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Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 November and 18 December 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 Taiwanese constitutional referendum.
The election resulted in a big loss for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as all the mayoral and magisterial political candidates in the north were defeated. Tsai Ing-wen, the incumbent President of the Republic of China, resigned as party head after the poll, triggering a by-election for the position.
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]
The KMT won fourteen mayoral or magisterial seats, and the DPP won five seats. [13] [14] [15] Taiwan People's Party (TPP) gained their mayoral seat in Hsinchu City and Kinmen County after chairman Ko Wen-je ineligible for re-election in Taipei. The election result, although broadly in line with expectations, was still a major defeat for DPP which was the worst electoral performance in the party's history. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, whose strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China failed, subsequently resigned as party chairwoman. [16] [17]
Party | Magistrates, mayors | Councillors | |||||||||
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Popular votes | ± pp | Seats | +/- | Popular votes | ± pp | Seats | +/- | ||||
Kuomintang | 5,761,851 | 50.14% | 1.35 | 14 | 4,306,343 | 37.75% | 2.64 | 367 | 27 | ||
Democratic Progressive Party | 4,776,258 | 41.57% | 2.41 | 5 | 1 | 3,796,575 | 33.28% | 2.23 | 277 | 39 | |
Taiwan People's Party | 534,848 | 4.65% | New | 1 | New | 456,627 | 4.00% | New | 14 | New | |
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union | – | – | – | – | – | 108,924 | 0.95% | 7 | 2 | ||
New Power Party | 70,503 | 0.61% | 0 | 177,666 | 1.56% | 6 | 10 | ||||
Taiwan Solidarity Union | – | – | – | – | – | 38,193 | 0.33% | 3 | 2 | ||
Taiwan Statebuilding Party | – | – | – | – | – | 124,070 | 1.09% | 2 | 2 | ||
People First Party | – | – | – | – | – | 11,875 | 0.10% | 2 | 6 | ||
New Party | – | – | – | – | – | 34,422 | 0.30% | 1 | 1 | ||
Social Democratic Party | – | – | – | – | – | 28,417 | 0.25% | 1 | |||
Green Party | – | – | – | – | – | 13,901 | 0.12% | 1 | 2 | ||
Labor Party | – | – | – | – | – | 7,308 | 0.06% | 1 | 1 | ||
正神名黨 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,691 | 0.03% | New | 1 | New | |
Taiwan Obasan Political Equality Party | – | – | – | – | – | 40,704 | 0.36% | New | 0 | New | |
Taiwan Animal Protection Party | 2,367 | 0.02% | N/A | 0 | N/A | 4,480 | 0.04% | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Taiwan Renewal Party | 1,851 | 0.02% | New | 0 | New | 2,845 | 0.02% | New | 0 | New | |
The Left Party | – | – | – | – | – | 1,498 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
Chinese Unification Promotion Party | – | – | – | – | – | 1,160 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
Tien-yi Party | 919 | 0.01% | New | 0 | New | – | – | – | – | – | |
Golden Power Party | – | – | – | – | – | 816 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
Jun People Party (台灣君民黨) | – | – | – | – | – | 563 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
Happy People Party (台灣新住民黨) | – | – | – | – | – | 529 | 0.00% | New | 0 | New | |
Republican Party (共和黨) | 316 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | N/A | 67 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party | 256 | 0.00% | New | 0 | New | – | – | – | – | – | |
Taiwan Motive Force Party (前進黨) | – | – | – | – | – | 265 | 0.00% | New | 0 | New | |
中國和平統一黨 | – | – | – | – | – | 182 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
Dragon Party (龍黨) | 174 | 0.00% | N/A | 0 | N/A | – | – | – | – | – | |
Taiwan People's Communist Party | – | – | – | – | – | 165 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
National Socialist Chinese Labour Party (中國國家社會主義勞工黨) | – | – | – | – | – | 99 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
Independent | 707,021 | 6.15% | 2 | 2,246,798 | 19.69% | 227 | 7 | ||||
Total | 11,490,975 | 100.00% | 22 | 11,408,183 | 100.00% | 910 | 2 |
Party | Mayors, chief administrators | Council representatives | Village chiefs | |||||||||||||
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Popular votes | +/- | Seats | +/- | Popular votes | +/- | Seats | +/- | Popular votes | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||||
Kuomintang | 990,848 | 31.64% | 76 | 472,741 | 15.10% | 294 | 1,545,742 | 14.25% | 953 | |||||||
Democratic Progressive Party | 897,075 | 28.64% | 35 | 281,153 | 8.98% | 123 | 409,771 | 3.78% | 226 | |||||||
Taiwan People's Party | 11,569 | 0.37% | 0 | 25,686 | 0.82% | 9 | 17,276 | 0.16% | 3 | |||||||
Labor Party | 6,625 | 0.21% | 0 | 3,755 | 0.12% | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
New Power Party | – | – | – | – | – | 5,922 | 0.19% | 1 | 1,768 | 0.02% | 1 | |||||
Chinese Unification Promotion Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,291 | 0.02% | 2 | |||
人民民主黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,936 | 0.04% | 2 | |||
統一聯盟黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,180 | 0.02% | 1 | |||
台灣澎友黨 | – | – | – | – | – | 250 | 0.01% | 1 | 329 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||
全國人民黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 198 | 0.00% | 1 | |||
Green Party | – | – | – | – | – | 2,120 | 0.07% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
人民最大黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,263 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
中華文化復興在理黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 947 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
天宙和平統一家庭黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 845 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
新華勞動黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 685 | 0.01% | 0 | |||
台灣工黨 | 502 | 0.02% | 0 | 48 | 0.00% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
青年陽光黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 467 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
天一黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 397 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
經濟黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 360 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
前進黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 350 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
台灣進步黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 256 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
正黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 199 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
台灣學習黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 181 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
夏潮聯合會 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 132 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
中國民眾黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 125 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
公民黨 | – | – | – | – | – | 137 | 0.00% | 0 | 31 | 0.00% | 0 | |||||
共和黨 | – | – | – | – | – | 114 | 0.00% | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |||
台灣經濟發展黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
People First Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 71 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
For Public Good Party | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
新生黨 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
Independent | 1,225,291 | 39.12% | 93 | 2,339,118 | 74.71% | 1,709 | 8,856,767 | 81.65% | 6,551 | |||||||
Total | 3,131,910 | 100.00% | 204 | 3,131,244 | 100.00% | 2,139 | 10 | 10,846,732 | 100.00% | 7,748 | 12 |
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 | 93,813 | 43.99% | Huang Min-hui | 59,874 | 63.82% | Lee Chun-yi | 32,790 | 34.95% | |||
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% |
Province | County | Members | KMT | DPP | TPP | NPP | TSP | GPT | NP | PFP | NPSU | Other | IND |
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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 |
Province | County | Members | KMT | DPP | TPP | NPP | TSP | GPT | NP | PFP | NPSU | Other | IND |
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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 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
Tainan | 57 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
Kaohsiung | 65 | 29 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Yilan County | 34 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
Hsinchu County | 37 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
Miaoli County | 38 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||
Changhua County | 54 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
Nantou County | 37 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
Yunlin County | 43 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 21 | |||||||
Chiayi County | 37 | 8 | 18 | 11 | |||||||||
Pingtung County | 55 | 13 | 19 | 23 | |||||||||
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 |
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