2019 Okayama prefectural election

Election for prefectural assembly members held in 2019

← 2015

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)

2023 →

All 55 seats in the Okayama Prefectural Assembly
28 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

42.30% (

2.49%)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Gaku Hashimoto	Masaaki Taniai
Party	Liberal Democratic	Komeito
Seats before	33	5
Seats after	32	5
Seat change	1
Popular vote	202,668	51,794
Percentage	43.22%	11.04%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Takashi Takai	Ryousuke Yabiki
Party	Constitutional Democratic	Communist
Seats before	2	3
Seats after	2	2
Seat change		1
Popular vote	26,966	18,423
Percentage	5.75%	3.93%

Post-election composition of the assembly by political party

Governor before election

Ryuta Ibaragi
Independent

Elected Governor

Ryuta Ibaragi
Independent

The 2019 Okayama Prefectural Assembly election (Japanese: 2019年岡山県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Okayama Kengikai Giin Senkyo) was held on 7 April 2019 to elect the 55 members of the Okayama Prefectural Assembly.

Overview

Every four years, a total of 55 assembly members are elected to represent the 19 electoral districts of the prefecture.^[1] The election coincides with the election for Okayama City Council. In 2019, 16 candidates in the Prefectural Assembly and City Assembly elections ran unopposed, and were elected without voting.^[2]

Results

The Liberal Democratic Party lost one seat in the election, but still maintained its dominant position after five independent members aligned themselves with the party.^[3]

Election results^[4]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	Change
	Liberal Democratic Party	202,668	43.22%	32	1
	Komeito	51,794	11.04%	5
	Constitutional Democratic Party	26,966	5.75%	2
	Japanese Communist Party	18,423	3.93%	2	1
	Democratic Party For the People	0	0%	1
	Other parties	2,628	0.56%	0
	Independent	166,491	35.50%	13	5
Total		468,970	100.00%	55

References

^ "Organization Structure of the Prefectural Assembly". Okayama Prefectural Assembly (PDF). Okayama Prefectural Assemblu Secretariat. p. 3.
^ "岡山県議選、１６人が無投票当選　岡山市中区など１０選挙区" [Okayama prefectural assembly election, 16 elected without voting 10 electoral districts, including Naka Ward, Okayama City]. Sanyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 1 April 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "岡山県議会の会派勢力ほぼ固まる　自民３７議席確保、１６日臨時会" [Okayama Prefectural Assembly's party power almost solidifies LDP secures 37 seats, extraordinary session on 16th]. Sanyo Shimbun (in Japanese). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
^ "岡山県議会議員選挙選挙区別・党派別得票数" [Okayama Prefectural Assembly Election Number of Votes by Election Division/Party] (PDF). Okayama Prefecture Election Administration Commission Secretariat (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 August 2023.

Prefectural Assembly elections in Japan

Chūbu
region

Aichi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 [ja] 1991 [ja] 1995 [ja] 1999 [ja] 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Fukui	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Gifu	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ishikawa	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 [ja] 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nagano	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Niigata	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Shizuoka	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Toyama	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamanashi	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Chūgoku
region

Hiroshima	1947 ... 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Okayama	1947 ... 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Shimane	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tottori	1947 ... 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamaguchi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Hokkaido

Hokkaido	1947 [ja] 1951 [ja] 1955 [ja] 1959 [ja] 1963 [ja] 1967 [ja] 1971 [ja] 1975 [ja] 1979 [ja] 1983 [ja] 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]

Kansai
region

Hyōgo	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Kyoto	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Mie	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nara	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Osaka	1947 [ja] 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Shiga	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Wakayama	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Kantō
region

Chiba	1947 ... 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Gunma	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ibaraki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 [ja] 2010 [ja] 2014 [ja] 2018 [ja] 2022 [ja] 2026 [ja]
Kanagawa	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 [ja] 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Saitama	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 2023 [ja]
Tochigi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tokyo	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1965 [ja] 1969 [ja] 1973 [ja] 1977 [ja] 1981 [ja] 1985 [ja] 1989 [ja] 1993 [ja] 1997 [ja] 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025

Kyushu
region

Fukuoka	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 [ja]
Kagoshima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kumamoto	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Miyazaki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Nagasaki	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Ōita	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Okinawa	1952 [ja] 1954 [ja] 1956 [ja] 1958 [ja] 1960 [ja] 1962 1965 [ja] 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 [ja] 2012 [ja] 2016 2020 [ja] 2024 [ja]
Saga	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Shikoku
region

Ehime	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kagawa	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Kōchi	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Tokushima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]

Tōhoku
region

Akita	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Aomori	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Fukushima	1947 1951 1955 1959 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Iwate	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Miyagi	1947 ... 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 [ja] 2015 [ja] 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]
Yamagata	1947 1951 1955 1956 1960 1963 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 [ja] 2023 [ja]