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1920 Japanese general election information


1920 Japanese general election
1920 Japanese general election
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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 Increase113 Decrease11 Decrease6
Popular vote 1,471,728 715,500 140,397
Percentage 56.2% 27.5% 5.4%
Swing Increase17.4pp Decrease8.5pp Decrease4.3pp

Prime Minister before election

Hara Takashi
Rikken Seiyūkai

Prime Minister after election

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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