1920 Japanese general election
10 May 1920
All 464 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hara Takashi Kato Takaaki Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kenseikai Kokumintō
Last election 38.8%, 165 seats 36.0%, 121 seats 9.7%, 35 seats
Seats won 278 110 29
Seat change Increase113 Decrease11 Decrease6
Popular vote 1,471,728 715,500 140,397
Percentage 56.2% 27.5% 5.4%
Swing Increase17.4pp Decrease8.5pp Decrease4.3pp
Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

 Prime Minister after election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

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.

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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai1,471,72855.77278+113
Kenseikai715,50027.11110–11
Rikken Kokumintō140,3975.3229–6
Others311,44411.8047–13
Total2,639,069100.00464+83
Valid votes2,639,06999.15
Invalid/blank votes22,5730.85
Total votes2,661,642100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,069,14886.72
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

References

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