1928 Japanese general election

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All 466 seats in theHouse of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Tanaka Giichi Hamaguchi Osachi Party Rikken Seiyūkai Rikken Minseitō Last election 22.41%, 103 seats Did not exist Seats won 217 216 Seat change 114 New Popular vote 4,244,385 4,251,771 Percentage 43.06% 43.14% Swing 20.86pp New
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Tanaka Giichi Rikken Seiyūkai ElectedPrime Minister Tanaka Giichi Rikken Seiyūkai

General elections were held inJapan on 20 February 1928,^[1][2] the first after the passing of theUniversal Manhood Suffrage Law in 1925 which introduced universal male suffrage for men 25 years and over.^[3] The rulingRikken Seiyūkai led by Prime MinisterTanaka Giichi won one more seat than the oppositionConstitutional Democratic Party led byHamaguchi Osachi, although the Constitutional Democratic Party had received slightly more votes. Thehung parliament led to the Tanaka government continuing in office.

Following electoral reforms in 1925, the 466 members of theHouse of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats. Voting had previously been restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 3 yen a year in direct taxation, but the reforms had also abolished the taxation requirement.^[4] As a result, the electorate increased from 3.3 million in the1924 elections to 12.4 million.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Constitutional Democratic Party	4,251,771	43.14	216	New
	Rikken Seiyūkai	4,244,385	43.06	217	+114
	Labour-Farmer Party	184,040	1.87	2	New
	Jitsugyo Doshikai	166,250	1.69	4	New
	Social Democratic Party	120,044	1.22	4	New
	Japan Labour-Farmer Party	94,626	0.96	1	New
	Kakushintō	81,324	0.83	3	New
	Japan Farmers Party	44,000	0.45	0	New
	Others	669,756	6.80	19	–50
Total		9,856,196	100.00	466	+2
Valid votes		9,856,196	98.88
Invalid/blank votes		111,888	1.12
Total votes		9,968,084	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		12,408,678	80.33
Source: Mackie & Rose,Voice Japan

TheManchurian warlordZhang Zuolin was assassinated by the Japanese army in June 1928. Tanaka denounced the army for this, but lost support and was forced to resign in July 1929. Opposition leader Hamaguchi became Prime Minister and formed a new government.

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