The 2019 Osaka Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年大阪府議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Osaka-fu Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April to elect the 88 members of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly.[1]
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All 88 seats in the Osaka Prefectural Assembly 45 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 50.44% ( 5.26%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Post-election composition of the assembly by political party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Overview
editThe 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
edit| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | Change | |
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| Osaka Restoration Association | 1,530,336 | 50.72% | 51 | 11
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| Liberal Democratic Party | 697,403 | 23.11% | 15 |  9
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| Komeito | 311,332 | 10.32% | 15 | 
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| Japanese Communist Party | 243,270 | 8.06% | 2 |
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| Constitutional Democratic Party | 58,695 | 1.95% | 1 | 1
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| Democratic Party For the People | 2,806 | 0.09% | 0 | 1
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| Independent | 173,507 | 5.75% | 4 |
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| Total | 3,017,349 | 100.00% | 88 | ||
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "選挙制度の基本" [Basics of the Electoral System]. Osaka Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 結果調 [Result Statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Osaka Prefectural Government. pp. 170–171. Retrieved 15 August 2023.