1890 Japanese general election
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General elections were held for the first time in
Background
The elections for the lower house of the Diet were held in accordance with provisions of the new Meiji Constitution, which had been promulgated in 1889.[2]
The elections had limited
Only male citizens 30 years of age and over, who were not members of the
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| Liberal Party | 130 | |||
| Taiseikai | 79 | |||
| Rikken Kaishintō | 41 | |||
| Kokumin Jiyutō | 5 | |||
| Independents | 45 | |||
| Total | 300 | |||
| Total votes | 422,594 | – | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 450,872 | 93.73 | ||
| Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan | ||||
Post-election composition by prefecture
| Prefecture | Total seats |
Seats won | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Taiseikai | Rikken Kaishintō | Kokumin Jiyutō | Ind. | ||
| Aichi | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akita | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aomori | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chiba | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ehime | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fukui | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fukuoka | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fukushima | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gifu | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gunma | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroshima | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Hyōgo | 12 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ibaraki | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ishikawa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Iwate | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kagawa | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kagoshima | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kanagawa | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kōchi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumamoto | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyoto | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mie | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Miyagi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miyazaki | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nagano | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nagasaki | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nara | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Niigata | 13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ōita | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Okayama | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Osaka | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saitama | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Shiga | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shimane | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shizuoka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tochigi | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tokushima | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokyo | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Tottori | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toyama | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wakayama | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yamagata | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yamaguchi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Yamanashi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 300 | 127 | 78 | 44 | 5 | 46 |
| Note: Party affiliation after the general election. | ||||||
Aftermath
The first Diet session was summoned on 25 November; the two opposing forces confronted each other for the first time in the arena of practical Japanese politics. The mintō (liberal parties), which included the Liberal Party, Rikken Kaishintō and their affiliates) held a combined strength of 171 seats, forming a majority.
Notes
References
- ISBN 0-521-22356-3.
- Fraser, Andrew (1995). Japan's Early Parliaments, 1890-1905: Structure, Issues and Trends. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-03075-7.
- ISBN 0-231-12341-8.
- Mason, R.H.P. (1969). Japan's First General Election, 1890. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-07147-X.
- Meyer, Milton Walter (1992). Japan: A Concise History. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8226-3018-4.
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