March 1898 Japanese general election

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{{Infobox election

| country = Empire of Japan

| type = parliamentary

| election_date = {{nowrap|15 March 1898}}

| previous_election = September 1894 Japanese general election

| previous_year = September 1894

| next_election = August 1898 Japanese general election

| next_year = August 1898

| seats_for_election = All 300 seats in the House of Representatives

| majority_seats = 151

| image1 = Itagaki Taisuke.jpg

| leader1 = Itagaki Taisuke

| party1 = Liberal Party (Japan, 1890)

| last_election1 = 107

| seats1 = 105

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 2

| image2 = Shigenobu Okuma 5.jpg

| leader2 = {{nowrap|Ōkuma Shigenobu}}

| party2 = Shimpotō

| color2 = CD5C5C

| last_election2 = 49

| seats2 = 103

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 54

| image4 = Yajiro Shinagawa.jpg

| leader4 = {{nowrap|Shinagawa Yajirō}}

| party4 = Kokumin Kyōkai

| color4 = 9B95C9

| last_election4 = 32

| seats4 = 29

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 3

| party5 = Yamashita Club

| colour5 = 00ff00

| leader5 =

| image5 =

| last_election5 = –

| seats5 = 26

| seat_change5 = new

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister after election

| before_election = Itō Hirobumi

| before_party = Independent politician

| after_election = Itō Hirobumi

| after_party = Independent politician

}}{{Politics of Japan}}

General elections were held in Japan on 15 March 1898.

Campaign

A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Liberal Party nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.

Results

{{Election results

|image=File:House of Representatives (Japan) March 1898.svg

|party1=Liberal Party|votes1=|seats1=105|sc1=–2

|party2=Shimpotō|votes2=|seats2=103|sc2=+54

|party3=Kokumin Kyōkai|votes3=|seats3=29|sc3=–3

|party4=Yamashita Club|votes4=|seats4=26|sc4=New|color4=#00FF00

|party5=Independents|votes5=|seats5=37|sc5=+3

|total_sc=0

|totalvotes=396046

|electorate=452637

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130201135140/https://www.stat.go.jp/data/chouki/zuhyou/27-07.xls Statistics Bureau of Japan]

}}

References

  • Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), Political Development in Modern Japan, United States: Princeton University Press.
  • Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218215907/http://www.jnu.ac.in/main.asp?sendval=Library].

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