Japanese National Congress elections, 1918−19 (Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum)

The National Congress of Japan election of 1918 was the first election to elect the National Congress of Japan. It was held from December 1918 to January 1919. The elections were called by the Nationalist-dominated Council of National Salvation in Kyoto to form a rival parliament against the Imperial Diet of Japan to form a Japanese revolutionary government.

The delegates to the National Congress were elected by the regional revolutionary councils that had been formed earlier in 1918. The elections were intended to be held throughout Japan with a total of 225 elected delegates. However, since the revolutionary elements only controlled the southern regions of Japan, only 105 delegates were elected. Out of the 105 elected delegates, the Nationalist Party won 88 seats. Various left-wing groups only won only 15 seats; ten of them belong to the Communists.