The Second Prefectural Assembly Elections were held on 20 November 1940 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 shall be appointed by the Governor-General . In this time, 82 seats from five prefectural assemblies were open for election. Voting was done by Electoral colleges (EC) formed by the more than 3,600 members of local assemblies. Around half of them were directly elected in the previous year, the other half were appointed by the prefectural governor .
The 1944 election was cancelled due to World War II, hence the tenure of the elected and appointed councilors was extended until the surrender of Japan in 1945.
Electoral College size
Only around 0.067% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 861 (or 0.29% of) "Japan Mainlanders" in Taiwan and 2,824 (or 0.055% of) "Taiwan Islanders" . Electoral district Cities and counties Seats EC size Taihoku 1st Taihoku City 8 40 2nd Kīrun City 3 28 3rd Giran City 2 24 4th Shichisei, Tansui, Kīrun, Bunsan, Kaizan, Shinshō 5 3905thGiran, Ratō, Suō2123Total20605 Shinchiku 1st Shinchiku City 3 26 2nd Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen 3 192 3rd Shinchiku, Chikutō, Chikunan, Byōritsu, Taiko 5 378Total11596 Taichū 1st Taichū City 3 28 2nd Shōka City 3 27 3rd Daiton, Toyohara, Tōsei, Taikō 4 312 4th Shōka, Inrin, Hokuto 5 366 5th Nantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama 3 156Total18889 Tainan 1st Tainan City 4 31 2nd Kagi City 3 28 3rd Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, Hokumon 4 341 4th Shin'ei, Kagi, Tōseki 4 332 5th Toroku, Kobi, Hokukō 4 270Total191,002 Takao 1st Takao City 4 30 2nd Heitō City 3 26 3rd Okayama, Hōzan, Kizan 4 281 4th Heitō, Chōshū, Tōkō, Kōshun 3 256Total14593 Total 82 3,685
Result All 82 seats were elected. The overall turnout was at 98.51%, of which Taiwanese was higher than Japanese. 6 invalid electoral votes were found and 55 did not cast their votes. Amongst the elected prefectural assembly, 44 were Japanese and 38 were Taiwanese. The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, most of them were Japanese. +Election resultTotalPrefecturesTaihokuShinchikuTaichūTainanTakaoValid votes3,624594594870980586Invalid votes610230Total votes3,630595594872983586Eligible voters3,6856055968891002593Turnout98.51%98.35%99.66%98.09%98.10%98.82%Elected Japanese441267118Elected Taiwanese38851186Appointed Japanese6215816149Appointed Taiwanese2053255
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