Japanese general election, 1930

20 February 1930

All 466 seats to the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Osachi Hamaguchi	Tsuyoshi Inukai
Party	Minseitō	Seiyūkai
Leader's seat	Kōchi 1st	Okayama 2nd
Last election	217 seats	218 seats
Seats won	273	174
Seat change	+46	-44
Popular vote	5,466,908	3,925,280
Percentage	52.42	37.69

Prime Minister before election

Osachi Hamaguchi
Minseitō

Prime Minister-designate

Osachi Hamaguchi
Minseitō

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General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.^[1] The Rikken Minseitō, which was led by Prime Minister Osachi Hamaguchi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 83.34%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Rikken Minseitō	5,466,908	52.48	273	+57
Rikken Seiyūkai	3,925,980	37.69	174	–43
Social Democratic Party	173,458	1.67	2	–2
Kokumin Doshikai	128,505	1.23	6	+2
Japan Masses Party	158,074	1.52	2	New
Labour-Farmer Masses Party	92,519	0.89	1	New
Local Communists	65,711	0.63	0	–
Kakushintō	55,487	0.53	3	0
Zenkoku Minshuto	13,960	0.13	0	–
Meiseikai	11,315	0.11	0	–
Other parties	1,119	0.01	0	–
Independents	323,536	3.11	5	–10
Invalid/blank votes	127,617	–	–	–
Total	10,544,189	100	466	0
Registered voters/turnout	12,812,895	83.34	–	–
Source: Voice Japan

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

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