1932 Japanese General Election
20 February 1932 · Party cabinets and universal male suffrage · 466 seats, 234 for a majority
In 1931, the ruling Rikken Minseitō opposed the Mukden Incident, which was engineered by the military. The anti-war Foreign Minister Kijuro Shidehara and Prime Minister Wakatsuki Reijirō were criticized for their intervention in military and was accused of "serious corruption".
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Japanese invasion of Manchuria (1931–1932). Conflicts →
Prime Minister before
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Rikken Seiyūkai
Prime Minister (continued)
Tsuyoshi Inukai
Rikken Seiyūkai
Largest force
Rikken Seiyūkai
301 of 466 seats
Turnout
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The result
Rikken Seiyūkai
Tsuyoshi Inukai · 58.2% of votes · +127 seats
301
seats
Rikken Minseitō
Reijiro Wakatsuki · 35.3% of votes · +127 seats
146
seats
Independents
3.6% of votes · +7 seats
12
seats
Social Democratic Party
1.3% of votes · +1 seats
3
seats
Shakai Minshūtō
Abe Isoo · 1.3% of votes · +1 seats
3
seats
Rōnō Taishūtō
Asō Hisashi · 1.3% of votes
2
seats
Kakushintō
0.4% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats