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Japanese general election, 1980
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Election Results
In Japan on 16 May 1980, Japan Socialist Party (JSP) brought no-confidence motion to the Diet, mentioning corruption and rises in public utility charges as reasons for the House of Representatives (lower house) to withdraw its backing from the government. Unexpectedly, 69 LDP members of the Diet from Fukuda Takeo, Miki Takeo and Hidenao Nakagawa factions abstained from voting on the motion. The government was defeated by 56 votes in total of 243 and resigned. For the first time elections for the both houses of the Diet was called in June 1980. In the elections of both the houses LDP gained a perfect majority. The Election results for the lower house are shown in the table below.
| Political Parties | Elected Members |
|---|---|
| LDP | 284 |
| SDPJ | 107 |
| JCP | 29 |
| DSP | 32 |
| NLC | 12 |
| Komeito | 33 |
| Small Parties | 03 |
| Independents | 11 |
| Total | 511 |
- Mahendra Prakash, Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, M.Phil. degree, Dissertation 2004, JNU Library, [1], New Delhi, INDIA (Barcode-11371), p. 129.
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