Katsura Tarō
In January 1913, about half of the party defected to join the "Rikken Dōshikai" founded by Katsura Tarō. In the 1915 General Election, the 国民党"Kokumintō" managed to retain only 27 seats. It was able to recover to 35 seats in the 1917 General Election, but in the 1920 General Election, dropped back to only 29 seats.