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1924 Japanese general election
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| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Empire of Japan | ||||
| type | parliamentary | ||||
| previous_election | 1920 Japanese general election | previous_year = 1920 | election_date = 10 May 1924 | next_election = 1928 Japanese general election | next_year = 1928 |
| seats_for_election | All 464 seats in the House of Representatives | ||||
| majority_seats | 233 | ||||
| image1 | Takaaki Kato suit.jpg | ||||
| leader1 | Kato Takaaki | ||||
| leaders_seat1 | House of Peers | ||||
| party1 | Kenseikai | ||||
| last_election1 | 27.11%, 110 seats | ||||
| seats_before1 | 103 | ||||
| seats1 | 151 | ||||
| seat_change1 | 41 | ||||
| popular_vote1 | 872,533 | ||||
| percentage1 | 29.35% | ||||
| swing1 | 2.24pp | ||||
| image2 | TOKONAMI Takejiro.jpg | ||||
| leader2 | Tokonami Takejirō | ||||
| leaders_seat2 | Kagoshima 1st | ||||
| party2 | Seiyūhontō | ||||
| last_election2 | Did not exist | ||||
| seats2 | 111 | ||||
| seats_before2 | 149 | ||||
| seat_change2 | New | ||||
| popular_vote2 | 730,077 | ||||
| percentage2 | 24.56% | ||||
| swing2 | New | ||||
| image4 | Korekiyo Takahashi formal.jpg | ||||
| leader4 | Takahashi Korekiyo | ||||
| leaders_seat4 | Iwate 1st | ||||
| party4 | Rikken Seiyūkai | ||||
| seats_before4 | 129 | ||||
| last_election4 | 55.77%, 278 seats | ||||
| seats4 | 103 | ||||
| seat_change4 | 175 | ||||
| popular_vote4 | 666,317 | ||||
| percentage4 | 22.41% | ||||
| swing4 | 33.36pp | ||||
| image5 | Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg | ||||
| leader5 | Inukai Tsuyoshi | ||||
| leaders_seat5 | Okayama 4nd | ||||
| party5 | Kakushin Club | ||||
| color5 | #9370DB | ||||
| seats_before5 | 43 | ||||
| last_election5 | Did not exist | ||||
| seats5 | 30 | ||||
| seat_change5 | New | ||||
| popular_vote5 | 182,720 | ||||
| percentage5 | 6.15% | ||||
| swing5 | New | ||||
| title | Prime Minister | ||||
| before_election | Kiyoura Keigo | before_party = Independent politician | |||
| after_election | Kato Takaaki | after_party = Kenseikai |
General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924. No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.
Electoral system
The 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation.
Campaign
A total of 972 candidates contested the elections, of which 265 were from Kenseikai, 242 from Seiyūhontō, 218 from Rikken Seiyūkai, 53 from the Kakushin Club and 194 from minor parties or running as independents.
Results
References
References
- Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281
- Mackie & Rose, p276
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