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1915 Japanese General Election

25 March 1915 · The Imperial Diet's first decades · 381 seats, 191 for a majority

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Prime Minister before

Ōkuma Shigenobu

Dōshikai

Prime Minister (continued)

Ōkuma Shigenobu

Dōshikai

Largest force

Rikken Dōshikai

153 of 381 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the House
Rikken DōshikaiKato Takaaki153
523,22836.9%
Rikken SeiyūkaiHara Takashi108+101
446,93431.5%-20.0
Chūseikai33
101,9707.2%
Rikken KokumintōInukai Tsuyoshi27+68
106,4457.5%-21.0
Okuma KōenkaiIchishima Kenkichi12
55,6843.9%

48 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.