Dōshi Seisha

Dōshi Seisha

同志政社
Dōshi Seisha 同志政社
Founded	December 1892
Dissolved	May 1894
Split from	Liberal Party
Merged into	Rikken Kakushintō
	Politics of Japan; Political parties; Elections;

Dōshi Seisha (Japanese: 同志政社, lit. 'Fellow Thinkers' Association') was a political party in Japan.

History

The party was established in December 1892 by 14 MPs who had left the Liberal Party after its leader, Hoshi Tōru had been impeached for corruption.^[1] It was initially named the Dōshi Club (同志倶楽部), but was renamed Dōshi Seisha after becoming a political association.

It won 18 seats in the March 1894 elections. In May that year it merged with Dōmei Seisha to form Rikken Kakushintō.^[1]

Election results

Election	Leader	Seats	Status
March 1894		24 / 300	Opposition

References

^ ^a ^b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p493

[HF-1] Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, p493

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