1936 Japanese general election

1936 Japanese general election

← 1932 20 February 1936 1937 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
234 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Machida Chūji Suzuki Kisaburō
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai
Last election 35.25%, 146 seats 58.20%, 301 seats
Seats won 205 174
Seat change Increase59 Decrease127
Popular vote 4,444,413 4,188,029
Percentage 39.92% 37.62%
Swing Increase4.67pp Decrease20.58pp

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Keisuke Okada
Imperial Japanese Army

Elected Prime Minister

Kōki Hirota
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936.[1] Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

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

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