1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections
12 November 1936 (1936-11-12)
76 (of 152) seats in all prefectural assemblies
Turnout98.97%
 
Alliance Taiwanese Japanese
Seats won 40 36

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 (EC) 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.[1]

Electoral College size

Administrative divisions in Taiwan during Japanese rule

Only around 0.073% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 743 (or 0.31% of) "Japan Mainlanders" (Japanese: 內地人) on Taiwan and 2,864 (or 0.061% of) "Taiwan Islanders" (Japanese: 本島人, mainly Chinese migrants).[2]

Electoral districtCities and districtsSeatsEC size
Taihoku1stTaihoku City736
2ndKīrun City327
3rdBunsan, Kaizan, Kīrun, Shichisei, Shinshō, Tansui5397
4thGiran, Ratō, Suō3142
Total 18 602
Shinchiku1stShinchiku City328
2ndChūreki, Daikei, Tōen3189
3rdByōritsu, Chikunan, Chikutō, Shinchiku, Taiko5374
Total 11 591
Taichū1stTaichū City328
2ndShōka City328
3rdDaiton, Taikō, Tōsei, Toyohara3309
4thHokuto, Inrin, Shōka4342
5thNantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama3155
Total 16 862
Tainan1stTainan City432
2ndKagi City328
3rdNiitoyo, Shinka, Sobun4339
4thKagi, Shin'ei, Tōseki4323
5thHokukō, Kobi, Toroku3249
Total 18 971
Takao1stTakao City328
2ndHeitō City324
3rdHōzan, Kizan, Okayama4280
4thChōshū, Heitō, Kōshun, Tōkō3242
Total 13 581
Total763,607

Result

All 76 seats were elected. The overall turnout was at 98.97%, of which Taiwanese was higher than Japanese. 7 invalid electoral votes were found and 37 did not cast their votes. Amongst the elected prefectural assembly, 36 were Japanese and 40 were Taiwanese.[2] The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, cementing the control of the Japanese in the assembly.[3]

Election result
Total Prefectures
Taihoku Shinchiku Taichū Tainan Takao
Valid votes 3,526 593 589 844 964 573
Invalid votes 7 2 0 2 2 1
Total votes 3,570 595 589 846 966 574
Eligible voters 3,607 602 591 862 971 581
Turnout 98.97% 98.84% 99.66% 98.14% 99.49% 98.80%
Elected Japanese 36 12 4 7 8 5
Elected Taiwanese 40 6 7 9 10 8
Appointed Japanese 58 12 9 14 13 10
Appointed Taiwanese 18 6 2 2 5 3

References

  1. ↑ Wang, Yeh-lih (1996). "The Political Consequence of the Electoral System: Single Nontransferable Voting in Taiwan" (PDF). Issues and Studies. 32: 85–104.
  2. 1 2 "州會議員選舉統計 その一". 臺灣地方行政. 臺灣地方自治協會. 2 (12): 123–140. 1936-12-15.
  3. ↑ "州會議員選舉統計(下)". 臺灣地方行政. 臺灣地方自治協會. 3 (1): 103–119. 1937-01-15.
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