The transformation in the local communities viewing from "election data" during the period between Showa amalgamation and Heisei amalgamation

本研究的目的是首先从“议会选举”的角度来追踪昭和合并与平成合并期间地方社区(村镇与城市)的变迁，并聚焦于平成合并中较多村镇与城市合并的21个城市。其次，对我在鸟取县使用的方法是否适用于这些社区进行了验证，结果发现，追踪当地社区的变化是最令人满意的，因为几乎所有的当地社区都记录了他们的历史、社会生活和传统。相反，他们中的大多数没有保存自己的选举数据，所以很明显，将我的方法应用到其他当地社区是相当困难的。

The research aim is firstly to trace the transformation in local communities (villages, towns, and cities) viewing from "council election" during the period between Showa amalgamation and Heisei amalgamation, focusing on 21 cities which merged in comparatively many numbers of villages, towns, and cities at Heisei amalgamation. Secondly, it was testified whether my methodology which I have used in the Tottori prefecture applies to these communities.As the result, it was founded that to trace the transformation in local communities was mostly satisfied, because almost all local communities recorded their history, social life and tradition. On the contrary, most of them didn't keep their own election data, so it became clear that to apply my methodology to the other local communities was quite hard.