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1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections

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1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections

12 November 1936 (1936-11-12) 1940 →

76 (of 152) seats in all prefectural assemblies
Turnout98.97%
 
Alliance Taiwanese Japanese
Seats won 40 36

The prefectural assembly elections (Japanese: 州會議員選舉) were held on 12 November 1936 in Taiwan under Japanese rule. According to the Japanese law, half members of prefectural assembly shall be elected by the members of local assembly and the other half be appointed by the Governor-General (總督). In this time, 76 seats from five prefectural assemblies were open for election. Voting was done by Electoral colleges (EC) form by the 3,600 members of local assemblies. Half of them (1,800) were directly elected in the previous year, the other half were appointed by the prefectural governor (州知事). In this election, the first division of electoral districts were implemented in Taiwan.[1]

Electoral College size

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Administrative divisions in Taiwan during Japanese rule

Only around 0.073% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 743 (or 0.31% of) "Japan Mainlanders" (Japanese: 內地人) on Taiwan and 2,864 (or 0.061% of) "Taiwan Islanders" (Japanese: 本島人, mainly Chinese migrants).[2]

Electoral district Cities and districts Seats EC size
Taihoku 1st Taihoku City 7 36
2nd Kīrun City 3 27
3rd Bunsan, Kaizan, Kīrun, Shichisei, Shinshō, Tansui 5 397
4th Giran, Ratō, Suō 3 142
Total 18 602
Shinchiku 1st Shinchiku City 3 28
2nd Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen 3 189
3rd Byōritsu, Chikunan, Chikutō, Shinchiku, Taiko 5 374
Total 11 591
Taichū 1st Taichū City 3 28
2nd Shōka City 3 28
3rd Daiton, Taikō, Tōsei, Toyohara 3 309
4th Hokuto, Inrin, Shōka 4 342
5th Nantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama 3 155
Total 16 862
Tainan 1st Tainan City 4 32
2nd Kagi City 3 28
3rd Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun 4 339
4th Kagi, Shin'ei, Tōseki 4 323
5th Hokukō, Kobi, Toroku 3 249
Total 18 971
Takao 1st Takao City 3 28
2nd Heitō City 3 24
3rd Hōzan, Kizan, Okayama 4 280
4th Chōshū, Heitō, Kōshun, Tōkō 3 242
Total 13 581
Total 76 3,607

Result

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All 76 seats were elected. The overall turnout was at 98.97%, of which Taiwanese was higher than Japanese. 7 invalid electoral votes were found and 37 did not cast their votes. Amongst the elected prefectural assembly, 36 were Japanese and 40 were Taiwanese.[2] The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, cementing the control of the Japanese in the assembly.[3]

Election result
Total Prefectures
Taihoku Shinchiku Taichū Tainan Takao
Valid votes 3,526 593 589 844 964 573
Invalid votes 7 2 0 2 2 1
Total votes 3,570 595 589 846 966 574
Eligible voters 3,607 602 591 862 971 581
Turnout 98.97% 98.84% 99.66% 98.14% 99.49% 98.80%
Elected Japanese 36 12 4 7 8 5
Elected Taiwanese 40 6 7 9 10 8
Appointed Japanese 58 12 9 14 13 10
Appointed Taiwanese 18 6 2 2 5 3

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Yeh-lih (1996). "The Political Consequence of the Electoral System: Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan" (PDF). Issues and Studies. 32: 85–104.
  2. ^ a b "州會議員選舉統計 その一". 臺灣地方行政. 2 (12). 臺灣地方自治協會: 123–140. 1936-12-15.
  3. ^ "州會議員選舉統計(下)". 臺灣地方行政. 3 (1). 臺灣地方自治協會: 103–119. 1937-01-15.