The 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.
Current composition 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:Mie Prefectural Assembly: Parliamentary groups, Members by parliamentary group Composition of the Mie Prefectural AssemblyParliamentary groupSeats 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 YōzanOfficial website of assembly member Yutaka Higashi, May 2, 2011: 会派の名前は、鷹山（ようざん）に決まりました。) 3 Kōmeitō 2 Minna no Tō (Your Party) 1Total (including vacant seats)51
Electoral districts As in all prefectures, most electoral districts correspond to current cities and former counties (while the counties were abolished as administrative unit in 1921, cities and counties had initially by definition served as electoral districts for prefectural assemblies in the Empire).
Electoral districtsMie Prefectural Assembly: Members by district Mie electoral commission: Prefectural electoral districts District Municipalities Magnitude Tsu City Tsu City 7 Yokkaichi City Yokkaichi City 7 Ise City Ise City 4 Matsusaka City Matsusaka City 4 Kuwana City/Kuwana County Kuwana CityKisosaki Town 4 Suzuka City Suzuka City 4 Nabari City Nabari City 2 Owase City/Kita-Muro (North Muro) County Owase CityKihoku Town 2 Kameyama City Kameyama City 1 Toba City Toba City 1 Kumano City/Minami-Muro (South Muro) County Kumano CityMihama TownKihō Town 2 Inabe City/Inabe County Inabe CityTōin Town 2 Shima City Shima City 2 Iga City Iga City 3 Mie County Komono TownAsahi TownKawagoe Town 2 Taki County Taki TownMeiwa TownŌdai Town 2 Watarai County Tamaki TownWatarai TownTaiki TownMinamiise Town 2
References
External links Mie Prefectural Assembly Mie Prefectural Board of Elections