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1936 Japanese general election

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FieldValue
countryEmpire of Japan
typeparliamentary
previous_election1932 Japanese general election
previous_year1932
next_election1937 Japanese general election
next_year1937
seats_for_electionAll 466 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats234
election_date20 February 1936
image1[[File:Chuji machida.jpg150x150px]]
leader1Machida Chūji
party1Rikken Minseitō
last_election135.25%, 146 seats
seats1205
seat_change159
popular_vote14,444,413
percentage139.92%
swing14.67pp
image2[[File:Kisaburo_Suzuki_cropped.jpg150x150px]]
leader2Suzuki Kisaburō
party2Rikken Seiyūkai
last_election232.25%, 301 seats
seats2174
seat_change2127
popular_vote24,188,029
percentage237.62%
swing220.58pp
image3SWK
leader3Vacant
party3Shōwakai
last_election3–
seats318
seat_change3New party
popular_vote3531,772
percentage34.78%
swing3New party
image4Isoo abe.jpg
leader4Abe Isoo
party4Shakai Taishūtō
last_election42.59%, 5 seats
seats418
seat_change413
popular_vote4518,844
percentage44.66%
swing42.07pp
image5Kenzo adachi.jpg
leader5Adachi Kenzō
party5Kokumin Dōmei
last_election5–
seats515
seat_change5New party
popular_vote5421,632
percentage53.79%
swing5New party
map_image1936 JAPAN GENERAL ELECTION, combined vote share.svg
map_size400px
map_captionDistricts shaded according to winners' vote strength
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister after election
before_electionKeisuke Okada
before_partyImperial Japanese Army
after_electionKōki Hirota
after_partyIndependent politician

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936. Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

Electoral system

The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.

Results

By prefecture

PrefectureTotal
seatsSeats wonRikken MinseitōRikken SeiyūkaiShōwakaiShakai TaishūtōKokumin DōmeiOthersInd.Rikken Minseitō}};"Rikken Seiyūkai}};"Shōwakai}};"Shakai Taishūtō}};"Kokumin Dōmei}};"Independent}};"Aichi17Akita7Aomori6Chiba11Ehime9Fukui5Fukuoka18Fukushima11Gifu9Gunma9Hiroshima13Hokkaido20Hyōgo19Ibaraki11Ishikawa6Iwate7Kagawa6Kagoshima12Kanagawa11Kōchi6Kumamoto10Kyoto11Mie9Miyagi8Miyazaki5Nagano13Nagasaki9Nara5Niigata15Ōita7Okayama10Okinawa5Osaka21Saga6Saitama11Shiga5Shimane6Shizuoka13Tochigi9Tokushima6Tokyo31Tottori4Toyama6Wakayama6Yamagata8Yamaguchi9Yamanashi5Total466205174201815628
7613
421
231
56
54
2111
48114
65
54
531
733
10712
10711
4331
33
151
33
714
632
2211
154
821
531
341
1211
7312
4311
311
74121
34
361
221
114141
42
4511
221
51
5611
63
321
168511
211
33
231
2411
1611
1121

Notes

References

References

  1. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281
  2. Mackie & Rose, p276
  3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151012063243/http://go2senkyo.com/election/shugiin/8555 Voice Japan]
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