1930 Japanese general election

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1930 Japanese general election

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All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Osachi Hamaguchi posing.jpg Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg Muto Sanji.jpg
Leader Osachi Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Inukai Mutou Sanji
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Kokumin Doshikai
Leader's seat Okayama 2nd Ōsaka-2
Last election 216 seats 217 seats 4 seats
Seats won 273 174 6
Seat change Increase57 Decrease43 Increase 2
Popular vote 5,466,908 3,925,280 128,505
Percentage 52.42 37.69 1.23%
Swing Increase9.34pp Decrease5.37pp Increase 0.46pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  Isoo abe.jpg
KST
Aso Hisashi.jpg
Leader Abe Isoo
Party Shakai Minshūtō Kakushintō Taishūtō
Leader's seat Tōkyō-2 Tōkyō-5 (lost)
Last election 4 seats 3 seats New party
Seats won 2 3 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady New party
Popular vote 173,458 55,487 158,074
Percentage 1.67% 0.53% 1.52%
Swing Increase 0.45pp Decrease 0.30pp New party

  Seventh party
  Ikuo Oyama.jpg
Leader Oyama Ikuo
Party Rōnōtaishūtō
Leader's seat Tōkyō-5
Last election New party
Seats won 1
Seat change New party
Popular vote 92,519
Percentage 0.89%
Swing New party

1930 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg

Prime Minister before election

Osachi Hamaguchi
Rikken Minseitō

Prime Minister after election

Osachi Hamaguchi
Rikken Minseitō

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.[1] The Rikken Minseitō, which was led by Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 83.34%.

Results[]

Japan House of Representatives 1930.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Minseitō5,466,90852.48273+57
Rikken Seiyūkai3,925,98037.69174–43
Social Democratic Party173,4581.672–2
Kokumin Doshikai128,5051.236+2
Japan Masses Party158,0741.522New
Labour-Farmer Masses Party92,5190.891New
Local Communists65,7110.630
Kakushintō55,4870.5330
Zenkoku Minshuto13,9600.130
Meiseikai11,3150.110
Other parties1,1190.010
Independents323,5363.115–10
Total10,416,572100.004660
Valid votes10,416,57298.79
Invalid/blank votes127,6171.21
Total votes10,544,189100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,812,89582.29
Source: Voice Japan

References[]

  1. ^ Klaus Schlichtmann (2009) Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijūrō, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Lexington Books, p56
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