1920 Japanese general election

none Empire of Japan parliamentary 1917 Japanese general election 1917 10 May 1920 1924 Japanese general election 1924 All 464 seats in the House of Representatives 233 130x130px Takashi Hara posing.jpg Hara Takashi Rikken Seiyūkai 38.80%, 165 seats 278 113 1,471,728 55.77% 16.97pp Takaaki Kato suit.jpg Kato Takaaki Kenseikai 35.94%, 121 seats 110 11 715,500 27.11% 8.83pp Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg Inukai Tsuyoshi Rikken Kokumintō 9.68%, 35 seats 29 6 140,397 5.32% 4.36pp Prime Minister Hara Takashi Rikken Seiyūkai Hara Takashi Rikken Seiyūkai General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1920.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281 The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi, which won 278 of the 464 seats. Electoral system Following electoral reforms in 1919, the 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, reduced from 10 yen in the 1917 elections, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote to 6%.Mackie & Rose, p276 Results File:Japan House of Representatives 1920.svg Rikken Seiyūkai 1471728 278 +113 Kenseikai 715500 110 –11 Rikken Kokumintō 140397 29 –6 Others 311444 47 –13 22573 +83 3069148 Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan References Category:General elections in Japan Japan General Japan Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results