Japanese general election, 1903

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1 March 1903

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All 376 seats to the House of Representatives
189 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Saionji Kinmochi	Ōkuma Shigenobu
Party	Seiyūkai	Kensei Hontō
Last election	191 seats, 50.4%	95 seats, 25.7%
Seats won	175	85
Seat change	16	10
Popular vote	373,022	218,689
Percentage	45.6%	26.7%
Swing	4.8%	1.0%

Prime Minister before election

Katsura Tarō
Independent

Subsequent Prime Minister

Katsura Tarō
Independent

General elections were held in Japan on 1 March 1903. The Rikken Seiyūkai party remained the largest in the House of Representatives, winning 175 of the 376 seats, but lost its majority.

The 376 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.

A total of 537 candidates contested the 376 seats.

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