1976 Japanese General Election
5 December 1976 · The 1955 system · 511 seats, 256 for a majority
General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. Voter turnout was 73.45%.
Prime Minister before
Takeo Miki
LDP
Prime Minister after
Takeo Fukuda
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
249 of 511 seats
Turnout
73.5%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Takeo Miki | 249 | -22 | 23,653,626 | 41.8% | -5.1 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Tomomi Narita | 123 | +5 | 11,713,009 | 20.7% | -1.2 | |
| Komeitō | — | 55 | +26 | 6,177,300 | 10.9% | — | |
| Kōmeitō | Yoshikatsu Takeiri | 55 | +26 | 6,177,300 | 10.9% | +2.5 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Kasuga Ikkō | 29 | +10 | 3,554,076 | 6.3% | -0.7 | |
| Independents | — | 21 | +7 | 3,227,463 | 5.7% | — | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Kenji Miyamoto | 17 | -21 | 5,878,192 | 10.4% | -0.1 | |
| New Liberal Club | Yōhei Kōno | 17 | — | 2,363,985 | 4.2% | — |