General elections were held in

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on 15 May 1908.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 The result was a victory for the

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party, which won 187 of the 379 seats.

Electoral system

The 379 members of the

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were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on

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and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.Mackie & Rose, p276

Campaign

A total of 900 candidates contested the 379 seats.

Results

Notes

References

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