March 1898 Japanese general election

March 1898 Japanese general election
15 March 1898
All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Liberal Shimpotō
Last election 107 49
Seats won 105 103
Seat change 2 54
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Kokumin Kyōkai Yamashita Club
Last election 32 –
Seats won 29 26
Seat change 3 new
Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

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General elections were held in Japan on 15 March 1898.

Campaign

A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party105–2
Shimpotō103+54
Kokumin Kyōkai29–3
Yamashita Club26New
Independents37+3
Total3000
Total votes396,046–
Registered voters/turnout452,63787.50
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

References

  • Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), Political Development in Modern Japan, United States: Princeton University Press.
  • Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU[1].
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