September 1894 Japanese general election

September 1894 Japanese general election

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All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Liberal Rikken Kaishintō
Last election 120 60
Seats won 107 49
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 11

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader  – Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 42[a] 35
Seats won 39 32
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3

Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 1 September 1894.[1] The Liberal Party remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats


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  1. ^ Louis G. Perez (1999) Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, p170

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