March 1894 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1894.[1] The Jiyūtō remained the largest party, winning 120 of the 300 seats.

March 1894 Japanese general election

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All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderItagaki TaisukeŌkuma ShigenobuShinagawa Yajirō
PartyLiberalRikken KaishintōKokumin Kyōkai
Last election9438
Seats won1206035
Seat changeIncrease 26Increase 22New

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Dōshi Dōmei Dai-N
PartyDōshi SeishaDōmei SeishaDai-Nippon
Last election
Seats won24189
Seat changeNewNewNew

Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party120+26
Rikken Kaishintō60+22
Kokumin Kyōkai35New
Dōshi Seisha24New
Dōmei Seisha18New
Dai-Nippon Association9New
Independents34–10
Total3000
Total votes390,644
Registered voters/turnout440,11388.76
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Post-election composition by prefecture edit

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LiberalRikken KaishintōKokumin KyōkaiRikken KakushintōDai-NipponInd.
Aichi11612200
Akita5000302
Aomori4000400
Chiba9720000
Ehime7500200
Fukui4300001
Fukuoka9602001
Fukushima7500200
Gifu7101104
Gunma5101102
Hiroshima10421003
Hyōgo12550002
Ibaraki8410201
Ishikawa6320001
Iwate5301001
Kagawa5310001
Kagoshima7003400
Kanagawa5410000
Kōchi4400000
Kumamoto8007100
Kyoto7300004
Mie7420001
Miyagi5410000
Miyazaki3100101
Nagano8400202
Nagasaki7401002
Nara4120001
Niigata13660010
Ōita6014100
Okayama8250100
Osaka10002116
Saga4100300
Saitama8331001
Shiga5200300
Shimane6300003
Shizuoka8340001
Tochigi5310010
Tokushima5140000
Tokyo14260006
Tottori3000003
Toyama5030011
Wakayama5100004
Yamagata6400002
Yamaguchi7001006
Yamanashi3200100
Total300118532735463
Notes:

References edit

  1. ^ Marcus Bourne Huish (1970) Fifty years of new Japan, Smith, Elder, p170