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% (Increase5.26%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ichirō Matsui Akira Satō
Party One Osaka Liberal Democratic
Seats before 40 24
Seats after 51 15
Seat change Increase11 Decrease9
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 Steady Steady
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, romanized: 2019-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 Increase11
Liberal Democratic Party 697,403 23.11% 15 Decrease9
Komeito 311,332 10.32% 15 Steady
Japanese Communist Party 243,270 8.06% 2 Steady
Constitutional Democratic Party 58,695 1.95% 1 Increase1
Democratic Party For the People 2,806 0.09% 0 Decrease1
Independent 173,507 5.75% 4 Steady
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.
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