| Election Name: | 1940 Taiwanese prefectural elections |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Japan (1870–1999).svg |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 Taiwanese prefectural elections |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Seats For Election: | 82 (of 164) seats in all prefectural assemblies |
| Turnout: | 98.51% (0.46pp) |
| Colour1: | BBBBBB |
| Alliance1: | Japanese |
| Seats1: | 44 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Colour2: | DDDDDD |
| Alliance2: | Taiwanese |
| Seats2: | 38 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
The Second Prefectural Assembly Elections 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 . 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 .[1]
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.[2]
Only around 0.067% of the population were eligible to vote in the election, which includes 861 (or 0.29% of) "Japan Mainlanders" in Taiwan and 2,824 (or 0.055% of) "Taiwan Islanders" .[3]
| Electoral district | Cities and counties | Seats | EC size | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taihoku | 1st | Taihoku City | 8 | 40 | |
| 2nd | Kīrun City | 3 | 28 | ||
| 3rd | Giran City | 2 | 24 | ||
| 4th | Shichisei, Tansui, Kīrun, Bunsan, Kaizan, Shinshō | 5 | 390 | ||
| 5th | Giran, Ratō, Suō | 2 | 123 | ||
| Total | 20 | 605 | |||
| Shinchiku | 1st | Shinchiku City | 3 | 26 | |
| 2nd | Chūreki, Daikei, Tōen | 3 | 192 | ||
| 3rd | 5 | 378 | |||
| Total | 11 | 596 | |||
| Taichū | 1st | Taichū City | 3 | 28 | |
| 2nd | Shōka City | 3 | 27 | ||
| 3rd | Daiton, Toyohara, Tōsei, Taikō | 4 | 312 | ||
| 4th | Shōka, Inrin, Hokuto | 5 | 366 | ||
| 5th | 3 | 156 | |||
| Total | 18 | 889 | |||
| Tainan | 1st | Tainan City | 4 | 31 | |
| 2nd | Kagi City | 3 | 28 | ||
| 3rd | Niitoyo, Shinka, Sobun, Hokumon | 4 | 341 | ||
| 4th | Shin'ei, Kagi, Tōseki | 4 | 332 | ||
| 5th | 4 | 270 | |||
| Total | 19 | 1,002 | |||
| Takao | 1st | Takao City | 4 | 30 | |
| 2nd | Heitō City | 3 | 26 | ||
| 3rd | Okayama, Hōzan, Kizan | 4 | 281 | ||
| 4th | 3 | 256 | |||
| Total | 14 | 593 | |||
| Total | 82 | 3,685 | |||
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.
| Total | Prefectures | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |