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1904 Japanese general election

← 1903 1 March 1904 1908 →

All 379 seats in the House of Representatives
190 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Saionji Kinmochi Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kensei Hontō Kōshin Club
Last election 175 seats 85 seats 31[a]
Seats won 133 90 39
Seat change Decrease42 Increase5 Increase8
Popular vote 217,691 170,319 55,709
Percentage 33.47% 26.19% 8.57%
Swing Decrease11.95pp Decrease0.44pp Increase4.06pp

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1904.[1][2] The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 133 of the 379 seats.

Electoral system[edit]

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.[3]

Results[edit]

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Seiyūkai217,69133.47133–42
Kensei Hontō170,31926.1990+5
Kōshin Club55,7098.5739+8
Jiyu Club31,7724.8918New
Mumei Club31,1974.8025New
Teikokutō27,2444.1919+2
Others116,41917.90550
Total650,351100.00379+3
Valid votes650,35199.12
Invalid/blank votes5,7770.88
Total votes656,128100.00
Registered voters/turnout762,44586.06
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  • ^ Garner, James Wilford (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (2): 367–368. doi:10.2307/2140296. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140296.
  • ^ Mackie & Rose, p276

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