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
Liberal Democratic Party
Takeo Miki · 41.8% of votes · -22 seats
249
seats
Japan Socialist Party
Tomomi Narita · 20.7% of votes · +5 seats
123
seats
Komeitō
10.9% of votes · +26 seats
55
seats
Kōmeitō
Yoshikatsu Takeiri · 10.9% of votes · +26 seats
55
seats
Democratic Socialist Party
Kasuga Ikkō · 6.3% of votes · +10 seats
29
seats
Independents
5.7% of votes · +7 seats
21
seats
Japanese Communist Party
Kenji Miyamoto · 10.4% of votes · -21 seats
17
seats
New Liberal Club
Yōhei Kōno · 4.2% of votes
17
seats