2019 Kanagawa prefectural election

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2019 Kanagawa prefectural election

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All 105 seats in the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly
53 seats needed for a majority
Turnout41.16% (Decrease0.65%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Hachiro Okonogi Tomoko Abe
Party Liberal Democratic CDP
Seats before 44 11
Seats after 47 23
Seat change Increase3 Increase12
Popular vote 1,051,998 446,843
Percentage 42.80% 18.18%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Isamu Ueda Satoru Tamogami
Party Komeito Communist
Seats before 10 6
Seats after 8 5
Seat change Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 118,827 194,986
Percentage 4.83% 7.93%

Post-election composition of the assembly by political party

Governor before election

Yūji Kuroiwa
Independent

Elected Governor

Yūji Kuroiwa
Independent

The 2019 Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年神奈川県議会議員選挙, romanized2019-nen Kanagawa-ken Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the 105 members of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly.[1]

Overview[edit]

The 105 seats of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly are up for election every four years.[2] For the 2019 election, 154 candidates ran for the 105 seats in 48 electoral districts. A total of 13 electoral districts saw no voting as the candidates in these elections face no opposition.[3]

Results[edit]

Election results[4]
Party Votes Percentage Seats Change
Liberal Democratic Party 1,051,998 42.80% 47 Increase3
Constitutional Democratic Party 446,843 18.18% 23 Increase12
Komeito 118,827 4.83% 8 Decrease2
Japanese Communist Party 194,986 7.93% 5 Decrease1
Democratic Party For the People 158,849 6.46% 5 Decrease3
Kanagawa Network Movement 42,325 1.72% 1 Steady
Party of Hope 19,094 0.78% 0 Steady
Liberal Party 6,262 0.25% 0 Steady
Other parties 12,099 0.49% 0 Steady
Independent 406,791 16.55% 16 Decrease4
Total 2,458,074 100.00% 105

References[edit]

  1. ^ "県議会選挙座間市選挙区 芥川薫氏が2期目 「超高齢化社会へ尽力」" [Prefectural Assembly election Zama City constituency Mr. Kaoru Akutagawa is in his second term "Dedicated to super-aging society"]. タウンニュース (in Japanese). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "神奈川県議会 議員の使命と役割" [Missions and Roles of Members of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly]. 神奈川県 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "県議選・3政令市議選に431人が立候補 4月7日投開票 | 選挙 | カナロコ" [Unified local elections 2019, 431 Candidates for Prefectural Assembly Elections and 3 Ordinary Municipal Assembly Elections April 7]. Kanagawa News (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ 神奈川県議会議員選挙の結果 [Results of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly election] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kanagawa Prefectural Election Administration Commission. pp. 26–27.