Japanese general election, 1915

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25 March 1915

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All 381 seats to the House of Representatives
191 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Kato Takaaki	Hara Takashi
Party	Dōshikai	Seiyūkai
Last election	–	209 seats, 51.5%
Seats won	153	108
Seat change	–	101
Popular vote	523,228	446,934
Percentage	36.9%	31.5%
Swing	–	20.0%

	Third party

Leader	Inukai Tsuyoshi
Party	Kokumintō
Last election	95 seats, 28.5%
Seats won	27
Seat change	68
Popular vote	106,445
Percentage	7.5%
Swing	21.0%

Prime Minister before election

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Dōshikai

Subsequent Prime Minister

Ōkuma Shigenobu
Dōshikai

General elections were held in Japan on 25 March 1915. The Rikken Dōshikai party emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 153 of the 381 seats.

The 381 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.

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