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General election in Japan held in 1915
1915 Japanese general election
General elections were held in
Japan on 25 March 1915.
[1] The
Rikken Dōshikai party emerged as the largest party in the
House of Representatives , winning 153 of the 381 seats.
Electoral system
The 381 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.
[2]
Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Rikken Dōshikai 523,228 36.92 153 New
Rikken Seiyūkai 446,934 31.54 108 –101
Rikken Kokumintō 106,445 7.51 27 –68
Chūseikai 101,970 7.20 33 New
Ōkuma Shigenobu supporters 55,684 3.93 12 New Others 182,814 12.90 48 +2 Total 1,417,075 100.00 381 0 Valid votes 1,417,075 99.47 Invalid/blank votes 7,570 0.53 Total votes 1,424,645 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 1,546,411 92.13 Source: Mackie & Rose,
Statistics Bureau of Japan
References
^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History , Macmillan, p281
^ Mackie & Rose, p276