Japanese general election, 1976

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Japanese general election, 1976
All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
5 December 1976
		First party	Second party
Leader		Takeo Miki	Yomomi Narita
Party		Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election		271 seats, 55.2%	118 seats, 24.0%
Seats won		249	123
Seat change		-22	+5
Popular vote		23,653,626	11,713,008
Percentage		41.78%	20.69%
Incumbent Prime Minister Takeo Miki Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Takeo Miki (Resigned) / Takeo Fukuda Liberal Democratic

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Results of the 1976 general election in Japan for the House of Representatives. 511 seats were contested:

Party	Seats	% of vote
Liberal Democratic Party	249	41.8
Japan Socialist Party	123	20.7
Clean Government Party	55	10.9
Japanese Communist Party	17	10.4
Democratic Socialist Party	29	6.3
New Liberal Club	17	4.2
Independents	21	5

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