1902 Japanese general election

1902 Japanese general election

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All 376 seats in the House of Representatives
189 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itō Hirobumi Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kensei Hontō
Seats won 191 95
Popular vote 433,763 220,989
Percentage 50.40% 25.68%

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats.

  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281