2019 Saitama prefectural election

Election for prefectural assembly members held in 2019

← 2015

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)

2023 →

All 93 seats in the Saitama Prefectural Assembly
47 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

35.52% (

2.16%)

	First party	Second party

Leader	Yoshitaka Shindō	Makoto Nishida
Party	Liberal Democratic	Komeito
Seats before	51	8
Seats after	48	9
Seat change	3	1
Popular vote	644,222	177,099
Percentage	40.50%	11.13%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Yukio Edano	Hatsuo Hagiwara
Party	Constitutional Democratic	Communist
Seats before	5	5
Seats after	7	6
Seat change	2	1
Popular vote	127,008	193,130
Percentage	7.98%	12.14%

Post-election composition of the assembly by political parties

Governor before election

Kiyoshi Ueda
Independent

Elected Governor

Kiyoshi Ueda
Independent

The 2019 Saitama Prefectural Assembly Election (Japanese: 2019年埼玉県議会議員選挙, romanized: 2019-nen Saitama-ken Gikaigiin Senkyo) was held on 7 April to elect the 93 members of the Saitama Prefectural Assembly.^[1]

Overview

The election was held due to the end of the current prefectural assembly members' terms. A total of 129 candidates ran for 93 seats in 52 electoral districts. 32 elections in 22 electoral districts saw no voting, as the candidates ran unopposed.^[2]

Results

Election results^[3]^[4]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	Change
	Liberal Democratic Party	644,222	40.50%	48	3
	Komeito	177,099	11.13%	9	1
	Constitutional Democratic Party	127,008	7.98%	7	2
	Japanese Communist Party	193,130	12.14%	6	1
	Democratic Party For the People	97,958	6.16%	4	1
	Party of Hope	4,924	0.31%	0
	Other parties	10,127	0.64%	1	1
	Independent	336,343	21.14%	18	7
Total		1,590,811	100.00%	93

References

^ "埼玉県議会議員選挙（2019年4月7日投票）結果" [Saitama prefectural assembly member election (April 7, 2019 vote) result]. Seijiyama (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "過去最高３２人が無投票当選問われる議会改革" [A record high of 32 people were elected without voting.]. Asahi News (in Japanese). 29 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "埼玉県議会議員一般選挙結果速報" [Saitama Prefectural Assembly Members General Election Results Bulletin]. Saitama Prefectural Government (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
^ "埼玉県議選" [Saitama Prefectural Assembly Election]. Japan Broadcasting Corporation (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 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]