1908 Japanese general election|
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| | First party | Second party | | |  | | | Leader | Saionji Kinmochi | Collective Leadership[a] | | Party | Rikken Seiyūkai | Kensei Hontō | | Last election | 33.47%, 33 seats | 26.19%, 90 seats | | Seats won | 187 | 70 | | Seat change |  54 |  20 | | Popular vote | 649,858 | 288,243 | | Percentage | 48.40% | 21.47% | | Swing | 14.93pp | 4.72pp |
| | | Third party | Fourth party | | | | | | Leader | | Collective leadership | | Party | Yūkōkai | Daidō Club | | Last election | – | 12.76%, 58 seats[b] | | Seats won | 29 | 29 | | Seat change | New | 29 | | Popular vote | 99,690 | 92,477 | | Percentage | 7.42% | 6.89% | | Swing | New | 5.87pp | |
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General elections were held in Japan on 15 May 1908.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 187 of the 379 seats.
Electoral system
The 379 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.[2]
Campaign
A total of 900 candidates contested the 379 seats.
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Rikken Seiyūkai | 649,858 | 48.40 | 187 | +54 |
| Kensei Hontō | 288,243 | 21.47 | 70 | –20 |
| Yūkōkai | 99,690 | 7.42 | 29 | New |
| Daidō Club | 92,477 | 6.89 | 29 | –29 |
| Others | 212,377 | 15.82 | 64 | +9 |
| Total | 1,342,645 | 100.00 | 379 | 0 |
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| Valid votes | 1,342,645 | 99.00 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 13,534 | 1.00 | |
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| Total votes | 1,356,179 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 1,590,045 | 85.29 | |
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| Source: Mackie & Rose |
By constituency
Tokyo City
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Takagi Masutarō | Independent | 4,344 | 16.22 | Elected |
| Kurahara Korehiro | Yūkōkai | 3,295 | 12.30 | Elected |
| Hatoyama Kazuo | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,237 | 8.35 | Elected |
| Nakano Takenaka | Independent | 2,106 | 7.86 | Elected |
| Ema Shun'ichi | Independent | 1,712 | 6.39 | Elected |
| Inamoto Saburō | Independent | 1,598 | 5.97 | Elected |
| Yamane Masatsugu | Daidō Club | 1,493 | 5.57 | Elected |
| Matsushita Gunji | Daidō Club | 1,386 | 5.17 | Elected |
| Miwa Shinjirō | Yūkōkai | 1,361 | 5.08 | Elected |
| Seki Naohiko | Kensei Hontō | 1,300 | 4.85 | Elected |
| Watanabe Kanjūrō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,262 | 4.71 | Elected |
| Isobe Shirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,207 | 4.51 | |
| Aoki Shōtarō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,163 | 4.34 | |
| Ōishi Kumakichi | Kensei Hontō | 916 | 3.42 | |
| Takanashi Tetsushirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 710 | 2.65 | |
| Hiyama Tetsusaburō | Independent | 654 | 2.44 | |
| None of the above | 40 | 0.15 | |
| Total | 26,784 | 100.00 | |
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| Valid votes | 26,784 | 99.30 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 188 | 0.70 | |
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| Total votes | 26,972 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 33,870 | 79.63 | |
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Tokyo Districts
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Takagi Masatoshi | Yūkōkai | 3,123 | 19.52 | Elected |
| Urushi Shōgan | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,729 | 17.06 | Elected |
| Okazaki Kunisuke | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,702 | 16.89 | Elected |
| Morikubo Sakuzō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,500 | 15.63 | Elected |
| Murano Tsuneemon | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,465 | 15.41 | Elected |
| Nakamura Katsumasa | Rikken Seiyūkai | 2,398 | 14.99 | |
| None of the above | 80 | 0.50 | |
| Total | 15,997 | 100.00 | |
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| Valid votes | 15,997 | 99.16 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 135 | 0.84 | |
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| Total votes | 16,132 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 18,626 | 86.61 | |
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Kyoto City
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
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| Nishimura Jibee | Independent | 3,352 | 38.37 | Elected |
| Kimura Seigo | Independent | 2,138 | 24.48 | Elected |
| Nakayasu Shinzaburō | Independent | 1,814 | 20.77 | Elected |
| Okuno Ichijirō | Rikken Seiyūkai | 1,284 | 14.70 | |
| None of the above | 147 | 1.68 | |
| Total | 8,735 | 100.00 | |
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| Valid votes | 8,735 | 99.05 | |
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| Invalid/blank votes | 84 | 0.95 | |
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| Total votes | 8,819 | 100.00 | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 10,780 | 81.81 | |
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Notes
References
- ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
- ^ Mackie & Rose, p276
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