Japanese general election, 1976

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Japanese general election, 1976
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All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority

  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Takeo Miki Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Last election 271 seats, 46.9% 118 seats, 21.9% 29 seats, 8.5%
Seats won249 123 55
Seat changeDecrease2.svg22Increase2.svg5Increase2.svg26
Popular vote23,653,626 11,713,009 6,177,300
Percentage41.8% 20.7% 10.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.1%Decrease2.svg1.2%Increase2.svg2.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Kasuga Ikkō Sanzō Nosaka Yōhei Kōno
Party Democratic Socialist Communist New Liberal
Last election 19 seats, 7.0% 38 seats, 10.5%New
Seats won 29 17 17
Seat changeIncrease2.svg10Decrease2.svg21Increase2.svg17
Popular vote 3,554,076 5,878,192 2,363,985
Percentage 6.3% 10.4% 4.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg0.7%Decrease2.svg0.1%N/A
Prime Minister before election

Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic

Prime Minister

Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic

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General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 249 of the 511 seats, [1] but the election was overshadowed by the Lockheed bribery scandals and became popularly known as the Lockheed Election(ロッキード選挙,rokkīdo senkyo). [2] As a result of the scandals, the LDP lost 22 seats, mainly to the Komeitō Party, and lost its majority control over the House of Representatives. However, the LDP still remained the largest party in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 73.45%.

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian continent and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea in the south.

Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Japanese political party

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, frequently abbreviated to LDP or Jimintō (自民党), is a conservative political party in Japan.

Lockheed bribery scandals Mid-20th-century political scandals

The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft.

The 1976 election was the only post-war general election triggered by an expiration of the term of the House of Representatives; all other post-war elections have been instigated by a dissolution of the House by the Cabinet. [2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/-
Liberal Democratic Party 23,653,62641.8249-22
Japan Socialist Party 11,713,00920.7123+5
Komeitō 6,177,30010.955+26
Japanese Communist Party 5,878,19210.417-21
Democratic Socialist Party 3,554,0766.329+10
New Liberal Party 2,363,9854.217+17
Other parties45,1140.10-2
Independents3,227,4635.721+7
Total56,612,765100511+20
Source: http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm
Vote share
LDP
 
41.78%
JSP
 
20.69%
KP
 
10.91%
JCP
 
10.38%
DSP
 
6.28%
NLC
 
4.18%
Independents
 
5.70%
Others
 
0.08%
Parliament seats
LDP
 
48.73%
JSP
 
24.07%
KP
 
10.76%
DSP
 
5.68%
JCP
 
3.33%
NLC
 
3.33%
Independents
 
4.11%

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References

  1. ↑ 第27章　公務員・選挙 http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm
  2. 1 2 "これまでの衆議院選挙" (PDF). Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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