1936 Japanese general election

General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1936. 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.

20 February 1936

All 466 seats in the House of Representatives of Japan
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
Leader's seat	Akita-1	Kanagawa-2 (lost)
Last election	146	301	–
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
Leader's seat	Tōkyō-2	Kumamoto-1
Last election	2.59%, 5 seats	–
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

Prime Minister before election

Keisuke Okada
Imperial Japanese Army

Prime Minister after election

Kōki Hirota
Independent

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