General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936.[1] Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

Electoral system

The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.[2]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Rikken Minseitō4,444,41339.92205+59
Rikken Seiyūkai4,188,02937.62174–127
Shōwakai531,7724.7820New
Shakai Taishūtō518,8444.6618+13
Kokumin Dōmei421,6323.7915New
Others1,027,9889.2334+22
Total11,132,678100.004660
Valid votes11,132,67898.96
Invalid/blank votes116,8861.04
Total votes11,249,564100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,304,54678.64
Source: Voice Japan

By prefecture

Prefecture Total
seats
Seats won
Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Shōwakai Shakai Taishūtō Kokumin Dōmei Others Ind.
Aichi 17 7 6 1 3
Akita 7 4 2 1
Aomori 6 2 3 1
Chiba 11 5 6
Ehime 9 5 4
Fukui 5 2 1 1 1
Fukuoka 18 4 8 1 1 4
Fukushima 11 6 5
Gifu 9 5 4
Gunma 9 5 3 1
Hiroshima 13 7 3 3
Hokkaido 20 10 7 1 2
Hyōgo 19 10 7 1 1
Ibaraki 11 4 3 3 1
Ishikawa 6 3 3
Iwate 7 1 5 1
Kagawa 6 3 3
Kagoshima 12 7 1 4
Kanagawa 11 6 3 2
Kōchi 6 2 2 1 1
Kumamoto 10 1 5 4
Kyoto 11 8 2 1
Mie 9 5 3 1
Miyagi 8 3 4 1
Miyazaki 5 1 2 1 1
Nagano 13 7 3 1 2
Nagasaki 9 4 3 1 1
Nara 5 3 1 1
Niigata 15 7 4 1 2 1
Ōita 7 3 4
Okayama 10 3 6 1
Okinawa 5 2 2 1
Osaka 21 11 4 1 4 1
Saga 6 4 2
Saitama 11 4 5 1 1
Shiga 5 2 2 1
Shimane 6 5 1
Shizuoka 13 5 6 1 1
Tochigi 9 6 3
Tokushima 6 3 2 1
Tokyo 31 16 8 5 1 1
Tottori 4 2 1 1
Toyama 6 3 3
Wakayama 6 2 3 1
Yamagata 8 2 4 1 1
Yamaguchi 9 1 6 1 1
Yamanashi 5 1 1 2 1
Total 466 205 174 20 18 15 6 28

Notes

  1. ^ Combined performance of Social Democratic Party and Rōnō Taishūtō.

References

  1. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  2. ^ Mackie & Rose, p276