Japanese general election, 1979

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Japanese general election, 1979
All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
5 December 1979
		First party	Second party
Leader		Masayoshi Ōhira	Ichio Asukata
Party		Liberal Democratic	Socialist
Last election		249 seats, 41.78%	123 seats, 20.69%
Seats won		248	107
Seat change		-1	-16
Popular vote		24,084,130	10,643,450
Percentage		44.59%	19.71%
Incumbent Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira Liberal Democratic Prime Minister-designate Masayoshi Ōhira Liberal Democratic

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Results of the 1979 general election in Japan for the House of Representatives. A total of 511 seats were contested:

Party	Seats	% of vote
Liberal Democratic Party	248	44.6
Japan Socialist Party	107	19.7
Japanese Communist Party	39	10.4
Clean Government Party	57	9.8
Democratic Socialist Party	35	6.4
New Liberal Club	4	3.0
Social Democratic Federation	2	0.7
Independents	19	5.0

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