Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly

Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly

神奈川県議会
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Hiroyuki Umezawa, LDP
Vice Chairman
Hitoshi Watanabe, Kōmeitō
Structure
Seats105
Political groups
Metropolitan Government (98)
  LDP (50)
  CDP (26)
  DPFP (8)
  Kōmeitō (8)
  Prefectural Government (5)
  Oshikai (1)

Neutral (2)

  My Town (1)
  Kanagawa Movement Network (1)

Metropolitan Opposition (5)

  JCP (5)
Elections
Last election
7 April 2019
Meeting place
Website
www.pref.kanagawa.jp/cnt/gikai/

Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly is a prefectural assembly of Kanagawa Prefecture.

History

The Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly was established on 22 July 1878 and prefectural rule was established on the basis of the 1878 Prefectural Regulation No.18 (daijō-kan No. 18).[1] For the first assembly, 47 members were elected by registered votes from one district and 15 counties.[2] The term is four years.

Organisation

President and Vice-President

  • President: Makoto Kunimatsu (LDP), elected from Fujisawa
  • Vice-President: Takanori Takita (CDP), elected from Nakahara-ku.

References

  1. ^ 以下、「議会の概要　2012」[permanent dead link‍]（神奈川県議会）を参照。[dead link‍]
  2. ^ 1区15郡とは、横浜区と、久良岐郡、橘樹郡、都筑郡、西多摩郡、南多摩郡、北多摩郡、三浦郡、鎌倉郡、高座郡、足柄上郡、足柄下郡、大住郡、淘綾郡、愛甲郡、津久井郡の15郡。