2019 Osaka prefectural election

2019 Osaka prefectural election

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)
All 88 seats in the Osaka Prefectural Assembly 45 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	50.44% (5.26%)
First party Second party   Leader Ichirō Matsui Akira Satō Party One Osaka Liberal Democratic Seats before 40 24 Seats after 51 15 Seat change 11 9 Popular vote 1,530,336 697,404 Percentage 50.72% 23.11%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Shigeki Sato Toshiaki Yanagi Party Komeito Communist Seats before 15 2 Seats after 15 2 Seat change Popular vote 311,332 243,270 Percentage 10.32% 8.06%
Post-election composition of the assembly by political party
Governor before election Ichirō Matsui One Osaka Elected Governor Hirofumi Yoshimura One Osaka

The 2019 Osaka Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年大阪府議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Osaka-fu Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April to elect the 88 members of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly.^[1]

Overview

The 88 seats of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly are up for election in every four years.^[2] For this election, a total of 146 candidates ran for the 88 seats in 53 electoral districts. No voting took place in 13 elections of 8 districts, as candidates in these races face no opposition.^[3]

Results

Election results^[4]

Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	Change
	Osaka Restoration Association	1,530,336	50.72%	51	11
	Liberal Democratic Party	697,403	23.11%	15	9
	Komeito	311,332	10.32%	15
	Japanese Communist Party	243,270	8.06%	2
	Constitutional Democratic Party	58,695	1.95%	1	1
	Democratic Party For the People	2,806	0.09%	0	1
	Independent	173,507	5.75%	4
Total		3,017,349	100.00%	88

References

1. "橋下徹"なぜ大阪維新はこんなに強いのか"" [Toru Hashimoto "Why is the Osaka Restoration so strong?"]. Livedoor News (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
2. "選挙制度の基本" [Basics of the Electoral System]. Osaka Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
3. "大阪府議選、無投票増加 少数会派が擁立絞る 自民も対抗馬用意できず" [Osaka Prefectural Assembly Elections Increase in Unvoted Minority Factions Squeeze Back LDP Is no Match For Its Competitors]. 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 August 2023.
4. 結果調 [Result Statistics] (PDF) (in Japanese). Osaka Prefectural Government. pp. 170–171. Retrieved 15 August 2023.