1920 Japanese general election

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.

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	113	11	6
Popular vote	1,471,728	715,500	140,397
Percentage	56.2%	27.5%	5.4%
Swing	17.4pp	8.5pp	4.3pp

Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

Prime Minister after election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

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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]

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–

	Rikken Seiyūkai	1,471,728	55.77	278	+113
	Kenseikai	715,500	27.11	110	–11
	Rikken Kokumintō	140,397	5.32	29	–6
	Others	311,444	11.80	47	–13
Total		2,639,069	100.00	464	+83

Valid votes		2,639,069	99.15
Invalid/blank votes		22,573	0.85
Total votes		2,661,642	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,069,148	86.72
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice 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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