1908 Japanese general election

{{Short description|General election in Japan held in 1908}}

{{Infobox election

| country = Empire of Japan

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = 15 May 1908

| previous_election = 1904 Japanese general election

| previous_year = 1904

| next_election = 1912 Japanese general election

| next_year = 1912

| seats_for_election = All 379 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 190

| image1 = Kinmochi Saionji 2.jpg

| leader1 = Saionji Kinmochi

| party1 = Rikken Seiyūkai

| last_election1 = 33.47%, 33 seats

| seats1 = 187

| seat_change1 = {{increase}}54

| popular_vote1 = 649,858

| percentage1 = 48.40%

| swing1 = {{increase}}14.93pp

| image2 =

| leader2 = Collective Leadership{{efn|After Ōkuma Shigenobu resigned from the party, Ōishi Masami and Inukai Tsuyoshi co-leaded the party as General Directors.}}

| party2 = Kensei Hontō

| last_election2 = 26.19%, 90 seats

| seats2 = 70

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}20

| popular_vote2 = 288,243

| percentage2 = 21.47%

| swing2 = {{decrease}}4.72pp

| image4 =

| color4 = 87CEFA

| party4 = Yūkōkai

| last_election4 = {{dash}}

| seats4 = 29

| seat_change4 = New

| popular_vote4 = 99,690

| percentage4 = 7.42%

| swing4 = New

| image5 =

| color5 = FFDEAD

| leader5 = {{nowrap|Collective leadership}}

| party5 = Daidō Club

| last_election5 = 12.76%, 58 seats{{efn|Kōshin Club and Teikokutō}}

| seats5 = 29

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}}29

| popular_vote5 = 92,477

| percentage5 = 6.89%

| swing5 = {{decrease}}5.87pp

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Saionji Kinmochi

| before_party = Rikken Seiyūkai

| after_election = Saionji Kinmochi

| after_party = Rikken Seiyūkai

|map_image =

|map_size = 300px

|map_caption = House of Representatives conformation

}}

{{Politics of Japan}}

General elections were held in Japan on 15 May 1908.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 187 of the 379 seats.