1931년 경성부회 선거연구

Abstract

This article examines the historical characteristics of election in colonial Korea and its meaning in Japanese policy of colonial rule by analyzing the election of Seoul Provincial Council in 1931. First, in spite of its modernity the election system in colonial Korea enforced by Japanese Imperialism was extremely incomplete because its aim was to maintain Japanese colonization. Second, the electoral process of Seoul Provincial Council in 1931 was as follows: Election campaigns were staged by modern methods. Electoral commitments were concentrated on modern facilities. Illegal electioneering was also regulated by the police authorities. Successful candidates were capitalists who accumulated wealth in modern sections. To recapitulate, the electoral process in colonial Korea under the Japanese rule was political field where of Japanese Imperialism and colonial residents competed for its supremacy.