1915 Japanese general election

1915 Japanese general election

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All 381 seats in the House of Representatives
191 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Kato Takaaki Hara Takashi Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party Dōshikai Rikken Seiyūkai Kokumintō
Last election 51.5%, 209 seats 28.5%, 95 seats
Seats won 153 108 27
Seat change New Decrease101 Decrease68
Popular vote 523,228 446,934 106,445
Percentage 36.9% 31.5% 7.5%
Swing New Decrease20.0pp Decrease21.0pp

Prime Minister before election

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Dōshikai

Prime Minister after election

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Dōshikai

General elections were held in Japan on 25 March 1915.[1] The Rikken Dōshikai party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 153 of the 381 seats.

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

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