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 20 February 1936.
[Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281] Rikken Minseitō
was one of the main political parties in pre-war Empire of Japan. It was commonly known as the ''Minseitō''.
History
The ''Minseitō'' was founded on 1 June 1927, by a merger of the ''Kenseikai'' and the ''Seiyu Hontō'' political parties. I ...
emerged as the largest party in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an
attempted coup took place on 26 February.
Electoral system
The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.
[Mackie & Rose, p276]
Results
By prefecture
Notes
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 ...
1936 elections in Japan
February 1936 events
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