1904 Japanese general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Empire of Japan

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = 1 March 1904

| previous_election = 1903 Japanese general election

| previous_year = 1903

| next_election = 1908 Japanese general election

| next_year = 1908

| seats_for_election = All 379 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 190

| image_size = 130x130px

| image1 = Kinmochi Saionji 2.jpg

| leader1 = Saionji Kinmochi

| party1 = Rikken Seiyūkai

| last_election1 = 45.42%, 175 seats

| seats1 = 133

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}}42

| popular_vote1 = 217,691

| percentage1 = 33.47%

| swing1 = {{decrease}}11.95pp

| image2 = Shigenobu Okuma 2.jpg

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Ōkuma Shigenobu}}

| party2 = Kensei Hontō

| last_election2 = 26.63%, 85 seats

| seats2 = 90

| seat_change2 = {{increase}}5

| popular_vote2 = 170,319

| percentage2 = 26.19%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}0.44pp

| image3 = 3x4.svg

| leader3 =

| party3 = Kōshin Club

| color3 = 00BFFF

| last_election3 = 4.51%, 31 seats{{efn|As Chūsei Club}}

| seats3 = 39

| seat_change3 = {{increase}}8

| popular_vote3 = 55,709

| percentage3 = 8.57%

| swing3 = {{increase}}4.06pp

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Katsura Tarō

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Katsura Tarō

| after_party = Independent politician

| seats4 = 18

| party4 = Jiyu Club

| seat_change4 = new

| percentage4 = 4.89%

| popular_vote4 = 31,772

| colour4 = EFAB93

| party5 = Mumei Club

| colour5 = FFEFD5

| seats5 = 25

| seat_change5 = new

| percentage5 = 4.80%

| popular_vote5 = 31,197

| party6 = Teikokutō

| seats6 = 19

| percentage6 = 4.19%

| popular_vote6 = 27,244

| seat_change6 = {{increase}}2

}}{{Politics of Japan}}

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1904.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281{{Cite journal|last=Garner|first=James Wilford|date=1904|title=Record of Political Events|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2140296|journal=Political Science Quarterly|volume=19|issue=2|pages=367–368|doi=10.2307/2140296|jstor=2140296 |issn=0032-3195}} The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 133 of the 379 seats.