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First General Election
- When
- 1 July 1890
- Where
- Japan
General elections were held in Japan on 1 July 1890 to elect the lower house of the Imperial Diet under the Meiji Constitution.
Voters elected 300 members of the House of Representatives. This was the first popularly elected national assembly in Asia. The election was conducted in accordance with provisions of the new Meiji Constitution, which had been promulgated in 1889.
Sources
- 1890 Japanese general election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-25
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