1976 Japanese general election

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 for the first time since its founding. However, the LDP still remained the largest party in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 73.45%.

1976 Japanese general election
5 December 1976
All 511 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
256 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.45% (1.69%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Takeo Miki Tomomi Narita Yoshikatsu Takeiri
Party Liberal Democratic Socialist Komeito
Leader since 4 December 1974 30 November 1968 13 February 1967
Last election 271 seats, 46.9% 118 seats, 21.9% 29 seats, 8.5%
Seats won 249 123 55
Seat change 22 5 26
Popular vote 23,653,626 11,713,009 6,177,300
Percentage 41.8% 20.7% 10.9%
Swing 5.1% 1.2% 2.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Kasuga Ikkō Sanzō Nosaka Yōhei Kōno
Party Democratic Socialist Communist New Liberal
Leader since 1 August 1958 June 1976
Last election 19 seats, 7.0% 38 seats, 10.5% New
Seats won 29 17 17
Seat change 10 21 17
Popular vote 3,554,076 5,878,192 2,363,985
Percentage 6.3% 10.4% 4.2%
Swing 0.7% 0.1% N/A
Prime Minister before election

Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic

 Prime Minister

Takeo Miki
Liberal Democratic

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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
Party Votes % Seats +/-
Liberal Democratic Party23,653,62641.8249-22
Japan Socialist Party11,713,00920.7123+5
Komeitō6,177,30010.955+26
Japanese Communist Party5,878,19210.417-21
Democratic Socialist Party3,554,0766.329+10
New Liberal Party2,363,9854.217+17
Other parties45,1140.10-2
Independents3,227,4635.721+7
Total56,612,765100511+20
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20150215091026/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%

References
  1. 第27章　公務員・選挙 http://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/27.htm Archived 2015-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "これまでの衆議院選挙" (PDF). Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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