1930 Japanese general election

1930 Japanese general election

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All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.29% (Increase1.96pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Osachi Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Inukai Mutou Sanji
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Kokumin Doshikai
Leader's seat Kōchi 1st Okayama 2nd Ōsaka-2
Last election 216 seats 217 seats 4 seats
Seats won 273 174 6
Seat change Increase57 Decrease43 Increase 2
Popular vote 5,466,908 3,925,280 128,505
Percentage 52.48% 37.69% 1.23%
Swing Increase9.34pp Decrease5.37pp Increase 0.46pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
KST
Leader Abe Isoo Aso Hisashi
Party Shakai Minshūtō Kakushintō Taishūtō
Leader's seat Tōkyō-2 Tōkyō-5 (lost)
Last election 4 seats 3 seats New party
Seats won 2 3 2
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady New party
Popular vote 173,458 55,487 158,074
Percentage 1.67% 0.53% 1.52%
Swing Increase 0.45pp Decrease 0.30pp New party

  Seventh party
 
Leader Oyama Ikuo
Party Rōnōtaishūtō
Leader's seat Tōkyō-5
Last election New party
Seats won 1
Seat change New party
Popular vote 92,519
Percentage 0.89%
Swing New party


Prime Minister before election

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

Prime Minister after election

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.[1] The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 82%.

  1. ^ Klaus Schlichtmann (2009) Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijūrō, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Lexington Books, p56

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