader Hideo Den
Party Socialist Democratic
Last election –
Seats won 2
Seat change New
Popular vote 368,660
Percentage 0.68%
Swing New
Prime Minister before election

Masayoshi Ōhira
LDP

 Elected Prime Minister

Masayoshi Ōhira
LDP

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.

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