September 1894 Japanese general election

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 13 11   Third party Fourth party   Leader  – Shinagawa Yajirō Party Rikken Kakushintō Kokumin Kyōkai Last election 42 35 Seats won 39 32 Seat change 3 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. The Liberal Party remained the largest party, winning 107 of the 300 seats

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			107	–13
	Rikken Kaishintō			49	–11
	Rikken Kakushintō			39	-3
	Kokumin Kyōkai			32	–3
	Teikoku Zaisei Kakushin-kai			5	New
	Chūgoku Progressive Party			4	New
	Independents			64	+30
Total				300	0
Total votes		390,687	–
Registered voters/turnout		460,483	84.84
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.