General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 No party won a majority of seats, resulting in

Kenseikai The was a short-lived political party in the pre-war Empire of Japan. History The ''Kenseikai'' was founded on 10 October 1916, as a merger of the '' Rikken Dōshikai'' (led by Katō Takaaki), '' Chūseikai'' (led by Ozaki Yukio) and the '' ...

, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.

Electoral system

The 464 members of 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 ...

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.Mackie & Rose, p276

Campaign

A total of 972 candidates contested the elections, of which 265 were from Kenseikai, 242 from

Seiyūhontō The Seiyūhontō (, lit. ''Orthodox Constitutional Friends Party'') was a political party in Japan. It was active from 1924 until 1927. History The party was established on 29 January 1924 following a split in the Rikken Seiyūkai over Prime M ...

, 218 from Rikken Seiyūkai, 53 from the Kakushin Club and 194 from minor parties or running as independents.

Results

References

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