March 1898 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan in March 1898.

March 1898
All 300 seats to the House of Representatives
151 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Itagaki Taisuke Ōkuma Shigenobu Shinagawa Yajirō
Party Jiyutō Shimpotō Kokumin Kyōkai
Last election 107  – 32
Seats won 105 103 29
Seat change 2  – 3
Prime Minister before election

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

 Subsequent Prime Minister

Itō Hirobumi
Independent

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Campaign

A total of 605 candidates contested the elections; the Jiyūtō nominated the most with 233, Shimpotō had 174, Kokumin Kyōkai 52 and Yamashita Club 26. The remaining 118 candidates were independents.

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Jiyūtō105–2
Shimpotō103New
Kokumin Kyōkai29–3
Yamashita Club26New
Independents37–
Total3000
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References
  • Robert A. Scalapino (Ed. by) Robert E. Ward (1973), Political Development in Modern Japan, United States: Princeton University Press.
  • Mahendra Prakash (2004), Coalition Experience in Japanese Politics: 1993-2003, New Delhi: JNU.


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