Mie Prefectural Assembly
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(first elected and convened in 1879)[1]
Mie Prefectural Assembly 三重県議会 Mie Kengikai | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1878 (first elected and convened in 1879)[1] |
| Leadership | |
President (gichō) | Norikazu Yamamoto, Liberal Democratic Party |
Vice President (fuku-gichō) | Hiroyuki Funahashi, Democratic Party (Japan, 2016) |
| Seats | 51 assembly members |
| Elections | |
| Single non-transferable vote | |
Last election | 2011 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/KENGIKAI/ | |
The Mie Prefectural Assembly (三重県議会, Mie-kengikai) is the prefectural parliament of Mie.
Its 51 members are elected every four years in 17 districts by single non-transferable vote (SNTV). 15 electoral districts are multi-member districts, two are single-member district where SNTV becomes equivalent to First-past-the-post voting.
The assembly is responsible for enacting and amending prefectural ordinances, approving the budget and voting on important administrative appointments made by the governor including the vice-governors.
The last elections were held in the unified local elections in April 2011, at the same time when centre-right (LDP, Kōmeitō, YP) supported Eikei Suzuki narrowly beat DPJ-supported Naohisa Matsuda in the Mie gubernatorial election. In the assembly election, the Liberal Democratic Party remained strongest party, but the Democratic-Social Democratic group Shinsei Mie ("Renewal Mie") emerged as strongest force. The Japanese Communist Party lost all its seats in 2011.
As of April 30, 2011, the assembly was composed as follows:[2]
| Composition of the Mie Prefectural Assembly | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary group | Seats |
| Shinsei Mie ("Renewal Mie" of Democrats, Social Democrats and independents) | 24 |
| Jimin Mirai ("LibDem Future" of Liberal Democrats and independents) | 21 |
| Yōzan (a group of conservative independents – according to a member, the group name is derived from Uesugi Yōzan[3]) | 3 |
| Kōmeitō | 2 |
| Minna no Tō (Your Party) | 1 |
| Total (including vacant seats) | 51 |
