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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.[1] 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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Liberal Democratic Party | 24,084,131 | 44.59 | 248 | –1 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | 10,643,450 | 19.71 | 107 | –16 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 5,625,528 | 10.42 | 39 | +22 | |
| Kōmeitō | 5,282,683 | 9.78 | 57 | +2 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 3,663,692 | 6.78 | 35 | +6 | |
| New Liberal Club | 1,631,812 | 3.02 | 4 | –13 | |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | 368,660 | 0.68 | 2 | New | |
| Other parties | 69,101 | 0.13 | 0 | – | |
| Independents | 2,641,064 | 4.89 | 19 | –2 | |
| Total | 54,010,121 | 100.00 | 511 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 54,010,121 | 99.06 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 511,892 | 0.94 | |||
| Total votes | 54,522,013 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 80,169,924 | 68.01 | |||
| Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, National Diet | |||||