The 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 . 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 . In this election, the first division of electoral districts were implemented in Taiwan.

Electoral College size

Only around 0.073% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 743 (or 0.31% of) "Japan Mainlanders" on Taiwan and 2,864 (or 0.061% of) "Taiwan Islanders" . Electoral district Cities and districts Seats EC size Taihoku 1st Taihoku City 7 36 2nd Kīrun City 3 27 3rd Bunsan, Kaizan, Kīrun, Shichisei, Shinshō, Tansui 5 397 4th Giran, Ratō, Suō 3 142Total18602 Shinchiku 1st Shinchiku City 3 28 2nd Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen 3 189 3rd Byōritsu, Chikunan, Chikutō, Shinchiku, Taiko 5 374Total11591 Taichū 1st Taichū City 3 28 2nd Shōka City 3 28 3rd Daiton, Taikō, Tōsei, Toyohara 3 309 4th Hokuto, Inrin, Shōka 4 342 5th Nantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama 3 155Total16862 Tainan 1st Tainan City 4 32 2nd Kagi City 3 28 3rd Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun 4 339 4th Kagi, Shin'ei, Tōseki 4 323 5th Hokukō, Kobi, Toroku 3 249Total18971 Takao 1st Takao City 3 28 2nd Heitō City 3 24 3rd Hōzan, Kizan, Okayama 4 280 4th Chōshū, Heitō, Kōshun, Tōkō 3 242Total13581 Total 76 3,607

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. The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, cementing the control of the Japanese in the assembly. +Election resultTotalPrefecturesTaihokuShinchikuTaichūTainanTakaoValid votes3,526593589844964573Invalid votes720221Total votes3,570595589846966574Eligible voters3,607602591862971581Turnout98.97%98.84%99.66%98.14%99.49%98.80%Elected Japanese36124785Elected Taiwanese40679108Appointed Japanese58129141310Appointed Taiwanese1862253

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