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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.[ citation needed ] 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.
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.
Poll organization | Date completed | KMT | DPP | ![]() | Ind |
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TPOF | 2018-11-08 | 33.9% | 24.2% | - | 14.9% |
Trend Survey | 2018-11-06 | 36.4% | 25.9% | 0.8% | 15.2% |
Taiwan Brain Trust | 2018-07-28 | 29.5% | 38.6% | 0.4% | 10.5% |
Subdivision | Electorate | Turnout (%) | Winner | Runner-up | Map | ||||||
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Name | Votes | % | Name | Votes | % | ||||||
New Taipei City | 3,264,128 | 62.46 | Hou You-yi | 1,165,130 | 57.15 | Su Tseng-chang | 873,692 | 42.85 | ![]() | ||
Taipei City | 2,164,155 | 65.37 | Ko Wen-je | 580,820 | 41.05 | Ting Shou-chung | 577,566 | 40.82 | ![]() | ||
Taoyuan City | 1,732,591 | 59.63 | Cheng Wen-tsan | 552,330 | 53.46 | Apollo Chen | 407,234 | 39.42 | ![]() | ||
Taichung City | 2,213,789 | 66.12 | Lu Shiow-yen | 827,996 | 56.57 | Lin Chia-lung | 619,855 | 42.35 | ![]() | ||
Tainan City | 1,546,862 | 62.49 | Huang Wei-cher | 367,518 | 38.02 | Kao Su-po | 312,874 | 32.37 | ![]() | ||
Kaohsiung City | 2,281,338 | 72.63 | Han Kuo-yu | 892,545 | 53.87 | Chen Chi-mai | 742,239 | 44.80 | ![]() | ||
Yilan County | 373,510 | 66.97 | Lin Zi-miao | 123,767 | 49.48 | Chen Ou-po | 95,609 | 38.23 | ![]() | ||
Hsinchu County | 427,652 | 66.03 | Yang Wen-ke | 107,877 | 38.20 | Hsu Hsin-ying | 91,190 | 32.29 | ![]() | ||
Miaoli County | 446,507 | 68.17 | Hsu Yao-chang | 175,756 | 57.74 | Hsu Ting-zhen | 112,704 | 37.03 | ![]() | ||
Changhua County | 1,031,222 | 68.89 | Wang Huei-mei | 377,795 | 53.18 | Wei Ming-ku | 283,269 | 39.87 | ![]() | ||
Nantou County | 413,222 | 70.87 | Lin Ming-chen | 195,385 | 66.72 | Hung Kuo-hao | 97,460 | 33.28 | ![]() | ||
Yunlin County | 565,078 | 69.29 | Chang Li-shan | 210,770 | 53.82 | Lee Chin-yung | 163,325 | 41.72 | ![]() | ||
Chiayi County | 428,649 | 66.52 | Weng Chang-liang | 145,288 | 50.95 | Wu Yu-jen | 84,243 | 29.54 | ![]() | ||
Pingtung County | 689,393 | 68.20 | Pan Men-an | 262,809 | 55.90 | Su Ching-chuan | 197,518 | 42.01 | ![]() | ||
Taitung County | 179,706 | 66.51 | Rao Ching-ling | 70,577 | 59.05 | Liu Chao-hao | 44,264 | 37.04 | ![]() | ||
Hualien County | 268,817 | 63.09 | Hsu Chen-wei | 121,297 | 71.52 | Liu Siao-Mei | 43,879 | 25.87 | ![]() | ||
Penghu County | 86,603 | 61.10 | Lai Feng-wei | 20,570 | 38.87 | Chen Kuang-fu | 17,347 | 32.78 | |||
Keelung City | 309,428 | 60.98 | Lin Yu-chang | 102,167 | 54.14 | Hsieh Li-kung | 86,529 | 45.86 | |||
Hsinchu City | 338,323 | 64.17 | Lin Chih-chien | 107,612 | 49.57 | Hsu Ming-tsai | 60,508 | 27.87 | |||
Chiayi City | 212,843 | 66.81 | Huang Min-hui | 58,558 | 41.18 | Twu Shiing-jer | 56,256 | 39.56 | |||
Kinmen County | 117,913 | 41.75 | Yang Cheng-wu | 23,520 | 47.48 | Chen Fu-hai | 22,719 | 46.15 | |||
Lienchiang County | 10,773 | 68.76 | Liu Cheng-ying | 4,861 | 65.62 | Chu Hsiu-chen | 1,284 | 17.33 |
Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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Special municipality | |||||||||
Taipei | 63 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 48 | |
New Taipei | 66 | 36 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 41 | |||
Taoyuan | 63 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 53 | |||
Taichung | 65 | 37 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 51 | |||
Tainan | 57 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49 | ||
Kaohsiung | 66 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 48 | ||
Taiwan Province | |||||||||
Keelung | 31 | 19 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 19 | |||
Yilan County | 34 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 36 | |||
Hsinchu | 34 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 36 | |||
Hsinchu County | 36 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 49 | ||||
Miaoli County | 38 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 42 | ||||
Changhua County | 54 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 32 | ||||
Nantou County | 37 | 20 | 13 | 29 | |||||
Yunlin County | 43 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 42 | |||
Chiayi | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | |||
Chiayi County | 37 | 9 | 22 | 30 | |||||
Hualien County | 33 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 25 | ||||
Taitung County | 30 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 | |||
Pingtung County | 55 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 43 | ||||
Penghu County | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 30 | ||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 19 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |||
Lienchiang County | 9 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 912 | 497 | 407 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 41 | 777 |
2018 Municipal Councillor & County Councillor Nationwide Polls | ||||||
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Poll source | Date of completion | ![]() | Democratic Progressive Party | ![]() | ![]() | Lead |
Taiwan Think Tank | April 1, 2018 | 28.5% | 33.6% | - | 4.9% | 5.1% |
Taiwan Brain Trust | July 28, 2018 | 29.9% | 22.9% | - | 3.6% | 7% |
New Power Party | September 5, 2018 | 25.2% | 23.6% | 12.1% | - | 1.6% |
Taipei | ||||||
China Times | June 4, 2018 | 39.4% | 16.6% | - | - | 22.8% |
Trends | July 16, 2018 | 27.1% | 14.1% | 7.1% | 3.9% | 13% |
CM Media Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine | July 26, 2018 | 35% | 16.2% | 12.7% | - | 18.8% |
Formosa | October 12, 2018 | 28.5% | 16.3% | 5.6% | - | 12.2% |
Taichung | ||||||
CM Media | July 31, 2018 | 27.7% | 21.3% | 16% | - | 6.4% |
Kaohsiung | ||||||
CM Media | September 18, 2018 | 27.5% | 24.1% | 17.3% | - | 3.4% |
Hsinchu City | ||||||
Taiwan Green Party | August 24, 2018 | 27.3% | 12.2% | 10.2% | - | 15.1% |
Changhua County | ||||||
CM Media | October 16, 2018 | 32.5% | 17.8% | 14.9% | - | 14.7% |
Chiayi City | ||||||
CM Media | September 5, 2018 | 25% | 24.7% | 16.8% | - | 0.3% |
Yilan County | ||||||
CM Media | September 26, 2018 | 27% | 20.5% | 15.3% | - | 7.5% |
Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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Special municipality | |||||||||
Taipei | 63 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
New Taipei | 66 | 33 | 25 | 8 | |||||
Taoyuan | 63 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 12 | ||||
Taichung | 65 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Tainan | 57 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||
Kaohsiung | 66 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
County and Non-Municipal | |||||||||
Keelung | 31 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||
Yilan County | 34 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||||
Hsinchu | 34 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 10 | ||||
Hsinchu County | 36 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||
Miaoli County | 38 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 18 | ||||
Changhua County | 54 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||||
Nantou County | 37 | 17 | 8 | 12 | |||||
Yunlin County | 43 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 22 | |||
Chiayi | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||
Chiayi County | 37 | 9 | 17 | 11 | |||||
Hualien County | 33 | 18 | 3 | 12 | |||||
Taitung County | 30 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Pingtung County | 55 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 22 | ||||
Penghu County | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |||||
Offshore | Kinmen County | 19 | 9 | 10 | |||||
Lienchiang County | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 912 | 394 | 238 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 249 |
Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | Free Taiwan Party | ![]() | ![]() | |
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Special municipality (Mountain indigenous District) | ||||||||
Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | |||
Hsinchu County | 13 | 14 | 1 | 22 | ||||
Miaoli County | 18 | 13 | 2 | 29 | ||||
Changhua County | 26 | 19 | 19 | 44 | ||||
Nantou County | 13 | 13 | 6 | 19 | ||||
Yunlin County | 20 | 5 | 18 | 32 | ||||
Chiayi County | 18 | 2 | 14 | 19 | ||||
Pingtung County | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 56 | ||
Taitung County | 16 | 13 | 3 | 27 | ||||
Hualien County | 13 | 17 | 2 | 13 | ||||
Penghu County | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |||
Lienchiang County | 4 | 5 | ||||||
New Taipei City (Wulai District) | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Taoyuan (Fuxing District) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Taichung (Heping District) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Kaohsiung (Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District) | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||||
Total | 204 | 139 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 304 | ||
Note:
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Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||
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Special municipality (Mountain indigenous District) | ||||||||
Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |||
Hsinchu County | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Miaoli County | 18 | 10 | 8 | |||||
Changhua County | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||||
Nantou County | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Yunlin County | 20 | 1 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Chiayi County | 18 | 0 | 7 | 11 | ||||
Pingtung County | 33 | 8 | 7 | 18 | ||||
Taitung County | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Hualien County | 13 | 12 | 1 | |||||
Penghu County | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
Lienchiang County | 4 | 4 | ||||||
New Taipei City (Wulai District) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Taoyuan (Fuxing District) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Taichung (Heping District) | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Kaohsiung (Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
Total | 204 | 83 | 40 | 2 | 79 | |||
Note:
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Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | New Power Party | ![]() | ![]() |
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Special municipality (Mountain indigenous District) | ||||||||||
Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 131 | 49 | 37 | 2 | 143 | ||||
Hsinchu County | 142 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 187 | |||
Miaoli County | 193 | 17 | 6 | 295 | ||||||
Changhua County | 317 | 47 | 85 | 385 | ||||||
Nantou County | 163 | 43 | 5 | 208 | ||||||
Yunlin County | 228 | 15 | 45 | 293 | ||||||
Chiayi County | 193 | 19 | 6 | 247 | ||||||
Pingtung County | 334 | 55 | 53 | 2 | 420 | |||||
Taitung County | 136 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 169 | |||||
Hualien County | 142 | 92 | 8 | 1 | 143 | |||||
Penghu County | 51 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 75 | |||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 47 | 20 | 4 | 41 | |||||
Lienchiang County | 22 | 20 | 13 | |||||||
New Taipei City (Wulai District) | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
Taoyuan (Fuxing District) | 11 | 4 | 21 | |||||||
Taichung (Heping District) | 11 | 6 | 12 | |||||||
Kaohsiung (Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District) | 21 | 5 | 37 | |||||||
Total | 2,149 | 523 | 259 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2,702 | |
註:
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Province | County | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
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Special municipality (Mountain indigenous District) | ||||||||||
Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 131 | 37 | 26 | 68 | |||||
Hsinchu County | 142 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 89 | |||||
Miaoli County | 193 | 11 | 2 | 180 | ||||||
Changhua County | 317 | 38 | 39 | 240 | ||||||
Nantou County | 163 | 34 | 2 | 127 | ||||||
Yunlin County | 228 | 13 | 28 | 187 | ||||||
Chiayi County | 193 | 11 | 6 | 176 | ||||||
Pingtung County | 334 | 43 | 39 | 252 | ||||||
Taitung County | 136 | 42 | 3 | 91 | ||||||
Hualien County | 142 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 73 | |||||
Penghu County | 51 | 3 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 47 | 17 | 2 | 28 | |||||
Lienchiang County | 21 | 13 | 8 | |||||||
New Taipei City (Wulai District) | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
Taoyuan (Fuxing District) | 11 | 4 | 7 | |||||||
Taichung (Heping District) | 11 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
Kaohsiung (Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District) | 21 | 3 | 18 | |||||||
Total | 2,149 | 390 | 151 | 4 | 1,604 | |||||
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Special municipality | Members | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | People's Democratic Party | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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Province | County | |||||||||||
Taipei | 456 | 282 | 63 | 3 | 13 | 576 | ||||||
New Taipei | 1,032 | 300 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1,491 | ||||
Taoyuan | 504 | 132 | 3 | 7 | 844 | |||||||
Taichung | 625 | 139 | 79 | 4 | 1,023 | |||||||
Tainan | 649 | 64 | 115 | 1,217 | ||||||||
Kaohsiung | 891 | 173 | 218 | 1 | 1 | 1,320 | ||||||
Taiwan Province | Keelung City | 157 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 258 | ||||||
Yilan County | 233 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 401 | |||||||
Hsinchu County | 192 | 77 | 1 | 318 | ||||||||
Hsinchu City | 122 | 20 | 1 | 209 | ||||||||
Miaoli County | 275 | 11 | 1 | 509 | ||||||||
Changhua County | 589 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1,067 | ||||||
Nantou County | 262 | 55 | 4 | 469 | ||||||||
Yunlin County | 391 | 11 | 1 | 739 | ||||||||
Chiayi County | 357 | 8 | 1 | 631 | ||||||||
Chiayi City | 84 | 20 | 2 | 128 | ||||||||
Pingtung County | 463 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 815 | |||||||
Taitung County | 147 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 251 | |||||
Hualien County | 176 | 138 | 2 | 248 | ||||||||
Penghu County | 96 | 17 | 2 | 173 | ||||||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 37 | 17 | 1 | 68 | |||||||
Lienchiang County | 22 | 23 | 10 | |||||||||
Total | 7,760 | 1,720 | 563 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12,768 |
Special municipality | Members | ![]() | ![]() | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | ![]() | ![]() | People's Democratic Front | ![]() | ![]() | |
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Province | County | |||||||||
Taipei | 456 | 216 | 35 | 1 | 204 | |||||
New Taipei | 1029 | 234 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 766 | ||||
Taoyuan | 504 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 410 | |||||
Taichung | 624 | 107 | 18 | 499 | ||||||
Tainan | 649 | 42 | 53 | 554 | ||||||
Kaohsiung | 887 | 123 | 130 | 634 | ||||||
Taiwan Province | Keelung City | 157 | 21 | 2 | 134 | |||||
Yilan County | 233 | 23 | 5 | 205 | ||||||
Hsinchu County | 192 | 42 | 150 | |||||||
Hsinchu City | 121 | 14 | 107 | |||||||
Miaoli County | 274 | 4 | 1 | 269 | ||||||
Changhua County | 589 | 28 | 6 | 555 | ||||||
Nantou County | 262 | 36 | 1 | 225 | ||||||
Yunlin County | 390 | 5 | 385 | |||||||
Chiayi County | 356 | 6 | 350 | |||||||
Chiayi City | 84 | 16 | 1 | 67 | ||||||
Pingtung County | 461 | 32 | 3 | 426 | ||||||
Taitung County | 147 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 102 | ||||
Hualien County | 175 | 103 | 1 | 71 | ||||||
Penghu County | 95 | 10 | 85 | |||||||
Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 37 | 6 | 31 | ||||||
Lienchiang County | 22 | 20 | 2 | |||||||
Total | 7,760 | 1,120 | 285 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6,231 |
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