1935 Taiwanese local elections

none Local elections were held for the first time in Taiwan by the Japanese colonial government on 22 November 1935, electing half of the city and township councillors.http://www.univie.ac.at/Sinologie/repository/uePRDemokrUIdentTaiwanSeit1980/WangYeh-lih_ThePoliticalConsequencesOfTheElectoralSystem.pdf PDF The Political Consequences of the Electoral System : Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan Yeh-lih Wang Univie.ac.at 2015-03-05 The other half were appointed by the prefectural governors. Only men aged 25 and above and who had paid a tax of five yen or more a year were allowed to vote, which was only 229,049 out of the 4 million population.1936 改正臺灣地方制度實施概要 臺灣總督府內務局地方課http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20101112000048&cid=1501 Women Play a Vital Role in Taiwan's Elections wantchinatimes.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093517/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20101112000048&cid=1501 2015-04-02 The turnout rate was 95%.http://www.thenewslens.com/post/94333 選舉風氣的演變：看國民黨曾如何用「兩張鐵票」，將台灣人的耐性逼至極限 - The News Lens 關鍵評論網 佐瑪 22 November 2014 Background Before 1935, all of the city councilors were appointed by the Japanese colonial government. Since 1921, many Taiwanese political groups, including the Taiwanese People's Party led by Chiang Wei-shui and the Taiwanese Alliance for Home Rule zh 臺灣地方自治聯盟 led by Lin Hsien-tang, asked for a Taiwanese council. The Japanese government did not accept, but held city council elections instead as a compromise. thumb|Newspaper showing the election results References 1935 Category:1935 in Taiwan Category:1935 elections in Asia Category:November 1935 in Asia