1924 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924.[1] No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.

1924 Japanese general election

← 1920 10 May 1924 1928 →

All 464 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kato Takaaki Tokonami Takejirō
Party Kenseikai Seiyūhontō
Last election 27.11%, 110 seats Did not exist
Seats won 151 111
Seat change Increase41 New
Popular vote 872,533 730,077
Percentage 29.35% 24.56%
Swing Increase2.24pp New

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Takahashi Korekiyo Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kakushintō
Last election 55.77%, 278 seats Did not exist
Seats won 103 30
Seat change Decrease175 New
Popular vote 666,317 182,720
Percentage 22.41% 6.15%
Swing Decrease33.36pp New

Prime Minister before election

Kiyoura Keigo
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Kato Takaaki
Kenseikai

Electoral system

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The 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation.[2]

Campaign

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A total of 972 candidates contested the elections, of which 265 were from Kenseikai, 242 from Seiyūhontō, 218 from Rikken Seiyūkai, 53 from the Kakushin Club and 194 from minor parties or running as independents.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kenseikai872,53329.35151+41
Seiyūhontō730,07724.56111New
Rikken Seiyūkai666,31722.41103–175
Kakushintō182,7206.1530New
Others521,31117.5469+22
Total2,972,958100.004640
Valid votes2,972,95899.16
Invalid/blank votes25,3100.84
Total votes2,998,268100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,288,40591.18
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

References

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  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  2. ^ Mackie & Rose, p276