1930 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.[1] The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 82%.

1930 Japanese general election

← 1928 20 February 1930 1932 →

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives
234 seats needed for a majority
Turnout82.29% (Increase1.96pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Osachi Hamaguchi Tsuyoshi Inukai
Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai
Last election 43.06%, 216 seats 43.14%, 217 seats
Seats won 273 174
Seat change Increase57 Decrease43
Popular vote 5,466,908 3,925,280
Percentage 52.48% 37.69%
Swing Increase9.42pp Decrease5.45pp

Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength

Prime Minister before election

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

Elected Prime Minister

Hamaguchi Osachi
Rikken Minseitō

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Constitutional Democratic Party5,466,90852.48273+57
Rikken Seiyūkai3,925,98037.69174–43
Social Democratic Party173,4581.672–2
Kokumin Doshikai128,5051.236+2
Japan Masses Party158,0741.522New
Labour-Farmer Masses Party92,5190.891New
Local Communists65,7110.630
Kakushintō55,4870.5330
Zenkoku Minshuto13,9600.130
Meiseikai11,3150.110
Other parties1,1190.010
Independents323,5363.115–10
Total10,416,572100.004660
Valid votes10,416,57298.79
Invalid/blank votes127,6171.21
Total votes10,544,189100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,812,89582.29
Source: Voice Japan

By prefecture

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Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
RM RS KD K SDP JMP L-FMP Ind.
Aichi 17 11 6
Akita 7 5 2
Aomori 6 3 3
Chiba 11 7 4
Ehime 9 6 3
Fukui 5 3 2
Fukuoka 18 9 8 1
Fukushima 11 8 3
Gifu 9 5 4
Gunma 9 6 3
Hiroshima 13 8 5
Hokkaido 20 11 8 1
Hyōgo 19 10 6 1 1 1
Ibaraki 11 8 3
Ishikawa 6 4 2
Iwate 7 2 5
Kagawa 6 3 3
Kagoshima 12 3 9
Kanagawa 11 6 4 1
Kōchi 6 4 2
Kumamoto 10 6 4
Kyoto 11 7 3 1
Mie 9 6 2 1
Miyagi 8 3 5
Miyazaki 5 4 1
Nagano 13 9 4
Nagasaki 9 5 4
Nara 5 4 1
Niigata 15 9 5 1
Ōita 7 5 2
Okayama 10 4 6
Okinawa 5 4 1
Osaka 21 14 4 2 1
Saga 6 4 2
Saitama 11 6 5
Shiga 5 3 1 1
Shimane 6 5 1
Shizuoka 13 7 4 1 1
Tochigi 9 5 4
Tokushima 6 4 2
Tokyo 31 17 10 1 1 1 1
Tottori 4 3 1
Toyama 6 4 2
Wakayama 6 4 2
Yamagata 8 4 4
Yamaguchi 9 3 6
Yamanashi 5 2 3
Total 466 273 174 6 3 2 2 1 5

References

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  1. ^ Klaus Schlichtmann (2009) Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijūrō, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Lexington Books, p56