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    Eugammon of Cyrene

    1904 Japanese general election
    ← 1903 1 March 1904 1908 →
    All 379 seats in the House of Representatives
    190 seats needed for a majority
      First party Second party Third party
     
    Leader Saionji Kinmochi Ōkuma Shigenobu
    Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kensei Hontō Kōshin Club
    Last election 45.42%, 175 seats 26.63%, 85 seats 4.51%, 31 seats[a]
    Seats won 133 90 39
    Seat change Decrease42 Increase5 Increase8
    Popular vote 217,691 170,319 55,709
    Percentage 33.47% 26.19% 8.57%
    Swing Decrease11.95pp Decrease0.44pp Increase4.06pp
      Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
     
    Party Jiyu Club Mumei Club Teikokutō
    Seats won 18 25 19
    Seat change new new Increase2
    Popular vote 31,772 31,197 27,244
    Percentage 4.89% 4.80% 4.19%
    Prime Minister before election

    Katsura Tarō
    Independent

    		Prime Minister after election

    Katsura Tarō
    Independent

    This article is part of a series on
    Politics of Japan
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    Shigeru Ishiba (LDP)

    Second Ishiba Cabinet
    (LDP–Komeito coalition)
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    Fukushiro Nukaga

    • Vice Speaker

    Kōichirō Genba

    Masakazu Sekiguchi

    • Vice President

    Hiroyuki Nagahama
    Judiciary

    Yukihiko Imasaki

    Bank of Japan
    • Governor

    Kazuo Ueda

    Elections


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    General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1904.[1][2] The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 133 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.[3]

    Results

    PartyVotes%Seats+/–
    Rikken Seiyūkai217,69133.47133–42
    Kensei Hontō170,31926.1990+5
    Kōshin Club55,7098.5739+8
    Jiyu Club31,7724.8918New
    Mumei Club31,1974.8025New
    Teikokutō27,2444.1919+2
    Others116,41917.90550
    Total650,351100.00379+3
    Valid votes650,35199.12
    Invalid/blank votes5,7770.88
    Total votes656,128100.00
    Registered voters/turnout762,44586.06
    Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

    Notes

    1. ^ As Chūsei Club

    References

    1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
    2. ^ Garner, James Wilford (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (2): 367–368. doi:10.2307/2140296. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140296.
    3. ^ Mackie & Rose, p276
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Japanese_general_election

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