General elections were held in

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on 25 March 1915.Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, p281 The

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party emerged as the largest party in the

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, winning 153 of the 381 seats.

Electoral system

The 381 members of the House of Representatives were elected in 51 multi-member constituencies based on

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and cities. Voting was restricted to men aged over 25 who paid at least 10 yen a year in direct taxation.Mackie & Rose, p276

Results

References

{{Japanese elections General elections in Japan

1915 elections in Japan March 1915 Election and referendum articles with incomplete results