1920 Japanese general election

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1920 Japanese general election

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All 464 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Takashi Hara posing.jpg Takaaki Kato suit.jpg Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg
Leader Hara Takashi Kato Takaaki Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kenseikai Kokumintō
Last election 38.8%, 165 seats 36.0%, 121 seats 9.7%, 35 seats
Seats won 278 110 29
Seat change Increase113 Decrease11 Decrease6
Popular vote 1,471,728 715,500 140,397
Percentage 56.2% 27.5% 5.4%
Swing Increase17.4pp Decrease8.5pp Decrease4.3pp

Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

Prime Minister after election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1920.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi, which won 278 of the 464 seats.

Electoral system[]

Following electoral reforms in 1919, the 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, reduced from 10 yen in the 1917 elections, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote to 6%.[2]

Results[]

Japan House of Representatives 1920.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai1,471,72855.77278+113
Kenseikai715,50027.11110–11
Rikken Kokumintō140,3975.3229–6
Others311,44411.8047–13
Total2,639,069100.00464+83
Valid votes2,639,06999.15
Invalid/blank votes22,5730.85
Total votes2,661,642100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,069,14886.72
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

References[]

  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  2. ^ Mackie & Rose, p276
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