The ruling party in the Congress was only the Teikokuto (Imperialist party) and the Rikken Seiyukai led by Hirobumi ITO and the Kensei Honto (True Constitutional party) led by Shigenobu OKUMA were the opposition parties.
議会における与党は帝国党のみであり、伊藤博文の立憲政友会と大隈重信の憲政本党は野党に回った。