Japanese general election, 1920

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Japanese general election, 1920
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  1917 10 May 1920 1924  

All 464 seats to the House of Representatives
233 seats were needed for a majority

  First party Second party
  Takashi Hara posing.jpg Takaaki Kato suit.jpg
Leader Hara Takashi Kato Takaaki
Party Seiyūkai Kenseikai
Last election 165 seats, 38.8% 121 seats, 36.0%
Seats won 278 110
Seat changeIncrease2.svg113Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote 1,471,728 715,500
Percentage 56.2% 27.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg17.4%Decrease2.svg8.5%

  Third party
  Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg
Leader Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Kokumintō
Last election 35 seats, 9.7%
Seats won 29
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6
Popular vote 140,397
Percentage 5.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg4.3%

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Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Seiyūkai

Subsequent Prime Minister

Hara Takashi
Seiyūkai

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General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1920. [1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi, which won 278 of the 464 seats.

Japan Constitutional monarchy in East Asia

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Rikken Seiyūkai early 20th century Japanese political party

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Hara Takashi Japanese politician

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Electoral system

Following electoral reforms in 1919, the 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, reduced from 10 yen in the 1917 elections, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote to 6%. [2]

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Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai 1,471,72856.2278+113
Kenseikai 715,50027.5110–11
Rikken Kokumintō 140,3975.429–6
Others311,44411.047–13
Invalid/blank votes22,573
Total2,661,642100464+83
Registered voters/turnout3,069,14886.7
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

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References

  1. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  2. Mackie & Rose, p276