Election Name: | 1920 Japanese general election |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1917 Japanese general election |
Previous Year: | 1917 |
Election Date: | 10 May 1920 |
Next Election: | 1924 Japanese general election |
Next Year: | 1924 |
Seats For Election: | All 464 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 233 |
Image1: | Takashi Hara posing.jpg |
Leader1: | Hara Takashi |
Party1: | Rikken Seiyūkai |
Last Election1: | 38.80%, 165 seats |
Seats1: | 278 |
Seat Change1: | 113 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,471,728 |
Percentage1: | 55.77% |
Swing1: | 16.97pp |
Leader2: | Kato Takaaki |
Party2: | Kenseikai |
Last Election2: | 35.94%, 121 seats |
Seats2: | 110 |
Seat Change2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 715,500 |
Percentage2: | 27.11% |
Swing2: | 8.83pp |
Image3: | Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg |
Leader3: | Inukai Tsuyoshi |
Party3: | Rikken Kokumintō |
Last Election3: | 9.68%, 35 seats |
Seats3: | 29 |
Seat Change3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 140,397 |
Percentage3: | 5.32% |
Swing3: | 4.36pp |
Prime Minister | |
Before Party: | Rikken Seiyūkai |
After Party: | Rikken Seiyūkai |
General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1920.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party led by Hara Takashi, which won 278 of the 464 seats.
Following electoral reforms in 1919, the 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, reduced from 10 yen in the 1917 elections, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote to 6%.[2]