September 1894 Japanese general election

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September 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
Party Jiyutō Rikken Kaishintō
Last election 120 60
Seats won 107 49
Seat change Decrease13 Decrease11
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader  – Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 42 35
Seats won 39 32
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease3
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Itō Hirobumi
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Itō Hirobumi
Independent

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General elections were held in Japan on 1 September 1894.[1] The Jiyūtō remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats

Results[]

House of Representatives (Japan) September 1894.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party107–13
Rikken Kaishintō49–11
Rikken Kakushintō39–3
Kokumin Kyōkai32–3
5New
Chūgoku Progressive Party4New
Independents64+30
Total3000
Total votes390,687–
Registered voters/turnout460,48384.84
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Post-election composition by prefecture[]

Prefecture Total
seats 		Seats won
Liberal Rikken Kaishintō Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai Chūgoku Progressive Ind.
Aichi 11 2 1 2 3 0 0 2
Akita 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
Aomori 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Chiba 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 1
Ehime 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
Fukui 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fukuoka 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 0
Fukushima 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
Gifu 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
Gunma 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Hiroshima 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 4
Hyōgo 12 7 3 0 0 0 0 2
Ibaraki 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
Ishikawa 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Iwate 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kagawa 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Kagoshima 7 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
Kanagawa 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kōchi 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kumamoto 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 0
Kyoto 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mie 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
Miyagi 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
Miyazaki 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Nagano 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
Nagasaki 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nara 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Niigata 13 2 9 0 0 0 0 2
Ōita 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
Okayama 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 1
Osaka 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 8
Saga 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Saitama 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
Shiga 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
Shimane 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Shizuoka 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tochigi 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tokushima 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
Tokyo 14 3 3 1 0 3 0 4
Tottori 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Toyama 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Wakayama 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Yamagata 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
Yamaguchi 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Yamanashi 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 300 105 44 40 30 3 4 74
Notes: Party affiliation after the general election.

References[]

  1. ^ Louis G. Perez (1999) Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, p170
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