March 1894 Japanese general election

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March 1894 Japanese general election
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All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Jiyutō Rikken Kaishintō Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 94 38 –
Seats won 120 60 35
Seat change Increase26 Increase19 New
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Party Dōshi Seisha Dōmei Seisha
Last election – – –
Seats won 24 18 9
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General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1894.[1] The Jiyūtō remained the largest party, winning 120 of the 300 seats.

Results[]

House of Representatives (Japan) March 1894.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party120+26
Rikken Kaishintō60+19
Kokumin Kyōkai35New
Dōshi Seisha24New
Dōmei Seisha18New
9New
Independents34–10
Total3000
Total votes390,644–
Registered voters/turnout440,11388.76
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Post-election composition by prefecture[]

Prefecture Total
seats 		Seats won
Liberal Rikken Kaishintō Kokumin Kyōkai Rikken Kakushintō Dai-Nippon Ind.
Aichi 11 6 1 2 2 0 0
Akita 5 0 0 0 3 0 2
Aomori 4 0 0 0 4 0 0
Chiba 9 7 2 0 0 0 0
Ehime 7 5 0 0 2 0 0
Fukui 4 3 0 0 0 0 1
Fukuoka 9 6 0 2 0 0 1
Fukushima 7 5 0 0 2 0 0
Gifu 7 1 0 1 1 0 4
Gunma 5 1 0 1 1 0 2
Hiroshima 10 4 2 1 0 0 3
Hyōgo 12 5 5 0 0 0 2
Ibaraki 8 4 1 0 2 0 1
Ishikawa 6 3 2 0 0 0 1
Iwate 5 3 0 1 0 0 1
Kagawa 5 3 1 0 0 0 1
Kagoshima 7 0 0 3 4 0 0
Kanagawa 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
Kōchi 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
Kumamoto 8 0 0 7 1 0 0
Kyoto 7 3 0 0 0 0 4
Mie 7 4 2 0 0 0 1
Miyagi 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
Miyazaki 3 1 0 0 1 0 1
Nagano 8 4 0 0 2 0 2
Nagasaki 7 4 0 1 0 0 2
Nara 4 1 2 0 0 0 1
Niigata 13 6 6 0 0 1 0
Ōita 6 0 1 4 1 0 0
Okayama 8 2 5 0 1 0 0
Osaka 10 0 0 2 1 1 6
Saga 4 1 0 0 3 0 0
Saitama 8 3 3 1 0 0 1
Shiga 5 2 0 0 3 0 0
Shimane 6 3 0 0 0 0 3
Shizuoka 8 3 4 0 0 0 1
Tochigi 5 3 1 0 0 1 0
Tokushima 5 1 4 0 0 0 0
Tokyo 14 2 6 0 0 0 6
Tottori 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Toyama 5 0 3 0 0 1 1
Wakayama 5 1 0 0 0 0 4
Yamagata 6 4 0 0 0 0 2
Yamaguchi 7 0 0 1 0 0 6
Yamanashi 3 2 0 0 1 0 0
Total 300 118 53 27 35 4 63
Notes:

References[]

  1. ^ Marcus Bourne Huish (1970) Fifty years of new Japan, Smith, Elder, p170
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