September 1894 Japanese general election
1 September 1894
All 300 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party Liberal Rikken Kaishintō
Last election 120 60
Seats won 107 49
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 11
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader  – Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 42[lower-alpha 1] 35
Seats won 39 32
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3
Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

 Prime Minister after election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 1 September 1894.[1] The Liberal Party remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Liberal Party107–13
Rikken Kaishintō49–11
Rikken Kakushintō39-3
Kokumin Kyōkai32–3
Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai5New
Chūgoku Progressive Party4New
Independents64+30
Total3000
Total votes390,687–
Registered voters/turnout460,48384.84
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Post-election composition by prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats		 Seats won
Liberal Rikken Kaishintō Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai Chūgoku Progressive Ind.
Aichi 11 2 1 2 3 0 0 2
Akita 5 0 0 3 1 0 0 1
Aomori 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Chiba 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 1
Ehime 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 2
Fukui 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Fukuoka 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 0
Fukushima 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 2
Gifu 7 2 1 0 2 0 0 2
Gunma 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Hiroshima 10 3 1 0 1 0 1 4
Hyōgo 12 7 3 0 0 0 0 2
Ibaraki 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 2
Ishikawa 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
Iwate 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kagawa 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Kagoshima 7 0 0 4 3 0 0 0
Kanagawa 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kōchi 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kumamoto 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 0
Kyoto 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Mie 7 4 2 0 0 0 0 1
Miyagi 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
Miyazaki 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Nagano 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 2
Nagasaki 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nara 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Niigata 13 2 9 0 0 0 0 2
Ōita 6 0 2 0 4 0 0 0
Okayama 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 1
Osaka 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 8
Saga 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Saitama 8 3 2 0 1 0 0 2
Shiga 5 1 0 3 0 0 0 1
Shimane 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Shizuoka 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0
Tochigi 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 1
Tokushima 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
Tokyo 14 3 3 1 0 3 0 4
Tottori 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Toyama 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 4
Wakayama 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Yamagata 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
Yamaguchi 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Yamanashi 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Total 300 105 44 40 30 3 4 74
Notes: Party affiliation after the general election.

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Louis G. Perez (1999) Japan Comes of Age: Mutsu Munemitsu and the Revision of the Unequal Treaties, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, p170
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