1924 Japanese general election

1924 Japanese general election

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All 464 seats in the House of Representatives
233 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kato Takaaki Tokonami Takejirō
Party Kenseikai Seiyūhontō
Last election 27.5%, 110 seats
Seats won 151 111
Seat change Increase41 New
Popular vote 872,533 730,077
Percentage 29.3% 24.8%
Swing Increase1.8pp New

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Takahashi Korekiyo Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kakushin Club
Last election 56.2%, 278 seats
Seats won 103 30
Seat change Decrease175 New
Popular vote 666,317 182,720
Percentage 22.2% 6.1%
Swing Decrease34.0pp New

Prime Minister before election

Kiyoura Keigo
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Kato Takaaki
Kenseikai

General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924.[1] No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.

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

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