1942 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 30 April 1942 to elect members of the House of Representatives. They were the only elections held in Japan during the Pacific theater of World War II. By this time, the House of Representatives had lost all power to the military dictatorship, a process that started with the "Manchurian Incident" when the Imperial Army invaded Manchuria without approval from the (then still civilian) cabinet in 1931. Since 1932 when Admiral Viscount Saitō Makoto was appointed prime minister with the first so-called "national unity cabinet", few members of the political parties in the House of Representatives had any significant role in government. Additionally, the military had at this point transformed Japan into a totalitarian one-party state, with only the Imperial
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1942 Japanese general election
General elections were held in Japan on 30 April 1942 to elect members of the House of Representatives. They were the only elections held in Japan during the Pacific theater of World War II. By this time, the House of Representatives had lost all power to the military dictatorship, a process that started with the "Manchurian Incident" when the Imperial Army invaded Manchuria without approval from the (then still civilian) cabinet in 1931. Since 1932 when Admiral Viscount Saitō Makoto was appointed prime minister with the first so-called "national unity cabinet", few members of the political parties in the House of Representatives had any significant role in government. Additionally, the military had at this point transformed Japan into a totalitarian one-party state, with only the Imperial
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General elections were held in ...... ents" contesting the election.
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Les élections législatives jap ...... mportant dans le gouvernement.
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第21回衆議院議員総選挙（だい21かいしゅうぎいんぎいんそうせんきょ）は、1942年（昭和17年）4月30日に日本で行われた帝国議会（衆議院）議員の総選挙である。
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第21屆日本眾議院議員總選舉（日语：第21回衆議院議員総選挙 ...... 政翼贊會參選，故又稱為翼贊選舉（（日語）よくさんせんきょ）。
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1942-04-30
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1942 Japanese general election
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Taisei Yokusankai
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Taisei Yokusankai
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Empire of Japan
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1942-04-30
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Imperial Rule Assistance Association
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14,594,287
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All 466 seats to the House of Representatives of Japan
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General elections were held in ...... state, with only the Imperial
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Les élections législatives jap ...... nt la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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第21回衆議院議員総選挙（だい21かいしゅうぎいんぎいんそうせんきょ）は、1942年（昭和17年）4月30日に日本で行われた帝国議会（衆議院）議員の総選挙である。
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第21屆日本眾議院議員總選舉（日语：第21回衆議院議員総選挙 ...... 政翼贊會參選，故又稱為翼贊選舉（（日語）よくさんせんきょ）。
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1942 Japanese general election
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Élections législatives japonaises de 1942
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第21回衆議院議員総選挙
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第21屆日本眾議院議員總選舉
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제21회 일본 중의원 의원 총선거
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