2019 Osaka prefectural election

2019 Osaka prefectural election

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)

All 88 seats in the Osaka Prefectural Assembly
45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout50.44% (5.26%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ichirō Matsui Akira Satō
Party One Osaka Liberal Democratic
Seats before 40 24
Seats after 51 15
Seat change 11 9
Popular vote 1,530,336 697,404
Percentage 50.72% 23.11%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Shigeki Sato Toshiaki Yanagi
Party Komeito Communist
Seats before 15 2
Seats after 15 2
Seat change
Popular vote 311,332 243,270
Percentage 10.32% 8.06%

Post-election composition of the assembly by political party

Governor before election

Ichirō Matsui
One Osaka

Elected Governor

Hirofumi Yoshimura
One Osaka

The 2019 Osaka Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年大阪府議会議員選挙, romanized2019-nen Osaka-fu Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April to elect the 88 members of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly.[1]

Overview

The 88 seats of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly are up for election in every four years.[2] For this election, a total of 146 candidates ran for the 88 seats in 53 electoral districts. No voting took place in 13 elections of 8 districts, as candidates in these races face no opposition.[3]

Results

Election results[4]
Party Votes Percentage Seats Change
Osaka Restoration Association 1,530,336 50.72% 51 11
Liberal Democratic Party 697,403 23.11% 15 9
Komeito 311,332 10.32% 15
Japanese Communist Party 243,270 8.06% 2
Constitutional Democratic Party 58,695 1.95% 1 1
Democratic Party For the People 2,806 0.09% 0 1
Independent 173,507 5.75% 4
Total 3,017,349 100.00% 88

References

  1. ^ "橋下徹"なぜ大阪維新はこんなに強いのか"" [Toru Hashimoto "Why is the Osaka Restoration so strong?"]. Livedoor News (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ^ "選挙制度の基本" [Basics of the Electoral System]. Osaka Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  3. ^ "大阪府議選、無投票増加 少数会派が擁立絞る 自民も対抗馬用意できず" [Osaka Prefectural Assembly Elections Increase in Unvoted Minority Factions Squeeze Back LDP Is no Match For Its Competitors]. 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ 結果調 [Result Statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Osaka Prefectural Government. pp. 170–171. Retrieved 15 August 2023.