2018 Taiwanese local elections explained

Election Name:2018 Taiwanese local elections
Country:Taiwan
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2014 Taiwanese local elections
Previous Year:2014
Election Date:[1]
Next Election:2022 Taiwanese local elections
Next Year:2022
Seats For Election:22 magistrates/mayors and others
Registered:19,102,502
Turnout:66.11% 0.20
Image1:Wu Den-yih election infobox.jpg
Leader1:Wu Den-yih
Party1:Kuomintang
Leader Since1:20 August 2017
Last Election1:6 seats, 40.81%
Seats1:15
Seat Change1: 9
Popular Vote1:4,182,875
Percentage1:48.79%
Swing1: 7.98
Leader2:Tsai Ing-wen
Party2:Democratic Progressive Party
Leader Since2:28 May 2014
Last Election2:13 seats, 47.97%
Seats2:6
Seat Change2: 7
Popular Vote2:3,399,976
Percentage2:39.66%
Swing2: 8.31
1Blank:Special municipality councillors
1Data1:175
1Data2:137
2Blank:County/city councillors
2Data1:219
2Data2:101
3Blank:Township/city mayors
3Data1:80
3Data2:40

Local elections were held on 24 November 2018[2] [3] in Taiwan, 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. Polling stations were open from 08:00 to 16:00 on the election day.[4]

The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the DPP. The DPP previously held 13 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence on President Tsai's Administration, both politically (relations with China), economically (agriculture, tourism), and socially (pollution, labor laws, wages), which were reflected in the series of referendum results. The KMT won back executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the DPP, while Ko Wen-je won his re-election for Taipei mayor.

Background

This local election was seen as the first test for the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen since assuming office in May 2016. The Central Election Commission opened election registration to candidates on 27 August 2018.[5]

The Democratic Progressive Party has won the popular vote against the Kuomintang in all of the last three elections.[6] This trend has continued in the 2016 elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority in the Legislative Yuan with 68 seats and the presidency.

Results summary

Subdivision! colspan="4"
Magistrate/mayorCouncil
Party resultElectFirst partySeatsSecond partySeatsTotal seats
New Taipei CityKuomintang holdHou You-yiKuomintang33 7DPP25 766
Taipei CityIndependent holdKo Wen-jeKuomintang29 1DPP19 863
Taoyuan CityDPP holdCheng Wen-tsanKuomintang32 3DPP18 263
Taichung CityKuomintang gain from DPPLu Shiow-yenKuomintang32 4DPP25 265
Tainan CityDPP holdHuang Wei-cherDPP25 3Kuomintang16 57
Kaohsiung CityKuomintang gain from DPPHan Kuo-yuKuomintang33 9DPP25 866
Yilan CountyKuomintang gain from DPPLin Zi-miaoKuomintang13 2DPP8 434
Hsinchu CountyKuomintang holdYang Wen-keKuomintang19 2DPP2 36
Miaoli CountyKuomintang holdHsu Yao-changKuomintang14 5DPP4 38
Changhua CountyKuomintang gain from DPPWang Huei-meiKuomintang28 4DPP12 554
Nantou CountyKuomintang holdLin Ming-chenKuomintang17 DPP8 37
Yunlin CountyKuomintang gain from DPPChang Li-shanDPP12 1Kuomintang7 43
Chiayi CountyDPP holdWeng Chang-liangDPP17 1Kuomintang9 37
Pingtung CountyDPP holdPan Men-anKuomintang17 2DPP15 355
Taitung CountyKuomintang holdRao Ching-lingKuomintang21 1DPP1 30
Hualien CountyKuomintang gain from independentHsu Chen-weiKuomintang18 2DPP3 333
Penghu CountyKuomintang gain from DPPLai Feng-weiKuomintang4 4DPP3 119
Keelung CityDPP holdLin Yu-changKuomintang16 2DPP6 431
Hsinchu CityDPP holdLin Chih-chienKuomintang15 DPP6 134
Chiayi CityKuomintang gain from DPPHuang Min-huiKuomintang5 1DPP4 123
Kinmen CountyKuomintang gain from independentYang Cheng-wuKuomintang9 6For Public Good Party1 119
Lienchiang CountyKuomintang holdLiu Cheng-yingKuomintang7 1None9

Magistrate and mayor elections

Opinion polls

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Others
TPOF 2018-11-0833.9% 24.2% 14.9%
Trend Survey 2018-11-0636.4% 25.9% 0.8% 15.2%
Taiwan Brain Trust 2018-07-28 29.5%38.6% 0.4% 10.5%

Results

SubdivisionElectorateTurnout (%)WinnerRunner-upMap
NameVotes%NameVotes%
New Taipei City3,264,12862.46Hou You-yi1,165,13057.15Su Tseng-chang873,69242.85
Taipei City2,164,15565.37Ko Wen-je580,82041.05Ting Shou-chung577,56640.82
Taoyuan City1,732,59159.63Cheng Wen-tsan552,33053.46Apollo Chen407,23439.42
Taichung City2,213,78966.12Lu Shiow-yen827,99656.57Lin Chia-lung619,85542.35
Tainan City1,546,86262.49Huang Wei-cher367,51838.02Kao Su-po312,87432.37
Kaohsiung City2,281,33872.63Han Kuo-yu892,54553.87Chen Chi-mai742,23944.80
Yilan County373,51066.97Lin Zi-miao123,76749.48Chen Ou-po95,60938.23
Hsinchu County427,65266.03Yang Wen-ke107,87738.20Hsu Hsin-ying91,19032.29
Miaoli County446,50768.17Hsu Yao-chang175,75657.74Hsu Ting-zhen112,70437.03
Changhua County1,031,22268.89Wang Huei-mei377,79553.18Wei Ming-ku283,26939.87
Nantou County413,22270.87Lin Ming-chen195,38566.72Hung Kuo-hao97,46033.28
Yunlin County565,07869.29Chang Li-shan210,77053.82Lee Chin-yung163,32541.72
Chiayi County428,64966.52Weng Chang-liang145,28850.95Wu Yu-jen84,24329.54
Pingtung County689,39368.20Pan Men-an262,80955.90Su Ching-chuan197,51842.01
Taitung County179,70666.51Rao Ching-ling70,57759.05Liu Chao-hao44,26437.04
Hualien County268,81763.09Hsu Chen-wei121,29771.52Liu Siao-Mei43,87925.87
Penghu County86,60361.10Lai Feng-wei20,57038.87Chen Kuang-fu17,34732.78
Keelung City309,42860.98Lin Yu-chang102,16754.14Hsieh Li-kung86,52945.86
Hsinchu City338,32364.17Lin Chih-chien107,61249.57Hsu Ming-tsai60,50827.87
Chiayi City212,84366.81Huang Min-hui58,55841.18Twu Shiing-jer56,25639.56
Kinmen County117,91341.75Yang Cheng-wu23,52047.48Chen Fu-hai22,71946.15
Lienchiang County10,77368.76Liu Cheng-ying4,86165.62Chu Hsiu-chen1,28417.33

Councillor elections

Nominations

ProvinceCountyMembersKMTDPPTSUPFPNPNew Power PartyIND/Other
Special municipality
Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 633327147548
New Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 6636363641
Taoyuanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 6338343253
Taichungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 6537363451
Tainanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 57223721149
Kaohsiungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 66373833348
Taiwan Province
Keelungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3119156119
Yilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 3416181336
Hsinchubgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3420121436
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 36277149
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 381810242
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 542926132
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 37201329
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 4310201242
Chiayibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 23882124
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 3792230
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 33339225
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 302942230
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 553230143
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1944130
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 19101222
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 9103
Total 912497 407 10 26 10 41 777

Opinion polls

2018 Municipal Councillor & County Councillor Nationwide Polls
Poll sourceDate of completionKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyOthersIndependentLead
Taiwan Think TankApril 1, 201828.5%33.6%4.9%5.1%
Taiwan Brain TrustJuly 28, 201829.9%22.9%3.6%7%
New Power PartySeptember 5, 201825.2%23.6%12.1%1.6%
Taipei
China TimesJune 4, 201839.4%16.6%22.8%
TrendsJuly 16, 201827.1%14.1%7.1%3.9%13%
CM Media July 26, 201835%16.2%12.7%18.8%
FormosaOctober 12, 201828.5%16.3%5.6%12.2%
Taichung
CM MediaJuly 31, 201827.7%21.3%16%6.4%
Kaohsiung
CM MediaSeptember 18, 201827.5%24.1%17.3%3.4%
Hsinchu City
Taiwan Green PartyAugust 24, 201827.3%12.2%10.2%15.1%
Changhua County
CM MediaOctober 16, 201832.5%17.8%14.9%14.7%
Chiayi City
CM MediaSeptember 5, 201825%24.7%16.8%0.3%
Yilan County
CM MediaSeptember 26, 201827%20.5%15.3%7.5%

Results

ProvinceCountyMembersKMTDPPTSUPFPNPNew Power PartyIND/Other
Special municipality
Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 6329192238
New Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 6633258
Taoyuanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 633218112
Taichungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 65322517
Tainanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 5716251114
Kaohsiungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 6633251124
County and Non-Municipal
Keelungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 31166216
Yilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 34138112
Hsinchubgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 34156310
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 36192114
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 38144218
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 542812113
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3717812
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 437121122
Chiayibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 23541013
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;" 3791711
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3318312
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3021117
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 551715122
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 194312
OffshoreKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19910
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 972
Total 912394 238 5 8 2 16 249
Speaker/Deputy Speaker election
Special municipalitySpeaker (Party)Deputy Speaker (Party)
ProvinceCounty
TaipeiChen Chin-hsiang(Kuomintang)Yeh Lin-chuang(Kuomintang)
New TaipeiChiang Ken-huang(Kuomintang)Chen Hung-yuan(Kuomintang)
TaoyuanCiou Yi-sheng(Kuomintang)Li Hsiao-chung(Kuomintang)
TaichungChang Qing-chao(Kuomintang)Yen Li-ming(Kuomintang)
TainanKuo Hsin-liang(IndependentLin Bing-li(Independent
KaohsiungXu Kun-yuan(Kuomintang)Liu Shu-mei(Kuomintang)
Taiwan ProvinceKeelungTsai Wang-lien(Kuomintang)Jonathan Lin(Kuomintang)
Yilan CountyChang Chien-rong(Kuomintang)Chen Han-chung(Independent
Hsinchu CountyChang Zhen-rong(Kuomintang)Wang Bing-han(Kuomintang)
HsinchuXu Xiu-rui(Kuomintang)Yu Pang-yen(Kuomintang)
Miaoli CountyChung Tung-chin(Kuomintang)Li Wen-bin(Kuomintang)
Changhua CountyHsieh Dien-lin(Kuomintang)Hsu Yuan-luan(Kuomintang)
Nantou CountyHe Sheng-feng(Kuomintang)Pan Yi-quan(Kuomintang)
Yunlin CountyShen Chung-lung(Kuomintang)Su Chun-hao(Democratic Progressive Party)
Chiayi CountyChang Ming-ta(Democratic Progressive Party)Chen Yu-yueh(Democratic Progressive Party)
ChiayiZhuang Feng-an(IndependentSu Tse-feng(Independent
Pingtung CountyChou Tien-lun(Kuomintang)Lu Wen-jui(Kuomintang)
Taitung CountyWu Hsiu-hua(Kuomintang)Lin Tsung-han(Kuomintang)
Hualien CountyZhang Jun(Kuomintang)Pan Yueh-Hsia(Kuomintang)
Penghu CountyLiu Chen Zhao-ling(Kuomintang)Chen Shuang-chuan(Kuomintang)
Fujian ProvinceKinmen CountyHung Yun-dian(Kuomintang)Chou Tzu-chieh(Independent
Lienchiang CountyChang Yung-chiang(Kuomintang)Chou Jui-kuo(Kuomintang)

Township/city mayor elections

Nominations

ProvinceCountyMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyFree Taiwan PartyOthersIndependent
Special municipality
(Mountain indigenous District
Taiwan ProvinceYilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 1211 10 11
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1314 1 22
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1813 2 29
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 2619 19 44
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1313 6 19
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 205 18 32
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 182 14 19
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 3312 20 1 1 56
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1613 3 27
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 1317 2 13
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 63 2 7
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 68 1 10
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 45
New Taipei CityWulai Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 14
TaoyuanFuxing Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 11 2
TaichungHeping Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 11 2
KaohsiungMaolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District
bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 32 7
Total 204 139 97 1 2 304
Note:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • Other parties include:
    Youth Party: 1 candidate in Kinmen County. Taiwan Advance Party: One candidate in Pingtung County.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

ProvinceCountyMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyOthersIndependent
Special municipality
(Mountain indigenous District
Taiwan ProvinceYilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 128 31
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 1310 0 3
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 1810 8
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 269 7 10
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 13427
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 201910
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 180711
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 338 718
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 169 1 6
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 1312 1
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 62 4
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 63 3
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 44
New Taipei CityWulai Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 11
TaoyuanFuxing Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 11
TaichungHeping Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 11
KaohsiungMaolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District
bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 32 1
Total 204 83 40 2 79
Note:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Township/city council elections

Nominations

ProvinceCountyMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyLabor PartyTrees PartyPeople's First PartyNew Power PartyOthersIndependent
Special municipality
(Mountain indigenous District
Taiwan ProvinceYilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 13149 37 2 143
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 14268 5 1 1 1 187
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19317 6 295
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 31747 85 385
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 16343 5 208
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 22815 45 293
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19319 6 247
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 33455 53 2 420
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 13659 6 2 169
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 14292 8 1 143
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 514 3 7 75
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 4720 4 41
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 2220 13
New Taipei CityWulai Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 713
TaoyuanFuxing Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 114 21
TaichungHeping Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 116 12
KaohsiungMaolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District
bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 215 37
Total2,149 523 259 1 8 1 4 7 2,702
:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

ProvinceCountyMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyOthersIndependent
Special municipality
(Mountain indigenous District
Taiwan ProvinceYilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 13137 26 68
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 142511 1 89
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19311 2 180
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 31738 39 240
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 16334 2 127
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 22813 28 187
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19311 6 176
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 33443 39 252
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 13642 3 91
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 14265 4 1 73
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 5131 47
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 4717 2 28
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 2113 8
New Taipei CityWulai Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 77
TaoyuanFuxing Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 114 7
TaichungHeping Districtbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 115 6
KaohsiungMaolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District
bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 213 18
Total2,149 390 151 4 1,604
:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Village chief elections

Nominations

Special municipalityMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyPeople First PartyTSUChinese Unification Promotion PartyPeople's Democratic PartyNew Power PartyGreen Party TaiwanOthersIndependent
ProvinceCounty
Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 456282 63 3 13 576
New Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 1,032300 41 4 1 1 9 1,491
Taoyuanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 504132 3 7 844
Taichungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 625139 79 4 1,023
Tainanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 64964 115 1,217
Kaohsiungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 891173 218 1 1 1,320
Taiwan ProvinceKeelung Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 15733 4 1 258
Yilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 23338 8 1 401
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19277 1 318
Hsinchu Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 12220 1 209
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 27511 1 509
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 58938 11 1 1 1,067
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 26255 4 469
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 39111 1 739
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 3578 1 631
Chiayi Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 8420 2 128
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 46354 6 1 815
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 14770 5 1 1 1 251
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 176138 2 248
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 9617 2 173
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 3717 1 68
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 2223 10
Total7,760 1,720 563 2 1 6 5 3 1 40 12,768

Results

Special municipalityMembersKuomintangDemocratic Progressive PartyChinese Unification Promotion PartyPeople First PartyNew Power PartyPeople's Democratic FrontOthersIndependent
ProvinceCounty
Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 456216351204
New Taipeibgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 10292342711766
Taoyuanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 50490 2 2 410
Taichungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 62410718499
Tainanbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 6494253554
Kaohsiungbgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 887123130634
Taiwan ProvinceKeelung Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 157212134
Yilan Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 233235205
Hsinchu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 19242150
Hsinchu Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 12114107
Miaoli Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 27441269
Changhua Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 589286555
Nantou Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 262361225
Yunlin Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 3905385
Chiayi Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 3566350
Chiayi Citybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 8416167
Pingtung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 461323426
Taitung Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 14742111102
Hualien Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 175103171
Penghu Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 951085
Fujian ProvinceKinmen Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;" 37631
Lienchiang Countybgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;" 22202
Total7,760 1,120 285 1 1 1 1 4 6,231

Aftermath

President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairperson for the Democratic Progressive Party; Premier William Lai also unilaterally announced his resignation on Facebook http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2623422; his resignation was approved in 2019. The DPP secretary general Hung Yao-fu and Secretary-General to the President Chen Chu also announced their resignations. Following the elections, the Taiwanese foreign minister claimed that China had meddled in the elections.[7]

Defector and self-proclaimed former spy William Wang claimed that the government of China had successfully supported candidates in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中選會選舉資料庫網站 . cec.gov.tw . 16 January 2020 . zh.
  2. News: Liu. Lee-jung. Lin. Ko. Local elections to be held in November. 17 January 2018. Central News Agency. 16 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Taiwan to host nine-in-one elections on Nov. 24. 16 January 2018. Sophia. Yang. Taiwan News. 17 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Taiwan Local Elections of 2014 - Central Election Commission. cec.gov.tw. 2019-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20141119062153/http://engweb.cec.gov.tw/files/11-1030-5692.php. 2014-11-19. dead.
  5. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Hetherington . William . Election registrations open today . 27 August 2018 . Taipei Times . 27 August 2018.
  6. Web site: http://db.cec.gov.tw/ . zh:中選會資料庫網站,中央選舉委員會 . Central Election Commission . zh-hant.
  7. Web site: Brown . Adrian . China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections . www.aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera . 28 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Chinese spy confirms China's involvement in Taiwan 2020 election. 23 November 2019. 25 November 2019. Taiwan News. Wang said that Beijing successfully backed several pro-China politicians, who won seats in the 2018 local elections..