1940 Taiwanese prefectural elections

none 1940 Taiwanese prefectural elections Taiwan Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg parliamentary Popular no 1940 11 20 y 1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections 1936 82 (of 164) seats in all prefectural assemblies 98.51% (0.46pp) BBBBBB Japanese 44 8 DDDDDD Taiwanese 38 2 The Second Prefectural Assembly Elections 第二囘州會議員選擧 yes were held on 20 November 1940 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 shall be appointed by the Governor-General 總督 yes. In this time, 82 seats from five prefectural assemblies were open for election. Voting was done by Electoral colleges (EC) formed by the more than 3,600 members of local assemblies. Around half of them were directly elected in the previous year, the other half were appointed by the prefectural governor 州知事 yes.Wang Yeh-lih 1996 The Political Consequence of the Electoral System: Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan https://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/repository/uePRDemokrUIdentTaiwanSeit1980/WangYeh-lih_ThePoliticalConsequencesOfTheElectoralSystem.pdf Issues and Studies 32 85–104 The 1944 election was cancelled due to World War II, hence the tenure of the elected and appointed councilors was extended until the surrender of Japan in 1945.王 御風 http://booklook.morningstar.com.tw/pdf/1019045.pdf 台灣選舉史 好讀出版 2016 Electoral College size thumb|Administrative divisions in Taiwan during Japanese rule Only around 0.067% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 861 (or 0.29% of) "Japan Mainlanders" 內地人 yes in Taiwan and 2,824 (or 0.055% of) "Taiwan Islanders" 本島人 yes mainly Han Taiwanese.1940-12-15 第二囘州會議員選舉統計 https://glonewsroom.wordpress.com/2022/06/24/japanese_taiwan_election/ 臺灣地方行政 臺灣地方自治協會 6 12 105–120 Electoral district Cities and counties Seats EC size Taihoku 1st Taihoku City 8 40 2nd Kīrun City 3 28 3rd Giran City 2 24 4th Shichisei, Tansui, Kīrun, Bunsan, Kaizan, Shinshō 5 3905thGiran, Ratō, Suō2123Total20605 Shinchiku 1st Shinchiku City 3 26 2nd Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen 3 192 3rd Shinchiku, Chikutō, Chikunan, Byōritsu, Taiko 5 378Total11596 Taichū 1st Taichū City 3 28 2nd Shōka City 3 27 3rd Daiton, Toyohara, Tōsei, Taikō 4 312 4th Shōka, Inrin, Hokuto 5 366 5th Nantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama 3 156Total18889 Tainan 1st Tainan City 4 31 2nd Kagi City 3 28 3rd Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, Hokumon 4 341 4th Shin'ei, Kagi, Tōseki 4 332 5th Toroku, Kobi, Hokukō 4 270Total191,002 Takao 1st Takao City 4 30 2nd Heitō City 3 26 3rd Okayama, Hōzan, Kizan 4 281 4th Heitō, Chōshū, Tōkō, Kōshun 3 256Total14593 Total 82 3,685 Result All 82 seats were elected. The overall turnout was at 98.51%, of which Taiwanese was higher than Japanese. 6 invalid electoral votes were found and 55 did not cast their votes. Amongst the elected prefectural assembly, 44 were Japanese and 38 were Taiwanese. The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, most of them were Japanese. +Election resultTotalPrefecturesTaihokuShinchikuTaichūTainanTakaoValid votes3,624594594870980586Invalid votes610230Total votes3,630595594872983586Eligible voters3,6856055968891002593Turnout98.51%98.35%99.66%98.09%98.10%98.82%Elected Japanese441267118Elected Taiwanese38851186Appointed Japanese6215816149Appointed Taiwanese2053255 References 1940 Category:1940 in Taiwan Category:1940 elections in Asia Category:November 1940 in Asia