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Green Party Taiwan 台灣綠黨 | |
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Chairperson | Chiu Po-wei (邱柏瑋) Lim Khiun Chhin (林裙靜) |
Founded | 25 January 1996 |
Headquarters | 4F-7, No. 35, Shaoxing North Street, Zhongzheng, Taipei [1] |
Membership | 400 |
Ideology | Green politics Anti-imperialism |
Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
National affiliation | Pan-Green Coalition |
Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Greens Federation |
International affiliation | Global Greens |
Colours | Green |
Legislative Yuan | 0 / 113 |
Municipal mayors | 0 / 6 |
Magistrates/mayors | 0 / 16 |
Councilors | 0 / 910 |
Township/city mayors | 0 / 204 |
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Green Party Taiwan [I] is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwanese nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition,the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of,and should not be confused with,the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation and participates in the Global Greens.
Much of the 400-strong membership are affiliated with the non-governmental organisation sector of Taiwanese society,as well as from academia and the youth community. [2]
In 1996,Green Party Taiwan’s Kao Meng-ting was elected to the National Assembly. However,he left the party in 1997.
In the 2008 legislative election,the Green Party of Taiwan formed a red-green coalition with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟),but failed to win any seats.
In the 2012 legislative election,Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature,this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan. [3] Its best showing is in Orchid Island,where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There,the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong anti-nuclear stance.
In the 2014 local elections,the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the Taoyuan City Council,and Jay Chou was elected to the Hsinchu County Council. [4]
In the 2016 general election,the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-left Social Democratic Party [5] and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot. [6] The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote without winning any seats. [7]
In the 2020 legislative election,the Green Party nominated five young professionals,including famed psychologist Cheng Hui-wen and party founder Kao Cheng-yan. [8] They got 2.4% of the votes and did not win any seats. They were the second largest party that didn’t win a seat. [9]
In the 2022 local election,the party won only one seat. Liu Chong-hsian was elected to the Hsinchu City Council. [10]
The Green Party nominated Taiwan's first transgender legislative candidate,Abbygail ET Wu (吳伊婷),in the 2024 election cycle. The party won 117,298 votes (0.85%),not enough to seat any candidate named on the Green Party list. [11]
On March 30,2024,Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party. [12] This leaves the party with no members holding public office.
The Green Party averages around 3% of total votes cast in metropolitan urban areas,with support in rural areas,such as Orchid Island,as high as 35.8%. [2]
Election | Mayors & Magistrates | Councils | Third-level Municipal heads | Third-level Municipal councils | Fourth-level Village heads | Election Leader |
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2018 unified | 0 / 22 | 3 / 912 | 0 / 204 | 1 / 2,148 | 0 / 7,744 | Wang Hao-yu |
2022 unified | 0 / 22 | 1 / 910 | 0 / 204 | 0 / 2,139 | 0 / 7,748 | Yu Hsiao-ching |
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