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]
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]
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]
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