General election in Japan held in 1908
1908 Japanese general election
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← 1904 | 15 May 1908 | 1912 → |
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All 379 seats in the House of Representatives 190 seats needed for a majority |
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| First party | Second party | | | | Leader | Saionji Kinmochi | | Party | Rikken Seiyūkai | Kensei Hontō | Last election | 133 seats | 90 seats | Seats won | 187 | 70 | Seat change | 54 | 20 | Popular vote | 649,858 | 288,243 | Percentage | 48.40% | 21.47% | Swing | 14.93pp | 4.72pp | | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | Leader | | Collective leadership | Party | Yūkōkai | Daidō Club | Last election | – | 58[a] | Seats won | 29 | 29 | Seat change | New | 29 | Popular vote | 99,690 | 92,477 | Percentage | 7.42% | 6.89% | Swing | New | 5.87pp | |
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General elections were held in Japan on 15 May 1908.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 187 of the 379 seats.
Electoral system
The 379 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.[2]
Campaign
A total of 900 candidates contested the 379 seats.
Results
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Rikken Seiyūkai | 649,858 | 48.40 | 187 | +54 |
| Kensei Hontō | 288,243 | 21.47 | 70 | –20 |
| Yūkōkai | 99,690 | 7.42 | 29 | New |
| Daidō Club | 92,477 | 6.89 | 29 | –29 |
| Others | 212,377 | 15.82 | 64 | +9 |
Total | 1,342,645 | 100.00 | 379 | 0 |
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Valid votes | 1,342,645 | 99.00 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 13,534 | 1.00 | |
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Total votes | 1,356,179 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 1,590,045 | 85.29 | |
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Source: Mackie & Rose |
Notes
References
- ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
- ^ Mackie & Rose, p276
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