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The 16th General Election of Japan of the House of Representatives was the first election in Japan after the diet passed the General Election Law. It was held on February 20, 1928. The House of Representatives (衆議院; Shugi-in) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. ...
February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Results The ruling Seiyukai Party led by Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi won narrowly 1 seat against the opposition Minsei Party, which was led by Hamaguchi Osachi. Besides, neither Seiyukai or Minsei had a overall majority. As a result, a swung parliament was eventually produced. The turnout of the election was 80.36%. 12,409,078 men voted in the election. Rikkenseiyukai (立憲政友会) is a political party in Japan founded in 1890 by Count Itō Hirobumi. ...
Tanaka Giichi (田中 義一 Tanaka Giichi February 5, 1866–November 20, 1949) was a Japanese politician and the 26th Prime Minister of Japan from April 20, 1927 to July 2, 1929. ...
Hamaguchi Osachi (浜口 雄幸 April 1, 1870–August 26, 1931) was a Japanese politician and the 27th Prime Minister of Japan from July 2, 1929 to April 14, 1931. ...
| Party | Total | | Seiyukai Party | 218 | | Minsei Party | 217 | | Constitutional Comrade Party | 4 | | Reform Party | 3 | | Labor-Farmer Party | 2 | | Nippon Labor-Farmer Party | 2 | | Socialist People Party | 2 | | Others | 2 | | Non-partisan | 15 | Japanese general elections
 | 1890 • 1892 • (March) 1894 • (Sep) 1894 • (March) 1898 • (Sep) 1898 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1917 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1936 • 1937 • 1942 • 1946 • 1947 • 1949 • 1952 • 1953 • 1955 • 1958 • 1960 • 1963 • 1967 • 1969 • 1972 • 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1986 • 1990 • 1993 • 1996 • 2000 • 2003 • 2005 • Rikkenseiyukai (立憲政友会) is a political party in Japan founded in 1890 by Count Itō Hirobumi. ...
Rikken MinseitÅ (Constitutional Democratic Party) ) was one of the main political parties in pre-war Japan. ...
Partisan may refer to: A member of a lightly-equipped irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation. ...
The Japanese political system has three types of elections: general elections to the House of Representatives held every four years (unless the lower house is dissolved earlier), elections to the House of Councillors held every three years to choose one-half of its members, and local elections held every four...
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Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on February 18, 1990. ...
Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on July 18, 1993. ...
A general election took place in Japan on October 20, 1996. ...
Elections to the Shugi-In (House of Representatives) of the Japanese Diet were held on 25 June 2000. ...
Incumbent Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi A general election took place in Japan on November 9, 2003. ...
For a breakdown of the results by block district with maps, see Results of Japan general election, 2005 Japan held a nationwide election to the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower house of the National Diet, on 11 September 2005, about two years before the end of the term...
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