1928 Japanese general election

1928 Japanese general election
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All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tanaka Giichi Hamaguchi Osachi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Rikken Minseitō
Last election 22.41%, 103 seats Did not exist
Seats won 217 216
Seat change Increase114 New
Popular vote 4,244,385 4,251,771
Percentage 43.06% 43.14%
Swing Increase20.86pp New
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election

Tanaka Giichi
Rikken Seiyūkai

Elected Prime Minister

Tanaka Giichi
Rikken Seiyūkai

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General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1928,[1][2] the first after the passing of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law in 1925 which introduced universal male suffrage for men 25 years and over.[3] The ruling Rikken Seiyūkai led by Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi won one more seat than the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party led by Hamaguchi Osachi, although the Constitutional Democratic Party had received slightly more votes. The hung parliament led to the Tanaka government continuing in office.

  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  2. ^ Colegrove, Kenneth (1928). "The Japanese General Election of 1928". American Political Science Review. 22 (2): 401–407. doi:10.2307/1945477. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1945477. S2CID 147606313.
  3. ^ Colegrove, Kenneth (1929). "Labor Parties in Japan". American Political Science Review. 23 (2): 329–363. doi:10.2307/1945218. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1945218. S2CID 145649163.