In the 1979 Japanese general election wherein a total of 511 seats were contested, the Liberal Democratic Party garnered the highest number of votes, and secured 248 seats.
A total of 511 seats were contested. Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) 24,084,130 248 Japanese Socialist Party (JSP) 10,643,450 Japanese Communist Party (JCP) 5,625,527 Justice Party 5,282,682 Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) 3,663,691 New Liberal Club (NLC) 1,631,811 Social Democratic Federation (SDF) 368,660 Center-left opposition 10,946,847 Others 69,101 Independents 2,641,064 Totals (Turnout 68.0%, incl. invalid votes) 54,010,120 
