Japanese general election, 1976
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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 260 of the 511 seats, but the election was overshadowed by the Lockheed bribery scandals
. Voter turnout was 73.4%.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
on 5 December 1976. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)
The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election...
, which won 260 of the 511 seats, but the election was overshadowed by the Lockheed bribery scandals
Lockheed bribery 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....
. Voter turnout was 73.4%.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) The , frequently abbreviated to LDP or , is a centre-right political party in Japan. It is one of the most consistently successful political parties in the democratic world. The LDP ruled almost continuously for nearly 54 years from its founding in 1955 until its defeat in the 2009 election... |
24,458,312 | 43.2 | 260 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | 11,713,008 | 20.7 | 124 | |
| Komeitō | 6,290,829 | 11.1 | 56 | |
| Japanese Communist Party Japanese Communist Party The Japanese Communist Party is a left-wing political party in Japan.The JCP advocates the establishment of a society based on socialism, democracy and peace, and opposition to militarism... |
6,032,887 | 10.7 | 19 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party Democratic Socialist Party (Japan) The was a social democratic party in Japan.- History :The Democratic Socialist Party was established in 1960 by a breakaway group of the Japan Socialist Party. It was made up of many members of the former Rightist Socialist Party of Japan, a moderate social-democratic faction that existed... |
3,554,075 | 6.3 | 29 | |
| New Liberal Club New Liberal Club was a political party in Japan that was founded on 25 June 1976 as a breakaway from the Liberal Democratic Party .The New Liberal Club formed a coalition government with the LDP in December 1983, with the New Liberal's president, Seiichi Tagawa, serving as the Minister of Home Affairs in the... |
2,436,270 | 4.3 | 18 | New |
| Other parties | 34,411 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 2,092,973 | 3.7 | 5 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 619,227 | |||
| Total | 57,231,992 | 100 | 511 | +20 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||