Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly

Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly is a prefectural assembly of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly 神奈川県議会
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Hiroyuki Umezawa, LDP
Vice Chairman	Hitoshi Watanabe, Kōmeitō
Structure
Seats	105
Political groups	Metropolitan Government (98)   LDP (50)   CDP (26)   DPFP (8)   Kōmeitō (8)   Prefectural Government (5)   Oshikai (1) Neutral (2)   My Town (1)   Kanagawa Movement Network (1) Metropolitan Opposition (5)   JCP (5)
Elections
Last election	7 April 2019
Meeting place
Website
www.pref.kanagawa.jp/cnt/gikai/

History

The Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly was established on 22 July 1878 and prefectural rule was established on the basis of the 1878 Prefectural Regulation No.18 (daijō-kan No. 18).^[1] For the first assembly, 47 members were elected by registered votes from one district and 15 counties.^[2] The term is four years.

Organisation

President and Vice-President

• President: Makoto Kunimatsu (LDP), elected from Fujisawa
• Vice-President: Takanori Takita (CDP), elected from Nakahara-ku.