| Country | Empire of Japan |
|---|---|
| Previous election | 1928 Japanese general election |
| Previous year | 1928 |
| Election date | 20 February 1930 |
| Next election | 1932 Japanese general election |
| Next year | 1932 |
| Seats for election | All 466 seats in the House of Representatives |
| Majority seats | 234 |
| Turnout | 82.29% (1.96pp) |
| Leader 1 | Osachi Hamaguchi |
| Party 1 | Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan) |
| Last election 1 | 43.06%, 216 seats |
| Seats 1 | 273 |
| Seat change 1 | 57 |
| Popular vote 1 | 5,466,908 |
| Percentage 1 | 52.48% |
| Swing 1 | 9.42pp |
| Leader 2 | Tsuyoshi Inukai |
| Party 2 | Rikken Seiyūkai |
| Last election 2 | 43.14%, 217 seats |
| Seats 2 | 174 |
| Seat change 2 | 43 |
| Popular vote 2 | 3,925,280 |
| Percentage 2 | 37.69% |
| Swing 2 | 5.45pp |
| Before election | Hamaguchi Osachi |
| Before party | Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan) |
| After election | Hamaguchi Osachi |
| After party | Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan) |
General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1930.[1] The Constitutional Democratic Party, which was led by Prime Minister Hamaguchi Osachi, won an overall majority in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 82%.
Results
By prefecture
| Prefecture | Total seats | Seats won | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RM | RS | KD | K | SDP | JMP | L-FMP | Ind. | ||
| Aichi | 17 | 11 | 6 | ||||||
| Akita | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Aomori | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Chiba | 11 | 7 | 4 | ||||||
| Ehime | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Fukui | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Fukuoka | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Fukushima | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Gifu | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Gunma | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Hiroshima | 13 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Hokkaido | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| Hyōgo | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ibaraki | 11 | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| Ishikawa | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Iwate | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Kagawa | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Kagoshima | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||||||
| Kanagawa | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Kōchi | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Kumamoto | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| Kyoto | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Mie | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Miyagi | 8 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Miyazaki | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Nagano | 13 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| Nagasaki | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Nara | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Niigata | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Ōita | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| Okayama | 10 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Okinawa | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Osaka | 21 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Saga | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Saitama | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||||||
| Shiga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Shimane | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Shizuoka | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Tochigi | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
| Tokushima | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Tokyo | 31 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tottori | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Toyama | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Wakayama | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Yamagata | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Yamaguchi | 9 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Yamanashi | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 466 | 273 | 174 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
References
- ^ Klaus Schlichtmann (2009) Japan in the World: Shidehara Kijūrō, Pacifism, and the Abolition of War, Lexington Books, p56