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2022 Republic of China (Taiwan) local elections
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22 magistrates/mayors and others[b]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eric Chu Tsai Ing-wen Ko Wen-je
Party Kuomintang DPP TPP
Leader since 5 October 2021 20 May 2020 6 August 2019
Last election 15 seats 6 seats New party
Seats before 14[c] 6[d] 1[e]
Seats won 13 5 1
Seat change Decrease1 Decrease1 Steady
     KMT hold      DPP hold      TPP hold      IND hold
     KMT gain      DPP gain      TPP gain      IND gain
     Election postponed

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 [zh] 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 [zh] 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

Elected magistrates/mayors and council composition in the 2022 Taiwanese local election
Subdivision Magistrate/mayor Council
Party result Elect[f] First party Seats[g] Second party Seats Total seats[13]
New Taipei City KMT hold Hou You-yi KMT 32 Decrease 1 DPP 28 Increase 3 66
Taipei City KMT gain from TPP Chiang Wan-an KMT 30 Increase 1 DPP 21 Increase 2 61
Taoyuan City KMT gain from DPP Chang San-cheng KMT 29 Decrease 3 DPP 24 Increase 6 63
Taichung City KMT hold Lu Shiow-yen KMT 32 Steady DPP 25 Steady 65
Tainan City DPP hold Huang Wei-cher DPP 27 Increase 2 KMT 15 Decrease 1 57
Kaohsiung City DPP hold Chen Chi-mai KMT 32 Decrease 1 DPP 25 Steady 65
Yilan County KMT hold Lin Zi-miao KMT 12 Decrease 1 DPP 12 Increase 4 34
Hsinchu County KMT hold Yang Wen-ke KMT 19 Steady DPP 6 Increase 4 37
Miaoli County Independent gain from KMT Chung Tung-chin DPP 9 Increase 5 KMT 7 Decrease 7 38
Changhua County KMT hold Wang Huei-mei KMT 27 Decrease 1 DPP 16 Increase 4 54
Nantou County KMT hold Hsu Shu-hua KMT 13 Decrease 4 DPP 7 Decrease 1 37
Yunlin County KMT hold Chang Li-shan DPP 11 Decrease 1 KMT 9 Increase 2 43
Chiayi County DPP hold File:Wengchangliang.png Weng Chang-liang DPP 18 Increase 1 KMT 8 Decrease 1 37
Pingtung County DPP hold Chou Chun-mi DPP 19 Increase 4 KMT 13 Decrease 4 55
Taitung County KMT hold Rao Ching-ling KMT 18 Decrease 3 DPP 2 Increase 1 30
Hualien County KMT hold Hsu Chen-wei KMT 18 Steady DPP 3 Steady 33
Penghu County DPP gain from KMT Chen Kuang-fu KMT 4 Steady DPP 3 Steady 19
Keelung City KMT gain from DPP George Hsieh KMT 13 Decrease 3 DPP 12 Increase 6 31
Hsinchu City TPP gain from DPP Ann Kao KMT 12 Decrease 3 DPP 8 Increase 2 34
Chiayi City KMT 6 Increase 1 DPP 6 Increase 2 23
Kinmen County Independent gain from KMT Chen Fu-hai KMT 7 Decrease 2 DPP 1 Increase 1 19
Lienchiang County KMT hold Wang Chung-ming [zh] KMT 7 Steady Independent — 9

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

2022 Taiwan Magistrate/Mayor Election Results[17]
Subdivision Electorate Turnout (%) Winner Runner-up Map
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 [zh] 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 [zh] 96,779 41.13%
Hsinchu County 452,720 58.98% Yang Wen-ke 163,662 63.36% Chou Chiang-chieh [zh] 83,683 32.40%
Miaoli County 443,908 67.20% Chung Tung-chin 124,603 42.66% Hsu Ting-chen [zh] 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 [zh] 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 [zh] 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 [zh] 71,354 39.01%
Hsinchu City 350,758 62.94% Ann Kao 98,121 45.02% Shen Hui-hung [zh] 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 [zh] 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 Other Template:IND-TW/short
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
Taiwan Province
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

Main article: zh:2022年中華民國直轄市議員及縣市議員選舉選舉區投票結果列表
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 Other Template:IND-TW/short
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
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

  1. ^ 18 December 2022 (2022-12-18) for mayor of Chiayi City.[1][2]
  2. ^
    • 910 councillors
    • 204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
    • 2,139 township/city council representatives
    • 7,748 village chiefs
    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
  3. ^ Han Kuo-yu was recalled in 2020.
  4. ^ Chen Chi-mai won the by-election after Han Kuo-yu's recall. Lin Chih-chien resigned on 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ Ko Wen-je won the 2018 Taipei mayoral race as an independent and later created the TPP in 2019.
  6. ^ Bold names indicate an incumbent successfully sought reelection
  7. ^ Bold figures indicate majority

References

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  3. ^ Yeh, Su-ping; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Kay (14 November 2021). "DPP chair to pick municipality mayoral candidates for 2022 elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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  5. ^ Chung, Lawrence (10 January 2022). "Twin poll blows for Taiwan's KMT spark doubts about leadership ahead of wider votes". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
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  7. ^ Teng, Pei-ju (15 June 2022). "NPP nominates candidates for Keelung mayor, Pingtung magistrate races". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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  13. ^ "公告111年直轄市長、縣（市）長、直轄市議員、縣（市）議員選舉之選舉種類、名額、選舉區之劃分、投票日期、投票起止時間及競選經費最高金額等事項" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Central Election Commission. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2022-11-26.
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