Japanese general election, September 1898

10 August 1898

All 300 seats to the House of Representatives 151 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Third party

Leader	Ōkuma Shigenobu	Shinagawa Yajirō
Party	Kenseitō	Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election	–	29
Seats won	244	21
Seat change	–	8

Prime Minister before election

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Kenseitō

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Kenseitō

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General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1898.^[1]

Results

Party	Seats	+/–
Kensei Hontō	124	New
Kenseitō	120	New
Kokumin Kyōkai	21	–8
Hiyoshi Club	9	New
Independents	26	–11
Total	300	0

↑ Junichiro Wada (2003) The Japanese Election System: Three Analytical Perspectives, Routledge

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