# 1940 Taiwanese prefectural elections

The Second Prefectural Assembly Elections (Japanese: 第二囘州會議員選擧) were held on 20 November 1940 in Taiwan under Japanese rule. According to the Japanese law, half members of prefectural assembly shall be elected by the members of local assembly and the other half shall be appointed by the Governor-General (Japanese: 總督). In this time, 82 seats from five prefectural assemblies were open for election. Voting was done by Electoral colleges (EC) formed by the more than 3,600 members of local assemblies. Around half of them were directly elected in the previous year, the other half were appointed by the prefectural governor (Japanese: 州知事).
The 1944 election was cancelled due to World War II, hence the tenure of the elected and appointed councilors was extended until the surrender of Japan in 1945.

## Electoral College size

Only around 0.067% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 861 (or 0.29% of) "Japan Mainlanders" (Japanese: 內地人) in Taiwan and 2,824 (or 0.055% of) "Taiwan Islanders" (Japanese: 本島人, mainly Han Chinese locals).
| Electoral district | Electoral district | Cities and counties | Seats | EC size |
| Taihoku | 1st | Taihoku City | 8 | 40 |
| Taihoku | 2nd | Kīrun City | 3 | 28 |
| Taihoku | 3rd | Giran City | 2 | 24 |
| Taihoku | 4th | Shichisei, Tansui, Kīrun, Bunsan, Kaizan, Shinshō | 5 | 390 |
| Taihoku | 5th | Giran, Ratō, Suō | 2 | 123 |
| Taihoku | Total | Total | 20 | 605 |
| Shinchiku | 1st | Shinchiku City | 3 | 26 |
| Shinchiku | 2nd | Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen | 3 | 192 |
| Shinchiku | 3rd | Shinchiku, Chikutō, Chikunan, Byōritsu, Taiko | 5 | 378 |
| Shinchiku | Total | Total | 11 | 596 |
| Taichū | 1st | Taichū City | 3 | 28 |
| Taichū | 2nd | Shōka City | 3 | 27 |
| Taichū | 3rd | Daiton, Toyohara, Tōsei, Taikō | 4 | 312 |
| Taichū | 4th | Shōka, Inrin, Hokuto | 5 | 366 |
| Taichū | 5th | Nantō, Nītaka, Nōkō, Takeyama | 3 | 156 |
| Taichū | Total | Total | 18 | 889 |
| Tainan | 1st | Tainan City | 4 | 31 |
| Tainan | 2nd | Kagi City | 3 | 28 |
| Tainan | 3rd | Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, Hokumon | 4 | 341 |
| Tainan | 4th | Shin'ei, Kagi, Tōseki | 4 | 332 |
| Tainan | 5th | Toroku, Kobi, Hokukō | 4 | 270 |
| Tainan | Total | Total | 19 | 1,002 |
| Takao | 1st | Takao City | 4 | 30 |
| Takao | 2nd | Heitō City | 3 | 26 |
| Takao | 3rd | Okayama, Hōzan, Kizan | 4 | 281 |
| Takao | 4th | Heitō, Chōshū, Tōkō, Kōshun | 3 | 256 |
| Takao | Total | Total | 14 | 593 |
| Total | Total | Total | 82 | 3,685 |

## Result

All 82 seats were elected. The overall turnout was at 98.51%, of which Taiwanese was higher than Japanese. 6 invalid electoral votes were found and 55 did not cast their votes. Amongst the elected prefectural assembly, 44 were Japanese and 38 were Taiwanese. The Governor-General then appointed 76 members, most of them were Japanese.
Election result :
| | Total | Prefectures | Prefectures | Prefectures | Prefectures | Prefectures |
| | Total | Taihoku | Shinchiku | Taichū | Tainan | Takao |
| Valid votes | 3,624 | 594 | 594 | 870 | 980 | 586 |
| Invalid votes | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total votes | 3,630 | 595 | 594 | 872 | 983 | 586 |
| Eligible voters | 3,685 | 605 | 596 | 889 | 1002 | 593 |
| Turnout | 98.51% | 98.35% | 99.66% | 98.09% | 98.10% | 98.82% |
| Elected Japanese | 44 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
| Elected Taiwanese | 38 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Appointed Japanese | 62 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 9 |
| Appointed Taiwanese | 20 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 |