General elections were held in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
on 10 May 1920.
[Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281] The result was a victory for the
Rikken Seiyūkai
The was one of the main political parties in the pre-war Empire of Japan. It was also known simply as the ''Seiyūkai''.
Founded on September 15, 1900, by Itō Hirobumi,David S. Spencer, "Some Thoughts on the Political Development of the Japane ...
party led by
Hara Takashi, which won 278 of the 464 seats.
Electoral system
Following electoral reforms in 1919, the 464 members of the
House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, reduced from 10 yen in the
1917 elections, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote to 6%.
[Mackie & Rose, p276]
Results
References
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General elections in Japan
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
1920 elections in Japan
May 1920 events
Election and referendum articles with incomplete results