Osaka Prefectural Assembly

Osaka Prefectural Assembly
大阪府議会
Ōsaka-fugikai
The assembly hall is on the 2nd floor of the Osaka Prefectural Government Main Building
Type
Type
History
Founded 1878 (1878) (edict on prefectural assemblies)
1947 (1947) (current local autonomy law)
Seats 109
Elections
Last election
 April 2015
Website
www.pref.osaka.jp/gikai_giji/toppage/index.html

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.

Current composition

The 2015 assembly election took place on 12 April 2015 as part of the 18th unified local elections. The Osaka Restoration Association, led by then-mayor Tōru Hashimoto, retained its position as the largest party in the assembly, but fell two seats short of the outright majority it had won in the April 2011 election.

As of 11 May 2016, the assembly was composed as follows:[2]

Composition of the Osaka assembly
Parliamentary group Seats
Osaka Restoration Association (大阪維新の会, Ōsaka Ishin no Kai) 43
Liberal Democratic Party and Independents (自由民主党・無所属, Jiyūminshutō/Mushozoku) 25
Komeito (公明党, Kōmeitō) 15
Japanese Communist Party (日本共産党, Nihon Kyōsantō) 3
Democratic Party (民進党, Minshintō) 1
Total (1 vacant seat) 88

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[3]
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. ↑ "会派別一覧" [Members by parliamentary group] (in Japanese). 12 May 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Osaka Prefectural Government: Electoral districts for assembly elections (in Japanese)
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