The Constitutional Democratic Party was one of the main political parties in pre-war Empire of Japan. Commonly known as the Minseitō, it was the main rival to the Rikken Seiyūkai.
Headquarters of the Rikken Minseitō in Tokyo
Headquarters of its main rival, the Rikken Seiyūkai
General elections were held in Japan on 20 February 1928, the first after the passing of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law in 1925 which introduced universal male suffrage for men 25 years and over.
Constitutional Democratic Party (Japan)
…main rival to the Rikken Seiyūkai. The party was founded in 1927 as a merger of Kenseikai and the Seiyūhontō political parties. It won 217 seats in the 1928 general election, resulting in a hung parliament. In the 1930 general election, the party won an absolute majority with 273 seats, leading its president Hamaguchi Osachi…
Giichi Tanaka posing
Osachi Hamaguchi posing