1902 Japanese general election

none Empire of Japan parliamentary 10 August 1902 August 1898 Japanese general election Aug 1898 1903 Japanese general election 1903 All 376 seats in the House of Representatives 189 Itō Hirobumi.jpg Itō Hirobumi Rikken Seiyūkai 191 433,763 50.40% Shigenobu Okuma 2.jpg Ōkuma Shigenobu Kensei Hontō 95 220,989 25.68% Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Katsura Tarō Independent politician Katsura Tarō Independent politician General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281 The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats. Electoral system Electoral reforms in 1900 had abolished the 253 single and two-member constituencies. The 376 members of the House of Representatives were now elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities.Mackie & Rose, p276 Voting remained restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation, although 1900 electoral reforms had reduced the figure from 15 yen, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote from 1% to 2%. Results File:House of Representatives (Japan) 1902.svg Rikken Seiyūkai 433763 191 New Kensei Hontō 220989 95 New Teikokutō 37749 17 New Jinin Kai 35950 28 New Dōshi Club 24541 13 New Others 107678 32 – 8098 +76 982868 Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan References Category:General elections in Japan Japan General Japan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results