1908 Japanese general election|
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Saionji Kinmochi
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Collective Leadership[a]
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| Party
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Rikken Seiyūkai
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Kensei Hontō
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| Last election
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33.47%, 33 seats
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26.19%, 90 seats
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| Seats won
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187
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70
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| Seat change
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54
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20
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| Popular vote
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649,858
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288,243
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| Percentage
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48.40%
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21.47%
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| Swing
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14.93pp
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4.72pp
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Third party
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Fourth party
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| Leader
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Collective leadership
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| Party
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Yūkōkai
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Daidō Club
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| Last election
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–
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12.76%, 58 seats[b]
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| Seats won
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29
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29
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| Seat change
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New
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29
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| Popular vote
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99,690
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92,477
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| Percentage
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7.42%
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6.89%
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| Swing
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New
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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 |
By constituency
Tokyo City
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Takagi Masutarō | Independent politician | 4,344 | 16.22 | Elected |
| Kurahara Korehiro | Yūkōkai | 3,295 | 12.30 | Elected |
| Hatoyama Kazuo | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,237 | 8.35 | Elected |
| Nakano Takenaka | Independent politician | 2,106 | 7.86 | Elected |
| Ema Shun'ichi | Independent politician | 1,712 | 6.39 | Elected |
| Inamoto Saburō | Independent politician | 1,598 | 5.97 | Elected |
| Yamane Masatsugu | Daidō Club | 1,493 | 5.57 | Elected |
| Matsushita Gunji | Daidō Club | 1,386 | 5.17 | Elected |
| Miwa Shinjirō | Yūkōkai | 1,361 | 5.08 | Elected |
| Seki Naohiko | Kensei Hontō | 1,300 | 4.85 | Elected |
| Watanabe Kanjūrō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,262 | 4.71 | Elected |
| Isobe Shirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,207 | 4.51 | |
| Aoki Shōtarō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,163 | 4.34 | |
| Ōishi Kumakichi | Kensei Hontō | 916 | 3.42 | |
| Takanashi Tetsushirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 710 | 2.65 | |
| Hiyama Tetsusaburō | Independent politician | 654 | 2.44 | |
| None of the above | 40 | 0.15 | |
| Total | 26,784 | 100.00 | |
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| Valid votes | 26,784 | 99.30 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 188 | 0.70 | |
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| Total votes | 26,972 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 33,870 | 79.63 | |
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Tokyo Districts
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Takagi Masatoshi | Yūkōkai | 3,123 | 19.52 | Elected |
| Urushi Shōgan | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,729 | 17.06 | Elected |
| Okazaki Kunisuke | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,702 | 16.89 | Elected |
| Morikubo Sakuzō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,500 | 15.63 | Elected |
| Murano Tsuneemon | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,465 | 15.41 | Elected |
| Nakamura Katsumasa | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,398 | 14.99 | |
| None of the above | 80 | 0.50 | |
| Total | 15,997 | 100.00 | |
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| Valid votes | 15,997 | 99.16 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 135 | 0.84 | |
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| Total votes | 16,132 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 18,626 | 86.61 | |
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Kyoto City
Notes
References
- ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
- ^ Mackie & Rose, p276