1930 Japanese general election

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1930 Japanese general election
Merchant flag of Japan (1870).svg
  1928 20 February 1930 1932  

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.29% (Increase2.svg1.96pp)
 First partySecond party
  Osachi Hamaguchi posing.jpg Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg
Leader Osachi Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Inukai
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai
Last election43.06%, 216 seats43.14%, 217 seats
Seats won273174
Seat changeIncrease2.svg57Decrease2.svg43
Popular vote5,466,9083,925,280
Percentage52.48%37.69%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.42ppDecrease2.svg5.45pp

1930 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

Elected Prime Minister

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930. [1] The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 82%.

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Results

Japan House of Representatives 1930.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Democratic Party 5,466,90852.48273+57
Rikken Seiyūkai 3,925,98037.69174–43
Social Democratic Party 173,4581.672–2
Kokumin Doshikai 128,5051.236+2
Japan Masses Party 158,0741.522New
Labour-Farmer Masses Party 92,5190.891New
Local Communists65,7110.630
Kakushintō 55,4870.5330
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 [2]

By prefecture

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
RM RS KD K SDP JMP L-FMP Ind.
Aichi 17116
Akita 752
Aomori 633
Chiba 1174
Ehime 963
Fukui 532
Fukuoka 18981
Fukushima 1183
Gifu 954
Gunma 963
Hiroshima 1385
Hokkaido 201181
Hyōgo 19106111
Ibaraki 1183
Ishikawa 642
Iwate 725
Kagawa 633
Kagoshima 1239
Kanagawa 11641
Kōchi 642
Kumamoto 1064
Kyoto 11731
Mie 9621
Miyagi 835
Miyazaki 541
Nagano 1394
Nagasaki 954
Nara 541
Niigata 15951
Ōita 752
Okayama 1046
Okinawa 541
Osaka 2114421
Saga 642
Saitama 1165
Shiga 5311
Shimane 651
Shizuoka 137411
Tochigi 954
Tokushima 642
Tokyo 3117101111
Tottori 431
Toyama 642
Wakayama 642
Yamagata 844
Yamaguchi 936
Yamanashi 523
Total466273174632215

References

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