Japanese general election, 1902

Japanese general election, 1902
Empire of Japan
10 August 1902

All 376 seats to the House of Representatives
189 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itō Hirobumi Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Seiyūkai Kensei Hontō
Last election    
Seats won 191 95
Seat change    
Popular vote 433,763 220,939
Percentage 50.4% 25.7%

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Katsura Tarō
Independent

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General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats.

Electoral system

Electoral reforms in 1900 had abolished the 253 single and two-member constituencies. The 376 members of the House of Representatives were now elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities.[2]

Voting remained restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation, although 1900 electoral reforms had reduced the figure from 15 yen, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote from 1% to 2%.[2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Rikken Seiyūkai433,76350.4191New
Kensei Hontō220,93925.795New
Teikokutō37,7494.417New
Jinin Kai35,9504.228New
Dōshi Club24,5412.913New
Others107,67812.532
Invalid/blank votes8,098
Total868,768100376+76
Registered voters/turnout982,86888.4
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

References

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