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Iwate Prefectural Assembly

岩手県議会

Iwate-ken Gikai
Type
Type
History
Founded1878 (1878)
1947 (1947) (current local autonomy law)
Leadership
President (gichō)
Hiroshi Sasaki (佐々木博, Sasaki Hiroshi)[1], Democratic Party
since September 2011
Vice President (fuku-gichō)
Iwami Yanagimura (柳村岩見, Yanagimura Iwami)[1], Liberal Democratic Party
since September 2011
Seats48 assembly members
Website
www.pref.iwate.jp/~hp0731/

The Iwate Prefectural Assembly (岩手県議会, Iwate-ken Gikai) is the prefectural parliament of Iwate.

Its 48 members are elected every four years in 16 districts by single non-transferable vote.

The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, approving the budget and voting on important administrative appointments made by the governor including the vice governors.

Iwate is one of three prefectures whose assemblies are currently led by the DJP majority. The others are the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly and the Mie Prefectural Assembly.

Current composition

The Iwate prefectural election, 2011 took place on July 12, 2009. As of April 4, 2012 the assembly was composed as follows:[2]

Composition of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Parties Seats
Democratic Party of Japan 50
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan 37
New Komeito 23
Japanese Communist Party 8
Tokyo Seikatsusha Network 3
Independents
(Jichi shimin '93: 1; Togikai Nippon Sōshintō: 1; Hachiōji Kasseika Kenkyūkai: 1)
3
Total (3 vacant seats) 124

Electoral districts

Most electoral districts correspond to current municipalities, but several districts correspond to former counties (the counties, abolished as administrative unit in 1921, had initially by definition served as electoral districts for prefectural assemblies in the Empire), namely the West Tama (Nishi-Tama), North Tama (Kita-Tama) and South Tama (Minimi-Tama) counties. The towns and villages on the islands have never been subordinate to counties, but to four subprefectures that together form the islands electoral district.

Electoral districts[3]
Tokyo, Tokyo and Tokyo's islands Western Tokyo/Tama area
District Municipalities,
subprefectures
Magnitude District Municipalities,
counties
Magnitude
Chiyoda Chiyoda ward 1 Hachiōji Hachiōji city 5
Chūō Chūō ward 1 Tachikawa Tachikawa city 2
Minato Minato ward 2 Musashino Musashino city 1
Shinjuku Shinjuku ward 4 Mitaka Mitaka city 2
Bunkyō Bunkyō ward 2 Ōme Ōme city 1
Taitō Taitō ward 2 Fuchū Fuchū city 2
Sumida Sumida ward 3 Akishima Akishima city 1
Kōtō Kōtō ward 4 Machida Machida city 3
Shinagawa Shinagawa ward 4 Koganei Koganei city 1
Meguro Meguro ward 3 Kodaira Kodaira city 2
Ōta Ōta ward 8 Hino Hino city 2
Setagaya Setagaya ward 8 Nishitōkyō Nishitōkyō city 2
Shibuya Shibuya ward 2 Nishi-Tama (West Tama) Fussa city
Hamura city
Akiruno city
Nishi-Tama County
2
Nakano Nakano ward 4
Suginami Suginami ward 6 Minami-Tama (South Tama) Tama city
Inagi city
2
Toshima Toshima ward 3
Kita Kita ward 4 Kita-Tama (North Tama) 1 Higashimurayama city
Higashiyamato city
Musashimurayama city
3
Arakawa Arakawa ward 2
Itabashi Itabashi ward 5 Kita-Tama (North Tama) 2 Kokubunji city
Kunitachi city
2
Nerima Nerima ward 6
Adachi Adachi ward 6 Kita-Tama (North Tama) 3 Chōfu city
Komae city
2
Katsushika Katsushika ward 4
Edogawa Edogawa ward 5 Kita-Tama (North Tama) 4 Kiyose city
Higashikurume city
2
Islands Ōshima Subprefecture
Miyake Subprefecture
Hachijō Subprefecture
Ogasawara Subprefecture
1

See also

References

External links

Category:Legislatures of country subdivisions