1936 Japanese general election

1936 Japanese general election

← 1932 20 February 1936 1937 →
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   SWK Leader Machida Chūji Suzuki Kisaburō Vacant Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Shōwakai Leader's seat Akita-1 Kanagawa-2 (lost) Last election 146 301 – Seats won 205 174 18 Seat change 59 127 New party Popular vote 4,444,413 4,188,029 531,772 Percentage 39.92% 37.62% 4.78% Swing 4.67pp 20.58pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Abe Isoo Adachi Kenzō Party Shakai Taishūtō Kokumin Dōmei Leader's seat Tōkyō-2 Kumamoto-1 Last election 2.59%, 5 seats[a] – Seats won 18 15 Seat change 13 New party Popular vote 518,844 421,632 Percentage 4.66% 3.79% Swing 2.07pp New party
Prime Minister before election Keisuke Okada Imperial Japanese Army Prime Minister after election Kōki Hirota Independent

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General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936.^[1] Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

Electoral system[]

The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.^[2]

Results[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Rikken Minseitō	4,444,413	39.92	205	+59
	Rikken Seiyūkai	4,188,029	37.62	174	–127
	Shōwakai	531,772	4.78	20	New
	Shakai Taishūtō	518,844	4.66	18	+13
	Kokumin Dōmei	421,632	3.79	15	New
	Others	1,027,988	9.23	34	+22
Total		11,132,678	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		11,132,678	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		116,886	1.04
Total votes		11,249,564	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,304,546	78.64
Source: Voice Japan

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