1924 Japanese general election

1924 Japanese general election

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All 464 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kato Takaaki Tokonami Takejirō
Party Kenseikai Seiyūhontō
Last election 27.11%, 110 seats Did not exist
Seats won 151 111
Seat change Increase41 New
Popular vote 872,533 730,077
Percentage 29.35% 24.56%
Swing Increase2.24pp New

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Takahashi Korekiyo Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kakushintō
Last election 55.77%, 278 seats Did not exist
Seats won 103 30
Seat change Decrease175 New
Popular vote 666,317 182,720
Percentage 22.41% 6.15%
Swing Decrease33.36pp New

Prime Minister before election

Kiyoura Keigo
Independent

Elected Prime Minister

Kato Takaaki
Kenseikai

General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924.[1] 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.

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

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