Tojima prefectural election, 1978

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← 1974 	6 May 1978 	1982 →
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All 55 seats in the Tojima Prefectural Assembly28 seats needed for a majority	All 55 seats in the Tojima Prefectural Assembly28 seats needed for a majority	All 55 seats in the Tojima Prefectural Assembly28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 	TBA (93.78%) ( 1.24pp) 	TBA (93.78%) ( 1.24pp)
 	 	
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Leader 	David Suzuki 	Daisuke Sugai
Party 	Social Democrats 	People's
Leader since 	27 May 1974 	11 October 1977
Leader's seat 	Port Newcastle 	
Last election 	16 seats, 33.53% 	9 seats, 26.68%
Seats won 	35 	12
Seat change 	19 	3
Popular vote 	TBA 	TBA
Percentage 	47.22% 	19.40%
Swing 	13.69pp 	7.28pp
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Leader 	Daniel Matthews 	George Leung
Party 	United 	New Democratic
Leader since 	17 March 1973 	1 February 1976
Leader's seat 	TBA(lost seat) 	TBA
Last election 	10 seats, 24.44% 	1 seat, 7.17%
Seats won 	3 	2
Seat change 	7 	1
Popular vote 	TBA 	TBA
Percentage 	15.39% 	7.56%
Swing 	9.05pp 	0.39pp
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Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate 	Winning party by electorate
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Premier before election 	Premier before election 	Elected Premier
David SuzukiSocial Democrats 	David SuzukiSocial Democrats 	David SuzukiSocial Democrats
The 1978 Tojima prefectural election was held on Saturday 6 May 1978 to elect the 55 members of the Tojima Prefectural Assembly. The gubernatorial election was held on the same date.
The previous election in 1974 yielded a hung parliament situation, with the Social Democratic Party winning a plurality. The United Party, led by Daniel Matthews, and the Tojima People's Party, led by Jerome Johnson, formed a coalition government with a working majority of one seat. The coalition fell apart less than a year following the election, and the TPP subsequently supported an SDP minority government.
The incumbent Social Democratic Party government, led by Premier David Suzuki, was re-elected in a landslide, claiming 35 of the 55 seats in the legislature. The United Party, which had been the Official Opposition prior to the election, was knocked down to third place, winning just three seats; party leader Daniel Matthews lost his own seat. The TPP, now led by Daisuke Sugai, finished in second place and regained its status as Official Opposition, winning 12 seats. The New Democratic Party gained one seat, for a total of two, and three independent MPs were elected.
This election ushered in a period of Social Democratic dominance of Tojiman politics, and remains the most lopsided election in the prefecture's history. Suzuki went on to become the longest-serving premier of Tojima, and the Social Democrats would remain in government until the 1990 election.
==Results==
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35 	3 	2 	3 	12
Social Democrats	Ind	NDP	UP	People's
 	 	 	 	 	 	
Party 	Party 	Votes 	% 	Swing 	Seats 	+/−
 	Social Democratic Party 	 	47.22 	13.69 	35 	19
 	Tojima People's Party 	 	19.40 	7.28 	12 	3
 	United Party 	 	15.39 	9.05 	3 	7
 	New Democratic Party 	 	7.56 	0.39 	2 	1
 	Other 	 	10.43 	2.25 	3 	2
Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote	Two-party-preferred vote
 	Social Democratic Party 	 	64.37 	 	35 	19
 	Tojima People's Party 	 	35.63 	 	12 	3
Total 	Total 	TBA 	100 	 	55 	
Independents: TBA