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1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections

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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 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.

Electoral district Cities and districts Seats Electoral college 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
Shinchiku 1st Shinchiku City 3 28
2nd Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen 3 189
3rd Byōritsu, Chikunan, Chikutō, Shinchiku, Taiko 5 374
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
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
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 76 3600

References

  • 王業歷 Wang Yeh-lee. "The Political Consequences of the Electoral System : Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan" (PDF). Univie.ac.at. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
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