March 1894 Japanese general election

March 1894 Japanese general election
All 300 seats in the House of Representatives; 151 seats needed for a majority
Prime Minister before election; Itō Hirobumi; Independent	Prime Minister after election ; Itō Hirobumi; Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1894.^[1] The Jiyūtō remained the largest party, winning 120 of the 300 seats.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Liberal Party			120	+26
	Rikken Kaishintō			60	+22
	Kokumin Kyōkai			35	New
	Dōshi Seisha			24	New
	Dōmei Seisha			18	New
	Dai-Nippon Association			9	New
	Independents			34	–10
Total				300	0

Total votes		390,644	–
Registered voters/turnout		440,113	88.76
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		Liberal	Rikken Kaishintō	Kokumin Kyōkai	Rikken Kakushintō	Dai-Nippon	Ind.

Aichi	11	6	1	2	2	0	0
Akita	5	0	0	0	3	0	2
Aomori	4	0	0	0	4	0	0
Chiba	9	7	2	0	0	0	0
Ehime	7	5	0	0	2	0	0
Fukui	4	3	0	0	0	0	1
Fukuoka	9	6	0	2	0	0	1
Fukushima	7	5	0	0	2	0	0
Gifu	7	1	0	1	1	0	4
Gunma	5	1	0	1	1	0	2
Hiroshima	10	4	2	1	0	0	3
Hyōgo	12	5	5	0	0	0	2
Ibaraki	8	4	1	0	2	0	1
Ishikawa	6	3	2	0	0	0	1
Iwate	5	3	0	1	0	0	1
Kagawa	5	3	1	0	0	0	1
Kagoshima	7	0	0	3	4	0	0
Kanagawa	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
Kōchi	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Kumamoto	8	0	0	7	1	0	0
Kyoto	7	3	0	0	0	0	4
Mie	7	4	2	0	0	0	1
Miyagi	5	4	1	0	0	0	0
Miyazaki	3	1	0	0	1	0	1
Nagano	8	4	0	0	2	0	2
Nagasaki	7	4	0	1	0	0	2
Nara	4	1	2	0	0	0	1
Niigata	13	6	6	0	0	1	0
Ōita	6	0	1	4	1	0	0
Okayama	8	2	5	0	1	0	0
Osaka	10	0	0	2	1	1	6
Saga	4	1	0	0	3	0	0
Saitama	8	3	3	1	0	0	1
Shiga	5	2	0	0	3	0	0
Shimane	6	3	0	0	0	0	3
Shizuoka	8	3	4	0	0	0	1
Tochigi	5	3	1	0	0	1	0
Tokushima	5	1	4	0	0	0	0
Tokyo	14	2	6	0	0	0	6
Tottori	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Toyama	5	0	3	0	0	1	1
Wakayama	5	1	0	0	0	0	4
Yamagata	6	4	0	0	0	0	2
Yamaguchi	7	0	0	1	0	0	6
Yamanashi	3	2	0	0	1	0	0
Total	300	118	53	27	35	4	63

Notes: Party affiliation after the general election. Dōshi Seisha and Dōmei Seisha merged to form Rikken Kakushintō.