1936 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936.^[1] Rikken Minseitō emerged as the largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 205 of the 466 seats. Following the elections, an attempted coup took place on 26 February.

1936 Japanese general election

← 1932 20 February 1936 1937 →
All 466 seats in the House of Representatives 234 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   SWK Leader Machida Chūji Suzuki Kisaburō Vacant Party Rikken Minseitō Rikken Seiyūkai Shōwakai Last election 35.25%, 146 seats 32.25%, 301 seats – Seats won 205 174 18 Seat change 59 127 New party Popular vote 4,444,413 4,188,029 531,772 Percentage 39.92% 37.62% 4.78% Swing 4.67pp 20.58pp New party   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Abe Isoo Adachi Kenzō Party Shakai Taishūtō Kokumin Dōmei Last election 2.59%, 5 seats[a] – Seats won 18 15 Seat change 13 New party Popular vote 518,844 421,632 Percentage 4.66% 3.79% Swing 2.07pp New party
Districts shaded according to winners' vote strength
Prime Minister before election Keisuke Okada Imperial Japanese Army Prime Minister after election Kōki Hirota Independent

Electoral system

The 466 members of the House of Representatives were elected from multi-member constituencies with between three and five seats.^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Rikken Minseitō	4,444,413	39.92	205	+59
	Rikken Seiyūkai	4,188,029	37.62	174	–127
	Shōwakai	531,772	4.78	20	New
	Shakai Taishūtō	518,844	4.66	18	+13
	Kokumin Dōmei	421,632	3.79	15	New
	Others	1,027,988	9.23	34	+22
Total		11,132,678	100.00	466	0
Valid votes		11,132,678	98.96
Invalid/blank votes		116,886	1.04
Total votes		11,249,564	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,304,546	78.64
Source: Voice Japan[3]

By prefecture

Prefecture	Total seats	Seats won
		Rikken Minseitō	Rikken Seiyūkai	Shōwakai	Shakai Taishūtō	Kokumin Dōmei	Others	Ind.
Aichi	17	7	6			1		3
Akita	7	4	2		1
Aomori	6	2	3	1
Chiba	11	5	6
Ehime	9	5	4
Fukui	5	2	1	1				1
Fukuoka	18	4	8	1	1			4
Fukushima	11	6	5
Gifu	9	5	4
Gunma	9	5	3	1
Hiroshima	13	7	3	3
Hokkaido	20	10	7	1				2
Hyōgo	19	10	7		1	1
Ibaraki	11	4	3	3		1
Ishikawa	6	3	3
Iwate	7	1	5	1
Kagawa	6	3	3
Kagoshima	12		7	1				4
Kanagawa	11	6	3		2
Kōchi	6	2	2		1		1
Kumamoto	10	1	5			4
Kyoto	11	8	2		1
Mie	9	5	3					1
Miyagi	8	3	4	1
Miyazaki	5	1	2	1		1
Nagano	13	7	3				1	2
Nagasaki	9	4	3	1				1
Nara	5	3	1					1
Niigata	15	7	4		1	2		1
Ōita	7	3	4
Okayama	10	3	6				1
Okinawa	5	2	2			1
Osaka	21	11	4	1	4			1
Saga	6	4	2
Saitama	11	4	5			1		1
Shiga	5	2	2			1
Shimane	6	5	1
Shizuoka	13	5	6	1	1
Tochigi	9	6	3
Tokushima	6	3	2					1
Tokyo	31	16	8		5		1	1
Tottori	4	2		1		1
Toyama	6	3	3
Wakayama	6	2	3					1
Yamagata	8	2	4			1		1
Yamaguchi	9	1	6	1				1
Yamanashi	5	1	1				2	1
Total	466	205	174	20	18	15	6	28

Notes

1. Combined performance of Social Democratic Party and Rōnō Taishūtō.