1904 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1904.[1][2] The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 133 of the 379 seats.

1 March 1904

All 379 seats in the House of Representatives
190 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Saionji Kinmochi	Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party	Rikken Seiyūkai	Kensei Hontō	Kōshin Club
Last election	175 seats	85 seats	31[lower-alpha 1]
Seats won	133	90	39
Seat change	42	5	8
Popular vote	217,691	170,319	55,709
Percentage	33.47%	26.19%	8.57%
Swing	11.95pp	0.44pp	4.06pp

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Prime Minister after election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

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Electoral system

The 379 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.[3]

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Rikken Seiyūkai	217,691	33.47	133	–42
	Kensei Hontō	170,319	26.19	90	+5
	Kōshin Club	55,709	8.57	39	+8
	Jiyu Club	31,772	4.89	18	New
	Mumei Club	31,197	4.80	25	New
	Teikokutō	27,244	4.19	19	+2
	Others	116,419	17.90	55	0
Total		650,351	100.00	379	+3

Valid votes		650,351	99.12
Invalid/blank votes		5,777	0.88
Total votes		656,128	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		762,445	86.06
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan

Notes

As Chūsei Club

References

Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
Garner, James Wilford (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (2): 367–368. doi:10.2307/2140296. ISSN 0032-3195. JSTOR 2140296.
Mackie & Rose, p276

Elections in Japan
General elections	1890 1892 1894 (Mar) 1894 (Sep) 1898 (Mar) 1898 (Aug) 1902 1903 1904 1908 1912 1915 1917 1920 1924 1928 1930 1932 1936 1937 1942 1946 1947 1949 1952 1953 1955 1958 1960 1963 1967 1969 1972 1976 1979 1980 1983 1986 1990 1993 1996 2000 2003 2005 2009 2012 2014 2017 2021 Next
Councillors elections	1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022
Unified local elections	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Supreme Court retention elections	1949 1952 1955 1958 1960 1963 1967 1969 1972 1976 1979 1980 1983 1986 1990 1993 1996 2000 2003 2005 2009 2012 2014 2017 2021
See also: Gubernatorial elections Prefectural Assembly elections

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