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
Seats won per district
By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonLDPJSPKōmeitōJCPDSPNLCSDFInd.Aichi221022143Akita8431Aomori7511Chiba1663214Ehime972Fukui4211Fukuoka19744121Fukushima12921Gifu9621Gunma1073Hiroshima128211Hokkaido221081111Hyōgo2065423Ibaraki127311Ishikawa651Iwate862Kagawa642Kagoshima1183Kanagawa19544132Kōchi52111Kumamoto105212Kyoto1021232Mie95211Miyagi951111Miyazaki6321Nagano1373111Nagasaki942111Nara52111Niigata15852Ōita73211Okayama1051211Okinawa52111Osaka2663773Saga541Saitama15723111Shiga52111Shimane5311Shizuoka1472212Tochigi105311Tokushima541Tokyo4313811821Tottori422Toyama642Wakayama6312Yamagata84211Yamaguchi95211Yamanashi541Total5112481075739354219
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