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1902 Japanese general election

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1902 Japanese general election

← August 1898 10 August 1902 1903 →

All 376 seats in the House of Representatives
189 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itō Hirobumi Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kensei Hontō
Seats won 191 95
Popular vote 433,763 220,989
Percentage 50.40% 25.68%

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats.

Electoral system

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Electoral reforms in 1900 had abolished the 253 single and two-member constituencies. The 376 members of the House of Representatives were now elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities.[2]

Voting remained restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation, although 1900 electoral reforms had reduced the figure from 15 yen, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote from 1% to 2%.[2]

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai433,76350.40191New
Kensei Hontō220,98925.6895New
Teikokutō37,7494.3917New
Jinin Kai35,9504.1828New
Dōshi Club24,5412.8513New
Others107,67812.5132
Total860,670100.00376+76
Valid votes860,67099.07
Invalid/blank votes8,0980.93
Total votes868,768100.00
Registered voters/turnout982,86888.39
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. ^ a b Mackie & Rose, p276