2022 Taiwanese local elections
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Local elections were held in Free Area of China (Taiwan, Kinmen, Penghu and Matsu) on 26 November 2022 to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. The election was held alongside the 2022 Republic of China constitutional referendum.
Background
The Democratic Progressive Party announced in November 2021 that, prior to the 2022 elections, the party's chairperson would select candidates for mayoral posts in the special municipalities. Candidates would then be subject to approval by the party's central executive committee. Localities in which DPP-affiliated incumbents were ineligible for a third consecutive term will hold party primaries. To contest local offices held by Kuomintang members, the Democratic Progressive Party planned to host internal discussions to propose candidates and permit the party leader to nominate interested candidates for central executive committee approval.[3]
It was reported in September 2020 that the Kuomintang would rely on opinion polls and satisfaction surveys to nominate candidates prior to the 2022 elections.[4] Though the party had supported a successful recall of Legislative Yuan member Chen Po-wei of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party, the KMT lost the subsequent by-election to replace him, and was unsuccessful in another recall targeting independent legislator Freddy Lim. In addition to these electoral losses, proposals backed by the Kuomintang during the 2021 Taiwanese referendum also failed.[5]
The New Power Party began naming candidates for local office in January 2022.[6] In June, for the first time in party history, NPP-backed candidates for mayoral and magisterial posts were selected.[7]
On 14 January 2022, the Central Election Commission announced that local elections would be held on 26 November 2022.[8] After the death of candidate Huang Shao-tsung on 2 November 2022, the Chiayi mayoral election was rescheduled for 18 December 2022.[1][2] Over 17,000 polling stations were open, from 08:00 to 16:00 on 26 November 2022, and more than 11,000 offices were contested in the election.[9][10]
In the run-up to the elections, Taiwanese law enforcement carried out raids under the Anti-Infiltration Act on individuals suspected of buying votes on behalf of China.[11][12]
Results summary
The KMT won thirteen mayoral or magisterial seats, and the DPP won five seats.[14][15] Tsai Ing-wen resigned as party head following the elections.[16]
Magistrate and mayor elections
Results
Subdivision | Electorate | Turnout (%) | Winner | Runner-up | Map | ||||||
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Name | Votes | % | Name | Votes | % | ||||||
New Taipei City | 3,316,517 | 56.60% | Hou You-yi | 1,152,555 | 62.42% | Lin Chia-lung | 693,976 | 37.58% | |||
Taipei City | 2,026,769 | 67.70% | Chiang Wan-an | 575,590 | 42.29% | Chen Shih-chung | 434,558 | 31.93% | |||
Taoyuan City | 1,825,127 | 59.46% | Chang San-cheng | 557,572 | 52.02% | Cheng Yun-peng | 428,983 | 40.03% | |||
Taichung City | 2,274,107 | 60.01% | Lu Shiow-yen | 799,107 | 59.35% | Tsai Chi-chang | 524,224 | 38.93% | |||
Tainan City | 1,548,203 | 58.68% | Huang Wei-cher | 433,684 | 48.80% | Hsieh Lung-chieh | 387,731 | 43.63% | |||
Kaohsiung City | 2,282,623 | 58.61% | Chen Chi-mai | 766,147 | 58.10% | Ko Chih-en | 529,607 | 40.16% | |||
Yilan County | 374,779 | 64.28% | Lin Zi-miao | 119,421 | 50.76% | Chiang Tsung-yuan | 96,779 | 41.13% | |||
Hsinchu County | 452,720 | 58.98% | Yang Wen-ke | 163,662 | 63.36% | Chou Chiang-chieh | 83,683 | 32.40% | |||
Miaoli County | 443,908 | 67.20% | Chung Tung-chin | 124,603 | 42.66% | Hsu Ting-chen | 91,260 | 31.24% | |||
Changhua County | 1,028,606 | 64.90% | Wang Huei-mei | 369,133 | 56.75% | Huang Hsiu-fang | 272,817 | 41.94% | |||
Nantou County | 406,195 | 69.08% | Hsu Shu-hua | 154,256 | 55.99% | Frida Tsai | 117,993 | 42.83% | |||
Yunlin County | 559,273 | 67.35% | Chang Li-shan | 207,519 | 56.57% | Liu Chien-kuo | 152,620 | 41.60% | |||
Chiayi County | 422,568 | 67.32% | Weng Chang-liang | 171,777 | 62.85% | Wang Yu-min | 101,517 | 37.15% | |||
Pingtung County | 679,330 | 67.18% | Chou Chun-mi | 217,537 | 49.09% | Su Ching-chuan | 206,460 | 46.59% | |||
Taitung County | 177,853 | 64.79% | Rao Ching-ling | 68,661 | 61.22% | Liu Chao-hao | 41,104 | 36.65% | |||
Hualien County | 266,058 | 57.56% | Hsu Chen-wei | 96,645 | 64.73% | Kolas Yotaka | 47,845 | 32.04% | |||
Penghu County | 90,360 | 58.51% | Chen Kuang-fu | 18,777 | 36.64% | Lai Feng-wei | 17,081 | 33.33% | |||
Keelung City | 307,913 | 60.16% | George Hsieh | 96,784 | 52.92% | Tsai Shih-ying | 71,354 | 39.01% | |||
Hsinchu City | 350,758 | 62.94% | Ann Kao | 98,121 | 45.02% | Shen Hui-hung | 77,764 | 35.68% | |||
Chiayi City | |||||||||||
Kinmen County | 122,294 | 39.32% | Chen Fu-hai | 23,248 | 49.34% | Yang Cheng-wu | 19,340 | 41.05% | |||
Lienchiang County | 11,810 | 72.99% | Wang Chung-ming | 4,337 | 50.99% | Tsao Erh-yuan | 3,582 | 42.12% |
Councillor elections
Nominations
Province | County | Members | Template:KMT/short | Template:DPP/short | Template:TPP/short | Template:NPP/short | Template:TSP/short | Template:Green Party Taiwan/short | Template:New Party Taiwan/short | Template:PFP/short | Template:NPSU/short | ![]() |
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Special municipality | |||||||||||||
New Taipei | 66 | 38 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 26 | |||
Taipei | 61 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 28 | |||
Taoyuan | 63 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | ||
Taichung | 65 | 34 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 39 | |||||
Tainan | 57 | 19 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | ||||
Kaohsiung | 65 | 35 | 36 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 34 | ||||
Yilan County | 34 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||||
Hsinchu County | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27 | |||||
Miaoli County | 38 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 45 | ||||||
Changhua County | 54 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
Nantou County | 37 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 31 | |||||||
Yunlin County | 43 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 39 | |||||||
Chiayi County | 37 | 10 | 23 | 24 | |||||||||
Pingtung County | 55 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | |||||
Taitung County | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 30 | |||||||
Hualien County | 33 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |||||||
Penghu County | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
Keelung | 31 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | ||||||
Hsinchu | 34 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |||||
Chiayi | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | |||||
Kinmen County | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||
Lienchiang County | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
Total | 910 | 457 | 382 | 86 | 46 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 618 |
Results
Province | County | Members | Template:KMT/short | Template:DPP/short | Template:TPP/short | Template:NPP/short | Template:TSP/short | Template:Green Party Taiwan/short | Template:New Party Taiwan/short | Template:PFP/short | Template:NPSU/short | ![]() |
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Special municipality | |||||||||||||
New Taipei | 66 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Taipei | 61 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Taoyuan | 63 | 29 | 24 | 10 | |||||||||
Taichung | 65 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
Tainan | 57 | 15 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
Kaohsiung | 65 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Yilan County | 34 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
Hsinchu County | 37 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
Miaoli County | 38 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
Changhua County | 54 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
Nantou County | 37 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
Yunlin County | 43 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
Chiayi County | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||
Pingtung County | 55 | 13 | 19 | 21 | |||||||||
Taitung County | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
Hualien County | 33 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
Penghu County | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
Keelung | 31 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
Hsinchu | 34 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
Chiayi | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
Kinmen County | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
Lienchiang County | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||
Total | 910 | 367 | 277 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 227 |
Speaker/Deputy Speaker election | |||||
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Special municipality | Speaker (Party) | Deputy Speaker (Party) | |||
Province | County | ||||
New Taipei | |||||
Taipei | |||||
Taoyuan | |||||
Taichung | |||||
Tainan | |||||
Kaohsiung | |||||
Yilan County | |||||
Hsinchu County | |||||
Miaoli County | |||||
Changhua County | |||||
Nantou County | |||||
Yunlin County | |||||
Chiayi County | |||||
Pingtung County | |||||
Taitung County | |||||
Hualien County | |||||
Penghu County | |||||
Keelung | |||||
Hsinchu | |||||
Chiayi | |||||
Kinmen County | |||||
Lienchiang County |
Notes
- ^ 18 December 2022[1][2] for mayor of Chiayi City.
- ^ Figures in this infobox are for magistrate/mayor elections unless otherwise noted. Special municipalities are counted with counties/cities despite being counted separately in official statistics
- 910 councillors
- 204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
- 2,139 township/city council representatives
- 7,748 village chiefs
- ^ Han Kuo-yu was recalled in 2020.
- ^ Chen Chi-mai won the by-election after Han Kuo-yu's recall. Lin Chih-chien resigned on 8 July 2022.
- ^ Ko Wen-je won the 2018 Taipei mayoral race as an independent and later created the TPP in 2019.
- ^ Bold names indicate an incumbent successfully sought reelection
- ^ Bold figures indicate majority
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