1923 Miyadakan General Election

The 1923 Miyadakan General Elections were held in Miyadaka on 8 Emberrule, 1923 to elect all 455 members of the Imperial Parliament. Elections were authorized by Emperor Oyato V in line with federal electoral law and constitutional provisions which required parliament be dissolved three months prior to elections every three years. The elections were organized by the Central Elections Office of Miyadaka, who recorded a turnout of 76.98%, the highest turnout of any election in Miyadaka for the past twenty years.

The elections pitted centrist Chancellor Oyama Yorikiyo against two other top candidates: popular opposition leader Miyoshi Kagehisa of the Democratic Party, and Seikanji Yasufsa of the Socialist Party. According to data from the national broadcaster, MHK 1, respondents to most opinion polling named the ongoing rising house costs, increasingly stagnant wages, the ongoing Hygessivini crisis abroad, and proposals to protect the environment as the top issues facing Miyadaka in the elections. Oyama Yorikiyo had served as Chancellor during his first term, and while he remained a popular choice amongst many of the country's middle class and business elite, he had lost popularity with the lower classes and youth of the country due to his increasingly scattered foreign policy, and his inability to propose solutions to the housing crisis, or to raise the minimum wage. Opposition leader Miyoshi Kagehisa had capitalized on much of the public's anger, and his Democratic Party, who was a traditional centre to centre-left wing party, quickly pointed out the government's flaws and promised to put forward a clear policy against Hygessivini, while also promising to promote social housing initiatives and adjustments to the minimum wage. Early in the campaign, the Democratic Party was closely tied with the Socialist Party, led by former governor of Yokoyako Seikanji Yasufusa, who promised to go further on social welfare and housing than the Democratic Party, even suggesting a universal basic income, though as news came out about allegations of sexism in his party's top leadership, his party's popularity in the polls began to fall, leading to a largely two man race between Miyoshi and Oyama. By election day, polling between the Centre and Democratic parties was close, with the two largely neck in neck. As exit polls trickled in, it appeared to show a Centrist majority could be maintained. However, when the results were officially published, the Centre Party had suffered a stunning setback, with the Democratic Party and the Constitutionalists picking up seats. Despite this, the Centre Party did come out as the largest party in the election.

As results were announced, Oyama announced he would be seeking to form a second cabinet, despite whispers he was considering going into opposition. He soon approached the Constitutionalist Party to form a government, with coalition negotiations beginning on 20th Emberrule, 1923 and are still ongoing, with Oyama forming a caretaker government to stay on while a coalition was being negotiated. Democratic Party leader Miyoshi Kagehisa announced his intention to step down as party leader, and opened a leadership election to begin in the next month.