2019 Osaka prefectural election

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]

2019 Osaka prefectural election

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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

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