1930 Japanese general election

1930 Japanese general election

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All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.29% (Increase1.96pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Osachi Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Inukai
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai
Last election 43.06%, 216 seats 43.14%, 217 seats
Seats won 273 174
Seat change Increase57 Decrease43
Popular vote 5,466,908 3,925,280
Percentage 52.48% 37.69%
Swing Increase9.42pp Decrease5.45pp

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

Elected Prime Minister

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.[1] The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 82%.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Democratic Party5,466,90852.48273+57
Rikken Seiyūkai3,925,98037.69174–43
Social Democratic Party173,4581.672–2
Kokumin Doshikai128,5051.236+2
Japan Masses Party158,0741.522New
Labour-Farmer Masses Party92,5190.891New
Local Communists65,7110.630
Kakushintō55,4870.5330
Zenkoku Minshuto13,9600.130
Meiseikai11,3150.110
Other parties1,1190.010
Independents323,5363.115–10
Total10,416,572100.004660
Valid votes10,416,57298.79
Invalid/blank votes127,6171.21
Total votes10,544,189100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,812,89582.29
Source: Voice Japan

By prefecture

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Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
RM RS KD K SDP JMP L-FMP Ind.
Aichi 17 11 6
Akita 7 5 2
Aomori 6 3 3
Chiba 11 7 4
Ehime 9 6 3
Fukui 5 3 2
Fukuoka 18 9 8 1
Fukushima 11 8 3
Gifu 9 5 4
Gunma 9 6 3
Hiroshima 13 8 5
Hokkaido 20 11 8 1
Hyōgo 19 10 6 1 1 1
Ibaraki 11 8 3
Ishikawa 6 4 2
Iwate 7 2 5
Kagawa 6 3 3
Kagoshima 12 3 9
Kanagawa 11 6 4 1
Kōchi 6 4 2
Kumamoto 10 6 4
Kyoto 11 7 3 1
Mie 9 6 2 1
Miyagi 8 3 5
Miyazaki 5 4 1
Nagano 13 9 4
Nagasaki 9 5 4
Nara 5 4 1
Niigata 15 9 5 1
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 4 6
Okinawa 5 4 1
Osaka 21 14 4 2 1
Saga 6 4 2
Saitama 11 6 5
Shiga 5 3 1 1
Shimane 6 5 1
Shizuoka 13 7 4 1 1
Tochigi 9 5 4
Tokushima 6 4 2
Tokyo 31 17 10 1 1 1 1
Tottori 4 3 1
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 4 2
Yamagata 8 4 4
Yamaguchi 9 3 6
Yamanashi 5 2 3
Total 466 273 174 6 3 2 2 1 5

References

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  1. ^ Klaus Schlichtmann (2009) Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijūrō, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Lexington Books, p56