General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1932.Bernd Martin (2006) Japan and Germany in the Modern World, Berghahn Books, p136 They were the last elections before the May 15 Incident, which marked the temporary end of party politics in Japan. Rikken Seiyūkai won 301 of the 466 seats in the House of Representatives.
Background In 1931, the ruling Rikken Minseitō opposed the Mukden Incident, which was engineered by the military. The anti-war Foreign Minister Kijuro Shidehara and Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō were criticized for their intervention in military and was accused of "serious corruption". After the resignation of the Reijirō Cabinet, some right-wing members of the ruling party formed a coalition with the opposition Rikken Seiyūkai and elected Inukai Tsuyoshi as prime minister.
Before the elections, some businessmen and candidates were assassinated by the right-wing.
Results Despite assassinations of anti-war politicians, Rikken Minseitō was unpopular because of its mishandling of the economic crisis. The ruling right-wing Rikken Seiyūkai led by Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi won a landslide victory.
By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonRikken SeiyūkaiRikken MinseitōSDPRōnō TaishūtōKakushintōInd.Aichi171151Akita743Aomori642Chiba1183Ehime972Fukui532Fukuoka1812321Fukushima11731Gifu963Gunma963Hiroshima1376Hokkaido201361Hyōgo191171Ibaraki11821Ishikawa642Iwate761Kagawa642Kagoshima1212Kanagawa1165Kōchi6411Kumamoto10631Kyoto11731Mie9531Miyagi862Miyazaki55Nagano1376Nagasaki954Nara5221Niigata151041Ōita752Okayama1091Okinawa541Osaka2110101Saga642Saitama1183Shiga532Shimane624Shizuoka1385Tochigi963Tokushima642Tokyo311513111Tottori4211Toyama642Wakayama651Yamagata853Yamaguchi972Yamanashi541Total46630114632212
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