1902 Japanese general election

{{Infobox election

| country = Empire of Japan

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = 10 August 1902

| previous_election = August 1898 Japanese general election

| previous_year = August 1898

| next_election = 1903 Japanese general election

| next_year = 1903

| seats_for_election = All 376 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 189

| image1 = Itō Hirobumi.jpg

| leader1 = Itō Hirobumi

| party1 = Rikken Seiyūkai

| seats1 = 191

| popular_vote1 = 433,763

| percentage1 = 50.40%

| image2 = Shigenobu Okuma 2.jpg

| leader2 = Ōkuma Shigenobu

| party2 = Kensei Hontō

| seats2 = 95

| popular_vote2 = 220,989

| percentage2 = 25.68%

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Katsura Tarō

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Katsura Tarō

| after_party = Independent politician

}}

General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281 The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats.

Electoral system

Electoral reforms in 1900 had abolished the 253 single and two-member constituencies. The 376 members of the House of Representatives were now elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities.Mackie & Rose, p276

Voting remained restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation, although 1900 electoral reforms had reduced the figure from 15 yen, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote from 1% to 2%.