Japanese general election, September 1898

10 August 1898

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

Prime Minister before election

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Kenseitō

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Kenseitō

Japan

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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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