September 1894 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 1 September 1894.[1] The Liberal Party remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats

September 1894 Japanese general election

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All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderItagaki TaisukeŌkuma Shigenobu
PartyLiberalRikken Kaishintō
Last election12060
Seats won10749
Seat changeDecrease 13Decrease 11

 Third partyFourth party
 
Leader – Shinagawa Yajirō
PartyRikken KakushintōKokumin Kyōkai
Last election42[a]35
Seats won3932
Seat changeDecrease 3Decrease 3

Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party107–13
Rikken Kaishintō49–11
Rikken Kakushintō39-3
Kokumin Kyōkai32–3
Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai5New
Chūgoku Progressive Party4New
Independents64+30
Total3000
Total votes390,687
Registered voters/turnout460,48384.84
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Post-election composition by prefecture edit

PrefectureTotal
seats
Seats won
LiberalRikken KaishintōRikken KakushintōKokumin KyōkaiTeikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kaiChūgoku ProgressiveInd.
Aichi112123002
Akita50031001
Aomori40040000
Chiba96110001
Ehime73110002
Fukui43010000
Fukuoka94005000
Fukushima73020002
Gifu72102002
Gunma51011002
Hiroshima103101014
Hyōgo127300002
Ibaraki83210002
Ishikawa65100000
Iwate54000001
Kagawa52100002
Kagoshima70043000
Kanagawa54100000
Kōchi44000000
Kumamoto80017000
Kyoto72100004
Mie74200001
Miyagi54101000
Miyazaki31020000
Nagano85010002
Nagasaki76010000
Nara40100003
Niigata132900002
Ōita60204000
Okayama84000031
Osaka100011008
Saga40040000
Saitama83201002
Shiga51030001
Shimane62000004
Shizuoka83500000
Tochigi52200001
Tokushima51210001
Tokyo143310304
Tottori32000001
Toyama50100004
Wakayama50000005
Yamagata62040000
Yamaguchi70000007
Yamanashi32010000
Total3001054440303474
Notes: Party affiliation after the general election.

Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ Louis G. Perez (1999) Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, p170