1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections

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

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