1980 Japanese General Election
22 June 1980 · The 1955 system · 511 seats, 256 for a majority
The election was triggered following a vote of no confidence brought by the Japan Socialist Party (JSP) on 16 May 1980 regarding corruption and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives of Japan (lower house) to withdraw its backing from the LDP government.
Prime Minister before
Masayoshi Ito (acting)
LDP
Prime Minister after
Zenkō Suzuki
LDP
Largest force
Liberal Democratic Party
284 of 511 seats
Turnout
74.6%
The result
| Share of the House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democratic Party | Eiichi Nishimura (acting) | 284 | +36 | 28,262,442 | 47.9% | +3.3 | |
| Japan Socialist Party | Ichio Asukata | 107 | 0 | 11,400,748 | 19.3% | -0.4 | |
| Kōmeitō | Yoshikatsu Takeiri | 33 | -24 | 5,329,942 | 9.0% | -0.7 | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | Sasaki Ryōsaku | 32 | -4 | 3,896,728 | 6.6% | -0.2 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | Kenji Miyamoto | 29 | -10 | 5,803,613 | 9.8% | -0.6 | |
| New Liberal Club | Yōhei Kōno | 12 | +8 | 1,766,396 | 3.0% | -0.0 | |
| Independents | — | 11 | -8 | 2,056,967 | 3.5% | — | |
| Socialist Democratic Federation | Ichio Asukata | 3 | +1 | 402,832 | 0.7% | -0.4 |