Osaka Prefectural Assembly

The Osaka Prefectural Assembly (大阪府議会, Ōsaka-fu gikai) is the legislature of Osaka Prefecture. As in all prefectures, it is elected to four-year terms by single non-transferable vote in multi- and single-member districts and is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural by-laws, approving the budget and important administrative appointments in the prefectural government, including the prefecture's vice governors. The assembly has a regular membership 88 members.

Osaka Prefectural Assembly

大阪府議会

Ōsaka-fugikai
Type
Type
History
Founded1878 (1878) (edict on prefectural assemblies)
1947 (1947) (current local autonomy law)
Structure
Seats88
Elections
Last election
April 2019
Meeting place
Website
www.pref.osaka.jp/gikai_giji/toppage/index.html

Current composition
2019 election result by nominating parties: Ishin 51, LDP 15, Komeito 15, JCP 2, CDP 1, Independents 4[3]

The 2019 assembly election took place on 7 April 2019 as part of the 19th unified local elections. The Osaka Restoration Association, retained its position as the largest party in the assembly, reclaimed an outright majority, as it had after the April 2011 election.

As of 30 April 2019, the assembly was composed as follows:[4]

Composition of the Osaka assembly after the 2019 general election
Parliamentary group Seats Change from before election
Osaka Restoration Association (大阪維新の会, Ōsaka Ishin no Kai) 51 +11
Liberal Democratic Party – Independents (自由民主党・無所属, Jiyūminshutō・mushozoku) 16 -8
Komeito (公明党, Kōmeitō) 15 0
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsantō) 2 0
Democratic Net (民主ネット, Minshu Net) [includes CDP] 2 +1
Reform[ist] Conservativ[e/ism] (改革保守, Kaikaku hoshu) 1 0
Creati[on/ve] Conservativ[e/ism] (創生保守, Sōsei hoshu) 1 0
Total 88 +4
(vacant seats)

Electoral districts

Changes to the electoral districts at the April 2015 election, there are 88 assembly members who are elected in 53 electoral districts, reduced from the 109 members who were elected at the 2011 election. Most districts cover one municipality or one ward of a designated major city (Osaka and Sakai), but some cover several wards or municipalities. The nine towns and one village within the prefecture are referred to by the district that they belong to.

Electoral districts of the Osaka Prefectural Assembly[5]
District Magnitude District Magnitude
within Osaka City Kishiwada City2
Kita-ku1 Toyonaka City4
Miyakojima-ku1 Ikeda City1
Fukushima-ku and Konohana-ku1 Suita City4
Chūō-ku1 Izumiōtsu City, Takaishi City and Senboku District (Tadaoka Town)1
Nishi-ku1 Takatsuki City and Mishima District (Shimamoto Town)4
Minato-ku1 Kaizuka City1
Taishō-ku and Nishinari-ku2 Moriguchi City1
Tennōji-ku and Naniwa-ku1 Hirakata-shi4
Nishiyodogawa-ku1 Ibaraki City3
Yodogawa-ku2 Yao City3
Higashiyodogawa-ku2 Izumisano City and Kumatori Town (of Sennan District)1
Higashinari-ku1 Tondabayashi City, Ōsakasayama City and Minamikawachi District2
Ikuno-ku1 Neyagawa City2
Asahi-ku1 Kawachinagano City1
Jōtō-ku2 Matsubara City1
Tsurumi-ku1 Daitō City and Shijōnawate City2
Abeno-ku1 Izumi City2
Suminoe-ku1 Minoh City and Toyono District2
Sumiyoshi-ku2 Kashiwara City and Fujiidera City1
Higashi-Sumiyoshi-ku1 Habikino City1
Hirano-ku2 Kadoma City1
Sakai City Settsu City1
Sakai-ku1 Higashiōsaka-shi5
Naka-ku1 Sennan City, Hannan City, Tajiri Town and Misaki Town (of Sennan District)1
Higashi-ku and Mihara-ku1 Katano City1
Nishi-ku1
Minami-ku2
Kita-ku2

References
  1. Osaka Prefectural Assembly for Kids: 議場の案内
  2. Osaka Prefectural Assembly for Kids: 議場の案内
  3. NHK Senkyo Web, 2019 unified elections, prefectural assembly elections: Osaka, retrieved May 23, 2019.
  4. "会派の結成について" [On the formation of parliamentary groups [pdf or Word]] (in Japanese). Ōsaka fugikai [Osaka prefectural assembly]. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. Osaka Prefectural Government: Electoral districts for assembly elections (in Japanese)
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