1917 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1917.[1] The Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 165 of the 381 seats.

20 April 1917

All 381 seats in the House of Representatives
191 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	31.5%, 108 seats	–	7.5%, 27 seats,
Seats won	165	121	35
Seat change	57	New	7
Popular vote	504,720	467,518	125,974
Percentage	38.8%	36.0%	9.7%
Swing	7.3pp	New	2.2pp

Prime Minister before election

Terauchi Masatake
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Terauchi Masatake
Independent

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Electoral system

The 381 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.[2]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Rikken Seiyūkai	504,720	38.80	165	+57
	Kenseikai	467,518	35.94	121	New
	Rikken Kokumintō	125,974	9.68	35	+8
	Others	202,640	15.58	60	+12
Total		1,300,852	100.00	381	0

Valid votes		1,300,852	99.52
Invalid/blank votes		6,321	0.48
Total votes		1,307,173	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,422,126	91.92
Source: Mackie & Rose, Statistics Bureau of Japan

References

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

Elections in Japan
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See also: Gubernatorial elections Prefectural Assembly elections

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