Claim: In the 1979 Japanese general election, the Liberal Democratic Party got the highest number of votes, subsequently securing 248 out of the 511 contested seats.
Evidence: 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