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The '''Kokumin Kyōkai''' ({{lang-ja|国民協会}}, lit. ''National Association'') was a political party in [[Japan]].
The '''Kokumin Kyōkai''' ({{langx|ja|国民協会}}, lit. ''National Association'') was a political party in [[Japan]].


==History==
==History==
Led by [[Saigō Jūdō]] and [[Shinagawa Yajirō]], nationalist supporters of [[Matsukata Masayoshi]] and his government established the Kokumin Kyōkai in June 1892.<ref name=HF>Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp575–576</ref> The party supported the expansion of the military and industrialisation, and by early 1893 it had 68 MPs. It was less supportive of the [[Itō Hirobumi]] government installed in August 1892, and gradually became an opposition party.
Led by [[Saigō Jūdō]] and [[Shinagawa Yajirō]], nationalist supporters of [[Matsukata Masayoshi]] and his government established the Kokumin Kyōkai in June 1892.<ref name=HF>Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp575–576</ref> The party supported the expansion of the military and industrialisation, and by early 1893 it had 68 members in the [[National Diet]]. It was less supportive of the [[Itō Hirobumi]] government installed in August 1892, and gradually became an opposition party.


The party won 35 seats in the [[Japanese general election, March 1894|March 1894 elections]], but was reduced to 32 in the [[Japanese general election, September 1894|September 1894 elections]]. By 1897 defections saw it down to 23 MPs,<ref name=HF/> and although it won 29 seats in the [[Japanese general election, March 1898|March 1898 elections]], it only won 21 seats in the [[Japanese general election, September 1898|September 1898 elections]]. It was subsequently dissolved in 1899 and succeeded by the [[Teikokutō]].<ref name=HF/>
The party won 35 seats in the National Diet during the [[March 1894 Japanese general election|March 1894 elections]], but was reduced to 32 in the [[September 1894 Japanese general election|September 1894 elections]]. By 1897 defections saw it down to 23 representatives,<ref name=HF/> and although it won 29 seats in the [[March 1898 Japanese general election|March 1898 elections]], it only won 21 seats in the [[September 1898 Japanese general election|September 1898 elections]]. It was subsequently dissolved in 1899 and succeeded by the [[Teikokutō]].<ref name=HF/>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Election
! Leader
! Seats
! +/-
! Status
|-
| [[March 1894 Japanese general election|March 1894]]
| rowspan="4" | [[Shinagawa Yajirō]]
| {{Composition bar|35|300|hex={{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}}}}
| ''new''
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[September 1894 Japanese general election|September 1894]]
| {{Composition bar|32|300|hex={{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[March 1898 Japanese general election|March 1898]]
| {{Composition bar|29|300|hex={{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}}}}
| {{decrease}} 3
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
| [[August 1898 Japanese general election|August 1898]]
| {{Composition bar|21|300|hex={{party color|Kokumin Kyōkai}}}}
| {{decrease}} 8
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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The Kokumin Kyōkai (Japanese: 国民協会, lit. National Association) was a political party in Japan.

History

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Led by Saigō Jūdō and Shinagawa Yajirō, nationalist supporters of Matsukata Masayoshi and his government established the Kokumin Kyōkai in June 1892.[1] The party supported the expansion of the military and industrialisation, and by early 1893 it had 68 members in the National Diet. It was less supportive of the Itō Hirobumi government installed in August 1892, and gradually became an opposition party.

The party won 35 seats in the National Diet during the March 1894 elections, but was reduced to 32 in the September 1894 elections. By 1897 defections saw it down to 23 representatives,[1] and although it won 29 seats in the March 1898 elections, it only won 21 seats in the September 1898 elections. It was subsequently dissolved in 1899 and succeeded by the Teikokutō.[1]

Election results

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Election Leader Seats +/- Status
March 1894 Shinagawa Yajirō
35 / 300
 new Opposition
September 1894
32 / 300
 Decrease 3 Opposition
March 1898
29 / 300
 Decrease 3 Opposition
August 1898
21 / 300
 Decrease 8 Opposition

References

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  1. ^ a b c Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp575–576
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