1917 Japanese general election
20 April 1917
All 381 seats in the House of Representatives
191 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Hara Takashi Kato Takaaki Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kenseikai Kokumintō
Last election 31.5%, 108 seats – 7.5%, 27 seats,
Seats won 165 121 35
Seat change Increase57 New Increase7
Popular vote 504,720 467,518 125,974
Percentage 38.8% 36.0% 9.7%
Swing Increase7.3pp New Increase2.2pp
Prime Minister before election

Terauchi Masatake
Independent

 Prime Minister after election

Terauchi Masatake
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 20 April 1917.[1] The Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 165 of the 381 seats.

Electoral system

The 381 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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai504,72038.80165+57
Kenseikai467,51835.94121New
Rikken Kokumintō125,9749.6835+8
Others202,64015.5860+12
Total1,300,852100.003810
Valid votes1,300,85299.52
Invalid/blank votes6,3210.48
Total votes1,307,173100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,422,12691.92
Source: Mackie & Rose, Statistics Bureau of Japan

References

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