2019 Aichi prefectural election

The 2019 Aichi Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年愛知県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Aichi-ken Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April to elect the 102 members of the Aichi Prefectural Assembly.^[1]

2019 Aichi prefectural election

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All 102 seats in the Aichi Prefectural Assembly 52 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	37.01% (1.49%)
First party Second party   Leader Masahito Fujikawa Motohisa Furukawa Party Liberal Democratic Democratic Party for the People Seats before 56 9 Seats after 57 8 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 606,349 81,057 Percentage 44.14% 5.90%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Shoichi Kondo Wataru Ito Party Constitutional Democratic Komeito Seats before 7 6 Seats after 7 6 Seat change Popular vote 102,546 88,495 Percentage 7.46% 6.44%
Post-election composition of the assembly by political party
Governor before election Hideaki Ōmura Independent Elected Governor Hideaki Ōmura Independent

Overview

The election was held as the current prefectural assembly members' four year-terms came to end. 138 candidates ran for 102 seats in 55 constituencies. 41 seats in 26 constituencies were elected without voting, as the candidates face no opposition.^[1] Voter turnout was 37.01%, marking the lowest record in four consecutive elections.^[2]

Results

Election results^[3][4]

Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	Change
	Liberal Democratic Party	606,349	44.14%	57	1
	Democratic Party For the People	81,057	5.90%	8	1
	Constitutional Democratic Party	102,546	7.46%	7
	Komeito	88,495	6.44%	6
	Genzei Nippon	18,153	1.32%	1	1
	Japanese Communist Party	96,918	7.06%	0	2
	Japan Innovation Party	10,582	0.77%	0
	Other parties	12,363	0.90%	0
	Independent	357,265	26.01%	23	2
Total		1,373,728	100.00%	102