2023 Taiwanese legislative by-elections

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2023 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
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Party DPP Kuomintang
Leader since18 January 20235 October 2021
Last election61 seats38 seats
Seats before6137
Seats won11
Seats after6238

By-elections for the Tenth Legislative Yuan were held in 2023, one each on 8 January and 4 March, in Taiwan to elect 2 of the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan for the remaining term until 2024. The Democratic Progressive Party flipped a seat from the Kuomintang in Nantou II, and the KMT retained its seat in Taipei III. After the DPP's victory in Nantou II, Frida Tsai would become the first DPP legislator to serve a district in Nantou County since the 2005 constitutional amendment halving the number of legislative seats from 225 to 113.

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Background

Under the Article 73 of the Civil Servants Election And Recall Act  [ zh ], if any positions become vacant due to resignation or election to another office, and the vacated term is longer than one year, a by-election shall be completed within three months commencing from the date of resignation. [1]

A by-election was scheduled in Taipei for 8 January 2023, as Legislative Yuan member Chiang Wan-an had resigned his seat before taking office as Mayor of Taipei. [2] Nantou County legislator Hsu Shu-hua vacated her seat upon taking office as Nantou County magistrate on 25 December 2022, and a by-election for her seat was planned for 4 March 2023. [3]

Candidates by main parties

Taipei 3

Nantou 2

Results

Taipei 3

Voted on 8 January 2023. [9]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Wang Hung-wei  [ zh ] Kuomintang 60,51952.26
Enoch Wu Democratic Progressive Party 54,73947.27
Hsiao He-lin  [ zh ]Independent5420.47
Total115,800100.00
Valid votes115,80099.69
Invalid/blank votes3550.31
Total votes116,155100.00
Registered voters/turnout267,96543.35

Nantou 2

Voted on 4 March 2023. [10]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Frida Tsai Democratic Progressive Party 45,21849.44
Lin Ming-chen Kuomintang 43,29347.34
Chen Tsung-chienIndependent2,5282.76
Lu Yu-chunNational Justice Movement Party4210.46
Total91,460100.00
Valid votes91,46099.45
Invalid/blank votes5040.55
Total votes91,964100.00
Registered voters/turnout198,41246.35

Notes

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