1936 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281 Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats and securing a slim majority with parties in support of the government. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

Formed in 1934, the Okada administration faced a fierce opposition from Rikken Seiyūkai, the largest bloc in the House of Representatives at the time, and had to rely on a minority coalition composed of Rikken Minseitō and a group of Seiyūkai dissidents led by Tokonami Takejirō (the group then became Shōwakai). The administration sought to obtain a majority with its coalition partners in this election. Though the goal was fulfilled, the administration collapsed almost immediately in the aftermath of the February 26 Incident. Elder Saionji Kinmochi then called diplomat Hirota Kōki to form a new cabinet with endorsement from both Minseitō and Seiyūkai, after the initial invitation to Konoe Fumimaro was declined.

Electoral system The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.Mackie & Rose, p276

Results

By prefecture PrefectureTotalseatsSeats wonRikken MinseitōRikken SeiyūkaiShōwakaiShakai TaishūtōKokumin DōmeiOthersInd.Aichi177613Akita7421Aomori6231Chiba1156Ehime954Fukui52111Fukuoka1848114Fukushima1165Gifu954Gunma9531Hiroshima13733Hokkaido2010712Hyōgo1910711Ibaraki114331Ishikawa633Iwate7151Kagawa633Kagoshima12714Kanagawa11632Kōchi62211Kumamoto10154Kyoto11821Mie9531Miyagi8341Miyazaki51211Nagano137312Nagasaki94311Nara5311Niigata1574121Ōita734Okayama10361Okinawa5221Osaka21114141Saga642Saitama114511Shiga5221Shimane651Shizuoka135611Tochigi963Tokushima6321Tokyo31168511Tottori4211Toyama633Wakayama6231Yamagata82411Yamaguchi91611Yamanashi51121Total466205174201815628

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