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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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Simplified Chinese | 台湾 绿党 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 30 March 2024,Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party. [12] This leaves the party with no members holding public office.
In September 2025,the Green Party announced an alliance with the New Power Party,Statebuilding Party and Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party for the 2026 local elections. The parties outlined their shared principles and agreed to coordinate the nominations for local council seats. [13]
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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