2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election

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2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election
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Nominee Chen Chi-mai Li Mei-jhen
Party DPP Kuomintang
Popular vote671,804248,478
Percentage70.03%25.90%
2020 Kaohsiung Mayor By-election Results.svg
2020 Kaohsiung by-election results by district
Mayor before election

Yang Ming-jou (acting)
Independent

Elected Mayor

Chen Chi-mai
DPP

The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election was held on 15 August 2020 following a successful recall attempt. [1] The registered candidates were Chen Chi-mai representing the Democratic Progressive Party, Li Mei-jhen representing the Kuomintang, and Wu Yi-jheng representing the Taiwan People's Party. [2] Chen Chi-mai won the by-election by a landslide margin with slightly over 70 percent of the votes. [3] He replaced acting mayor Yang Ming-jou on 24 August 2020. [4]

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Background

The by-election followed a successful recall attempt against Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu on 6 June 2020. By law, the Central Election Commission (CEC) was mandated to announce the results of the recall vote within seven days of the vote itself. The law also required the CEC to hold a by-election no later than 11 September 2020, three months after the results of the recall were publicly announced. [5] [6] The CEC confirmed the result on 12 June and announced that the by-election would be held on 15 August. [7]

Procedures and timetable

Han Kuo-yu is barred, by law, from contesting the Kaohsiung mayoralty for four years as a result of the successful recall petition. [8] [9]

Registration of candidates took place between 20 June and 24 June. [10] The sole debate between all three candidates took place on 1 August. [11] Municipal infrastructure was discussed. [12]

Candidates

Following a meeting of the Central Standing Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party on 17 June 2020, Chen Chi-mai was nominated as the DPP candidate for the by-election. [13] [14] On 23 June 2020, the Kuomintang selected Kaohsiung City Councillor Li Mei-jhen to contest the by-election. [15] Following the Kuomintang's announcement, Wu Yi-jheng  [ zh ], a city councilor affiliated with the People First Party, joined the Taiwan People's Party to represent the TPP in the by-election. [16]

Opinion polling

DatePollsterSample size Chen Chi-mai
DPP 		Li Mei-jhen
KMT 		Wu Yi-jheng
TPP 		Leading by
(points)
29 July – 2 August 2020 TPP (All Dimensions) [17] 90346.5%12.8%11.5%33.7
30–31 July 2020Formosa [18] 1,07152.4%12.6%5.3%39.8
27–28 July 2020Taiwan Brian Trust [19] 1,08253.7%14.4%8.3%39.3
21–28 July 2020All Dimensions [20] 75039.1%16.0%8.9%23.1
22–24 July 2020 TVBS [21] 91955%21%5%34
9–10 July 2020Formosa [22] 1,07052.9%14.3%4.4%38.6
29 June – 1 July 2020 TVBS [23] 95354%22%5%32
29–30 June 2020TISR [24] 1,07754.6%14.4%4.0%40.2

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Chen Chi-mai Democratic Progressive Party 671,80470.03
Li Mei-jhen Kuomintang 248,47825.90
Wu Yi-jheng Taiwan People's Party 38,9604.06
Total959,242100.00
Valid votes959,24299.63
Invalid/blank votes3,5840.37
Total votes962,826100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,301,59741.83
Source: [25]

Chen Chi-mai won 671,804 of the votes cast on 15 August 2020, a vote share of 70.03%. Li Mei-jhen finished second with 248,478 votes or 25.9%. Wu Yi-jhen claimed 4.06% of the vote, a total of 38,960 ballots. Voter turnout was 41.83%. [26] [27] The Central Election Commission certified Chen's electoral victory on 21 August 2020. [28] On 24 August 2020, Chen replaced acting mayor Yang Ming-jou. [29]

2020 Kaohsiung by-election results by district [25]
DistrictElectorateTotal votes Chen Chi-mai % Li Mei-jhen % Wu Yi-jheng %Invalid votesTurnout
Yancheng 21,0559,9617,11371.732,38124.014234.274447.31%
Gushan 113,53847,24531,79967.5113,31528.271,9904.2214141.61%
Zuoying 158,51763,32339,35262.3521,06233.372,7014.2820839.95%
Nanzih 151,73362,02942,70069.1216,73027.082,3443.7925540.88%
Sanmin 281,098119,05185,12171.7428,43423.975,0914.2940542.35%
Sinsing 43,35219,24712,83366.955,13526.791,2006.267944.40%
Cianjin 23,64610,4746,95466.672,81126.956656.384444.30%
Lingya 142,69662,07841,22266.6516,90327.333,7226.0223143.50%
Cianjhen 157,24168,66848,34670.6417,29525.272,8034.1022443.67%
Cijin 23,94010,0307,64276.492,08920.912602.603941.90%
Siaogang 129,65252,74738,35872.9612,26923.341,9473.7017340.68%
Fongshan 294,369121,72082,69868.1933,56127.675,0154.1444641.35%
Linyuan 57,68224,01418,14375.894,90520.528583.5910841.63%
Daliao 95,14938,96228,35773.049,18023.641,2893.3213640.95%
Dashu 35,73915,57911,73875.663,32121.414562.946443.59%
Dashe 29,29312,8329,70275.932,63420.614423.465443.81%
Renwu 74,50231,30723,30574.746,70821.511,1703.7512442.02%
Niaosong 39,03016,81012,00571.624,07624.326814.064843.07%
Gangshan 79,25433,52722,85468.459,32727.931,2093.6213742.30%
Ciaotou 32,72416,05312,37277.322,98218.646474.045249.06%
Yanchao 25,35310,6917,83473.682,48023.323193.005842.17%
Tianliao 6,4082,5921,96175.9556121.73602.321040.45%
Alian 23,8399,8387,61177.691,90519.442812.874141.27%
Lujhu 42,42017,39512,46571.964,05223.398064.657241.01%
Hunei 25,1369,7637,40976.192,00820.653073.163938.84%
Qieding 25,5439,8947,41975.292,20922.422262.294038.73%
Yong'an 11,6984,7453,42072.371,14124.141653.491940.56%
Mituo 15,9026,7694,65569.161,86827.752083.093842.57%
Zihguan 30,26913,79510,44476.022,84220.694523.295745.57%
Cishan 30,75712,6838,79869.673,35926.604723.745441.24%
Meinong 34,06213,4357,89559.025,12538.313562.665939.44%
Liouguei 10,8683,5142,31966.501,08831.20802.292732.33%
Jiasian 5,2221,8631,07758.2273839.89351.891335.68%
Shanlin 10,2103,5392,21963.091,22234.75762.162234.66%
Neimen 12,5074,5923,07767.241,35729.651423.101636.72%
Maolin 1,52453810419.3340374.91315.76035.30%
Taoyuan 3,33886224528.4259769.26202.32425.94%
Namasia 2,33165723836.3940561.93111.68328.19%

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