The Shōwakai () was a political party in

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History

The party was established in December 1935 by a group of 18 MPs who had left

Rikken Seiyūkai The was one of the main political party, 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 Devel ...

and Mushozoku Club in protest at the former's decision to continue to oppose Keisuke Okada's government. Three Rikken Seiyūkai MPs, Uchida Nobuya, Tatsunosuke Yamazaki and

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had been expelled from the party after accepting cabinet positions, and the expulsions continued when several other MPs joined the government's Cabinet Deliberation Council.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, p618 In the 1936 elections the new party won 20 seats. Although several MPs joined it during the parliamentary term, it was reduced to 19 seats in the 1937 elections. Following the elections it was dissolved and the majority of its members rejoined Rikken Seiyūkai.

Election results

References

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