Country: | Empire of Japan |
Type: | parliamentary |
Election Date: | 10 August 1902 |
Previous Election: | August 1898 Japanese general election |
Previous Year: | August 1898 |
Next Election: | 1903 Japanese general election |
Next Year: | 1903 |
Seats For Election: | All 376 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 189 |
Image1: | Itō Hirobumi.jpg |
Leader1: | Itō Hirobumi |
Party1: | Rikken Seiyūkai |
Seats1: | 191 |
Popular Vote1: | 433,763 |
Percentage1: | 50.40% |
Leader2: | Ōkuma Shigenobu |
Party2: | Kensei Hontō |
Seats2: | 95 |
Popular Vote2: | 220,989 |
Percentage2: | 25.68% |
Prime Minister | |
Posttitle: | Prime Minister after election |
Before Election: | Katsura Tarō |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Katsura Tarō |
After Party: | Independent politician |
General elections were held in Japan on 10 August 1902.[1] The result was a victory for the Rikken Seiyūkai party, which won 191 of the 376 seats.
Electoral reforms in 1900 had abolished the 253 single and two-member constituencies. The 376 members of the House of Representatives were now elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on prefectures and cities.[2]
Voting remained restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation, although 1900 electoral reforms had reduced the figure from 15 yen, increasing the proportion of the population able to vote from 1% to 2%.[2]