1979 Japanese general election

none 1979 Japanese general election Japan 1870 parliamentary 1976 Japanese general election 1976 7 October 1979 1980 Japanese general election 1980 All 511 seats in the House of Representatives 256 68.01% ( 5.44pp) 130x130px Masayoshi Ohira 19790120.jpg Masayoshi Ōhira Liberal Democratic Party (Japan, pre-2017) 41.78%, 249 seats 248 1 24,084,131 44.59% 2.81pp Ichio Asukata Crop.png Ichio Asukata Japan Socialist Party 20.69%, 123 seats 107 16 10,643,450 19.71% 0.98pp Yoshikatsu-Takeiri-3.png Yoshikatsu Takeiri Kōmeitō (1962–1998) 10.91%, 55 seats 57 2 5,282,683 9.78% 1.13pp Kenji Miyamoto (cropped).jpg Kenji Miyamoto Japanese Communist Party 10.38%, 17 seats 39 22 5,625,528 10.42% 0.04pp Ryosaku-Sasaki-1.png Sasaki Ryōsaku ja 佐々木良作 Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) 6.28%, 29 seats 35 6 3,663,692 6.78% 0.50pp Yohei Kono 1985.jpg Yōhei Kōno New Liberal Club 4.18%, 17 seats 4 13 1,631,812 3.02% 1.16pp Fujin-Seikatsu-1966-April-1.png Hideo Den Socialist Democratic Federation (Japan) – 2 New 368,660 0.68% New 400px Elected MPs and the leading party by vote share in each multimember district 400px Districts where the LDP (green) or opposition (blue) won most seats; teal for ties Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Masayoshi Ōhira Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) 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.https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00013/the-political-history-of-japan’s-consumption-tax.html The Political History of Japan's Consumption Tax 2019-10-08 nippon.com en 2020-03-12 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 File:Japan House of Representatives 1979.svg Liberal Democratic Party 24084131 248 −1 Japan Socialist Party 10643450 107 −16 Japanese Communist Party 5625528 39 +22 Kōmeitō 5282683 57 +2 Democratic Socialist Party 3663692 35 +6 New Liberal Club 1631812 4 −13 Socialist Democratic Federation 368660 2 New Other parties 69101 0 – Independents 2641064 19 −2 0 511892 80169924 Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Diet Seats won per district 350px LDP 350px JSP 350px Kōmeitō 350px JCP 350px DSP (orange) & SDF (crimson) 350px NLC 350px Independent By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPKōmeitōJCPDSPNLCSDFInd.Aichi221022143Akita8431Aomori7511Chiba1663214Ehime972Fukui4211Fukuoka19744121Fukushima12921Gifu9621Gunma1073Hiroshima128211Hokkaido221081111Hyōgo2065423Ibaraki127311Ishikawa651Iwate862Kagawa642Kagoshima1183Kanagawa19544132Kōchi52111Kumamoto105212Kyoto1021232Mie95211Miyagi951111Miyazaki6321Nagano1373111Nagasaki942111Nara52111Niigata15852Ōita73211Okayama1051211Okinawa52111Osaka2663773Saga541Saitama15723111Shiga52111Shimane5311Shizuoka1472212Tochigi105311Tokushima541Tokyo4313811821Tottori422Toyama642Wakayama6312Yamagata84211Yamaguchi95211Yamanashi541Total5112481075739354219 References Japan Category:General elections in Japan Category:1979 elections in Japan Category:October 1979 in Asia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results