March 1898 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan in March 1898.

March 1898 Japanese general election
March 1898
All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Liberal Shimpotō[lower-alpha 1] Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 107 49 32
Seats won 105 103 29
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 54 Decrease 3
Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

 Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

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Campaign

A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party105–2
Shimpotō103+54
Kokumin Kyōkai29–3
Yamashita Club26New
Independents37+3
Total3000
Total votes396,046–
Registered voters/turnout452,63787.50
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Notes
  1. as Rikken Kaishintō

References
  • Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), Political Development in Modern Japan, United States: Princeton University Press.
  • Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU.
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