1977 Jonathian general election

The 1977 Jonathian general election was the 24th biennial general election, held on Tuesday, January 11, 1977. The JFP, alongside the Christian Party, the Libertarian Party of Jonathia, and the Unity Party, was elected in a minority coalition, lacking three seats taken by the Liberals. However, the new prime minister would be Mark Harvall; sitting prime minister Michael Richardson did not run for a second term as he was to retire following that election. The Liberal Party, who came second, were the official opposition. The Republicans received their third-lowest seat count in it's history to that point, while the Nationals gained three seats.
==Election results==
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The election results are shown below. A total of 45,349,662 eligible voters voted in this election, down by a few million from the previous election.
Party	Party 	Leader 	Votes 	Percent	Seats 	Seats	Seats	Seats
Party	Party 	Leader 	Votes 	Percent	Parliament	Diff 	Local	Diff
 	Jonathia First Party 	Mark Harvall 	12,943,041	28.5 	36 	-11 	 	
 	Liberal Party 	John Washington	12,482,382	27.5 	34 	-4 	 	
 	Christian Party 	Ashton Robinson	8,653,495 	19.1 	13 	-6 	 	
 	National Party 	Abel Young 	6,067,521 	13.4 	12 	-2 	 	
 	Republican Party 	Rick Neulatz 	2,381,894 	5.3 	10 	+2 	 	
 	Unity Party 	Benjamin Willis	2,209,592 	4.9 	6 	-2 	 	
 	Libertarian Party of Jonathia	Hendrix Lee 	432,967 	1.0 	4 	New 	 	
 	Nazi Party 	William Frank 	85,392 	0.2 	3 	-1 	 	
 	Social Democrats 	Patrick Barclay	37,908 	0.1 	2 	+2 	 	
Other	Other 	Other 	55,470 	0.1 	0 	0 	 	
== See also ==
Category:1977
Category:Elections
Category:Jonathian elections
Category:Jonathia