Election Name: | 1924 Japanese general election |
Country: | Empire of Japan |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1920 Japanese general election |
Previous Year: | 1920 |
Election Date: | 10 May 1924 |
Next Election: | 1928 Japanese general election |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Seats For Election: | All 464 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 233 |
Image1: | Takaaki Kato suit.jpg |
Leader1: | Kato Takaaki |
Party1: | Kenseikai |
Last Election1: | 27.11%, 110 seats |
Seats1: | 151 |
Seat Change1: | 41 |
Popular Vote1: | 872,533 |
Percentage1: | 29.35% |
Swing1: | 2.24pp |
Leader2: | Tokonami Takejirō |
Party2: | Seiyūhontō |
Last Election2: | Did not exist |
Seats2: | 111 |
Seat Change2: | New |
Popular Vote2: | 730,077 |
Percentage2: | 24.56% |
Swing2: | New |
Image4: | Korekiyo Takahashi formal.jpg |
Leader4: | Takahashi Korekiyo |
Party4: | Rikken Seiyūkai |
Last Election4: | 55.77%, 278 seats |
Seats4: | 103 |
Seat Change4: | 175 |
Popular Vote4: | 666,317 |
Percentage4: | 22.41% |
Swing4: | 33.36pp |
Image5: | Inukai Tsuyoshi.jpg |
Leader5: | Inukai Tsuyoshi |
Party5: | Kakushintō |
Last Election5: | Did not exist |
Seats5: | 30 |
Seat Change5: | New |
Popular Vote5: | 182,720 |
Percentage5: | 6.15% |
Swing5: | New |
Prime Minister | |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Party: | Kenseikai |
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.
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]
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.