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1920 Japanese general election

1920 Japanese general election

← 1917 10 May 1920 1924 →

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 Rikken Kokumintō
Last election 38.80%, 165 seats 35.94%, 121 seats 9.68%, 35 seats
Seats won 278 110 29
Seat change Increase113 Decrease11 Decrease6
Popular vote 1,471,728 715,500 140,397
Percentage 55.77% 27.11% 5.32%
Swing Increase16.97pp Decrease8.83pp Decrease4.36pp

Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

Elected Prime Minister

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.

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

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