1924 Japanese general election

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All 464 seats in the House of Representatives 233 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Kato Takaaki Tokonami Takejirō Party Kenseikai Seiyūhontō Last election 27.5%, 110 seats – Seats won 151 111 Seat change 41 New Popular vote 872,533 730,077 Percentage 29.3% 24.8% Swing 1.8pp New   Third party Fourth party   Leader Takahashi Korekiyo Inukai Tsuyoshi Party Rikken Seiyūkai Kakushin Club Last election 56.2%, 278 seats – Seats won 103 30 Seat change 175 New Popular vote 666,317 182,720 Percentage 22.2% 6.1% Swing 34.0pp New
Prime Minister before election Kiyoura Keigo Independent Prime Minister after election Kato Takaaki Kenseikai

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General elections were held in Japan on 10 May 1924.^[1] No party won a majority of seats, resulting in Kenseikai, Rikken Seiyūkai and the Kakushin Club forming the country's first coalition government led by Katō Takaaki.

Electoral system

The 464 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 295 single-member constituencies, 68 two-member constituencies and 11 three-member constituencies. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation.^[2]

Campaign

A total of 972 candidates contested the elections, of which 265 were from Kenseikai, 242 from Seiyūhontō, 218 from Rikken Seiyūkai, 53 from the Kakushin Club and 194 from minor parties or running as independents.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Kenseikai	872,533	29.35	151	+41
	Seiyūhontō	730,077	24.56	111	New
	Rikken Seiyūkai	666,317	22.41	103	–175
	Kakushin Club	182,720	6.15	30	New
	Others	521,311	17.54	69	+22
Total		2,972,958	100.00	464	0
Valid votes		2,972,958	99.16
Invalid/blank votes		25,310	0.84
Total votes		2,998,268	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		3,288,405	91.18
Source: Mackie & Rose, Voice Japan