March 1898 Japanese general election

March 1898 Japanese general election
All 300 seats in the House of Representatives; 151 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Itō Hirobumi; Independent	Prime Minister after election ; Itō Hirobumi; Independent

General elections were held in Japan in March 1898.

Campaign edit

A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.

Results edit



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			105	–2
	Shimpotō			103	+54
	Kokumin Kyōkai			29	–3
	Yamashita Club			26	New
	Independents			37	+3
Total				300	0

Total votes		396,046	–
Registered voters/turnout		452,637	87.50
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Notes edit

^ as Rikken Kaishintō

References edit

Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), Political Development in Modern Japan, United States: Princeton University Press.
Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU [1].

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