2019 Kanagawa prefectural election
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| Turnout | 41.16% (0.65%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Post-election composition of the assembly by political party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2019 Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年神奈川県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Kanagawa-ken Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the 105 members of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly.[1]
Overview
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
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | Change | |
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 1,051,998 | 42.80% | 47 | 3 | |
| Constitutional Democratic Party | 446,843 | 18.18% | 23 | 12 | |
| Komeito | 118,827 | 4.83% | 8 | 2 | |
| Japanese Communist Party | 194,986 | 7.93% | 5 | 1 | |
| Democratic Party For the People | 158,849 | 6.46% | 5 | 3 | |
| Kanagawa Network Movement | 42,325 | 1.72% | 1 | ||
| Party of Hope | 19,094 | 0.78% | 0 | ||
| Liberal Party | 6,262 | 0.25% | 0 | ||
| Other parties | 12,099 | 0.49% | 0 | ||
| Independent | 406,791 | 16.55% | 16 | 4 | |
| Total | 2,458,074 | 100.00% | 105 | ||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.