Tojima prefectural election, 1978

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
Independents: TBA