2018 Taiwanese local elections

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2018 Taiwanese local elections
← 2014 24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)[1] 2022 →
22 magistrates/mayors and others[a]
Registered19,102,502
Turnout66.11% Decrease 0.20 pp[b]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Wu Den-yih Tsai Ing-wen
Party Kuomintang DPP
Leader since 20 August 2017 28 May 2014
Last election 6 seats, 40.81% 13 seats, 47.97%
Seats won 15 6
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 7
Popular vote 4,182,875[c] 3,399,976[e]
Percentage 48.79%[d] 39.66%[f]
Swing Increase 7.98 pp Decrease 8.31 pp
Special municipality councillors 175 137
County/city councillors 219 101
Township/city mayors 80 40
     KMT hold      DPP hold      IND hold
     KMT gain      DPP gain      IND gain

Local elections were held on 24 November 2018[2][3] in Taiwan, 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. Polling stations were open from 08:00 to 16:00 on the election day.[4]

The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the DPP. The DPP previously held 13 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence on President Tsai's Administration, both politically (relations with China), economically (agriculture, tourism), and socially (pollution, labor laws, wages), which were reflected in the series of referendum results.[citation needed] The KMT won back executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the DPP, while Ko Wen-je won his re-election for Taipei mayor.

Background

This local election was seen as the first test for the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen since assuming office in May 2016. The Central Election Commission opened election registration to candidates on 27 August 2018.[5]

The Democratic Progressive Party has won the popular vote against the Kuomintang in all of the last three elections.[6] This trend has continued in the 2016 elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority in the Legislative Yuan with 68 seats and the presidency.

Results summary

Elected magistrates/mayors and council composition in the 2018 Taiwanese local election
Subdivision Magistrate/mayor Council
Party result Elect First party Seats[g] Second party Seats Total seats
New Taipei City Kuomintang hold Hou You-yi Kuomintang 33 Increase 7 DPP 25 Decrease 7 66
Taipei City Independent hold Ko Wen-je Kuomintang 29 Increase 1 DPP 19 Decrease 8 63
Taoyuan City DPP hold Cheng Wen-tsan Kuomintang 32 Increase 3 DPP 18 Decrease 2 63
Taichung City Kuomintang gain from DPP Lu Shiow-yen Kuomintang 32 Increase 4 DPP 25 Decrease 2 65
Tainan City DPP hold Huang Wei-cher DPP 25 Decrease 3 Kuomintang 16 Steady 57
Kaohsiung City Kuomintang gain from DPP Han Kuo-yu Kuomintang 33 Increase 9 DPP 25 Decrease 8 66
Yilan County Kuomintang gain from DPP Lin Zi-miao Kuomintang 13 Increase 2 DPP 8 Decrease 4 34
Hsinchu County Kuomintang hold Yang Wen-ke Kuomintang 19 Decrease 2 DPP 2 Steady 36
Miaoli County Kuomintang hold Hsu Yao-chang Kuomintang 14 Decrease 5 DPP 4 Steady 38
Changhua County Kuomintang gain from DPP Wang Huei-mei Kuomintang 28 Increase 4 DPP 12 Decrease 5 54
Nantou County Kuomintang hold Lin Ming-chen Kuomintang 17 Steady DPP 8 Steady 37
Yunlin County Kuomintang gain from DPP Chang Li-shan DPP 12 Decrease 1 Kuomintang 7 Steady 43
Chiayi County DPP hold Weng Chang-liang DPP 17 Decrease 1 Kuomintang 9 Steady 37
Pingtung County DPP hold Pan Men-an Kuomintang 17 Decrease 2 DPP 15 Decrease 3 55
Taitung County Kuomintang hold Rao Ching-ling Kuomintang 21 Decrease 1 DPP[h] 1 Steady 30
Hualien County Kuomintang gain from independent Hsu Chen-wei Kuomintang 18 Decrease 2 DPP 3 Decrease 3 33
Penghu County Kuomintang gain from DPP Lai Feng-wei Kuomintang 4 Decrease 4 DPP 3 Increase 1 19
Keelung City DPP hold Lin Yu-chang Kuomintang 16 Increase 2 DPP 6 Decrease 4 31
Hsinchu City DPP hold Lin Chih-chien Kuomintang 15 Steady DPP 6 Decrease 1 34
Chiayi City Kuomintang gain from DPP Huang Min-hui Kuomintang 5 Decrease 1 DPP 4 Decrease 1 23
Kinmen County Kuomintang gain from independent Yang Cheng-wu Kuomintang 9 Decrease 6 For Public Good Party 1 Increase 1 19
Lienchiang County Kuomintang hold Liu Cheng-ying Kuomintang 7 Increase 1 None — 9

Magistrate and mayor elections

Further information: Results of the 2018 Taiwanese magistrate/mayor elections

Opinion polls

2018 Taiwan magistrate/mayor elections nationwide opinion poll
Poll organization Date completed KMT DPP Others Ind
TPOF 2018-11-08 33.9% 24.2% － 14.9%
Trend Survey 2018-11-06 36.4% 25.9% 0.8% 15.2%
Taiwan Brain Trust 2018-07-28 29.5% 38.6% 0.4% 10.5%

Results

Subdivision Electorate Turnout (%) Winner Runner-up Map
Name Votes % Name Votes %
New Taipei City 3,264,128 62.46 Hou You-yi 1,165,130 57.15 Su Tseng-chang 873,692 42.85
Taipei City 2,164,155 65.37 Ko Wen-je 580,820 41.05 Ting Shou-chung 577,566 40.82
Taoyuan City 1,732,591 59.63 Cheng Wen-tsan 552,330 53.46 Apollo Chen 407,234 39.42
Taichung City 2,213,789 66.12 Lu Shiow-yen 827,996 56.57 Lin Chia-lung 619,855 42.35
Tainan City 1,546,862 62.49 Huang Wei-cher 367,518 38.02 Kao Su-po 312,874 32.37
Kaohsiung City 2,281,338 72.63 Han Kuo-yu 892,545 53.87 Chen Chi-mai 742,239 44.80
Yilan County 373,510 66.97 Lin Zi-miao 123,767 49.48 Chen Ou-po 95,609 38.23
Hsinchu County 427,652 66.03 Yang Wen-ke 107,877 38.20 Hsu Hsin-ying 91,190 32.29
Miaoli County 446,507 68.17 Hsu Yao-chang 175,756 57.74 Hsu Ting-zhen 112,704 37.03
Changhua County 1,031,222 68.89 Wang Huei-mei 377,795 53.18 Wei Ming-ku 283,269 39.87
Nantou County 413,222 70.87 Lin Ming-chen 195,385 66.72 Hung Kuo-hao 97,460 33.28
Yunlin County 565,078 69.29 Chang Li-shan 210,770 53.82 Lee Chin-yung 163,325 41.72
Chiayi County 428,649 66.52 Weng Chang-liang 145,288 50.95 Wu Yu-jen 84,243 29.54
Pingtung County 689,393 68.20 Pan Men-an 262,809 55.90 Su Ching-chuan 197,518 42.01
Taitung County 179,706 66.51 Rao Ching-ling 70,577 59.05 Liu Chao-hao 44,264 37.04
Hualien County 268,817 63.09 Hsu Chen-wei 121,297 71.52 Liu Siao-Mei 43,879 25.87
Penghu County 86,603 61.10 Lai Feng-wei 20,570 38.87 Chen Kuang-fu 17,347 32.78
Keelung City 309,428 60.98 Lin Yu-chang 102,167 54.14 Hsieh Li-kung 86,529 45.86
Hsinchu City 338,323 64.17 Lin Chih-chien 107,612 49.57 Hsu Ming-tsai 60,508 27.87
Chiayi City 212,843 66.81 Huang Min-hui 58,558 41.18 Twu Shiing-jer 56,256 39.56
Kinmen County 117,913 41.75 Yang Cheng-wu 23,520 47.48 Chen Fu-hai 22,719 46.15
Lienchiang County 10,773 68.76 Liu Cheng-ying 4,861 65.62 Chu Hsiu-chen 1,284 17.33

Councillor elections

Nominations

Province County Members KMT DPP TSU PFP NP New Power Party IND/Other
Special municipality
Taipei 63 33 27 1 4 7 5 48
New Taipei 66 36 36 3 6 41
Taoyuan 63 38 34 3 2 53
Taichung 65 37 36 3 4 51
Tainan 57 22 37 2 1 1 49
Kaohsiung 66 37 38 3 3 3 48
Taiwan Province
Keelung 31 19 15 6 1 19
Yilan County 34 16 18 1 3 36
Hsinchu 34 20 12 1 4 36
Hsinchu County 36 27 7 1 49
Miaoli County 38 18 10 2 42
Changhua County 54 29 26 1 32
Nantou County 37 20 13 29
Yunlin County 43 10 20 1 2 42
Chiayi 23 8 8 2 1 24
Chiayi County 37 9 22 30
Hualien County 33 33 9 2 25
Taitung County 30 29 4 2 2 30
Pingtung County 55 32 30 1 43
Penghu County 19 4 4 1 30
Fujian Province Kinmen County 19 10 1 2 22
Lienchiang County 9 10 3
Total 912 497 407 10 26 10 41 777

Opinion polls

2018 Municipal Councillor & County Councillor Nationwide Polls
Poll source Date of completion Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Others Independent Lead
Taiwan Think Tank April 1, 2018 28.5% 33.6% － 4.9% 5.1%
Taiwan Brain Trust July 28, 2018 29.9% 22.9% － 3.6% 7%
New Power Party September 5, 2018 25.2% 23.6% 12.1% － 1.6%
Taipei
China Times June 4, 2018 39.4% 16.6% － － 22.8%
Trends July 16, 2018 27.1% 14.1% 7.1% 3.9% 13%
CM Media Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine July 26, 2018 35% 16.2% 12.7% － 18.8%
Formosa October 12, 2018 28.5% 16.3% 5.6% － 12.2%
Taichung
CM Media July 31, 2018 27.7% 21.3% 16% － 6.4%
Kaohsiung
CM Media September 18, 2018 27.5% 24.1% 17.3% － 3.4%
Hsinchu City
Taiwan Green Party August 24, 2018 27.3% 12.2% 10.2% － 15.1%
Changhua County
CM Media October 16, 2018 32.5% 17.8% 14.9% － 14.7%
Chiayi City
CM Media September 5, 2018 25% 24.7% 16.8% － 0.3%
Yilan County
CM Media September 26, 2018 27% 20.5% 15.3% － 7.5%

Results

Main article: zh:2018年中華民國直轄市議員及縣市議員選舉選舉區投票結果列表
Province County Members KMT DPP TSU PFP NP New Power Party IND/Other
Special municipality
Taipei 63 29 19 2 2 3 8
New Taipei 66 33 25 8
Taoyuan 63 32 18 1 12
Taichung 65 32 25 1 7
Tainan 57 16 25 1 1 14
Kaohsiung 66 33 25 1 1 2 4
County and Non-Municipal
Keelung 31 16 6 2 1 6
Yilan County 34 13 8 1 12
Hsinchu 34 15 6 3 10
Hsinchu County 36 19 2 1 14
Miaoli County 38 14 4 2 18
Changhua County 54 28 12 1 13
Nantou County 37 17 8 12
Yunlin County 43 7 12 1 1 22
Chiayi 23 5 4 1 0 13
Chiayi County 37 9 17 11
Hualien County 33 18 3 12
Taitung County 30 21 1 1 7
Pingtung County 55 17 15 1 22
Penghu County 19 4 3 12
Offshore Kinmen County 19 9 10
Lienchiang County 9 7 2
Total 912 394 238 5 8 2 16 249
Speaker/Deputy Speaker election
Special municipality Speaker (Party) Deputy Speaker (Party)
Province County
Taipei Chen Chin-hsiang(Kuomintang) Yeh Lin-chuang(Kuomintang)
New Taipei Chiang Ken-huang(Kuomintang) Chen Hung-yuan(Kuomintang)
Taoyuan Ciou Yi-sheng(Kuomintang) Li Hsiao-chung(Kuomintang)
Taichung Chang Qing-chao(Kuomintang) Yen Li-ming(Kuomintang)
Tainan Kuo Hsin-liang（Independent） Lin Bing-li（Independent）
Kaohsiung Xu Kun-yuan(Kuomintang) Liu Shu-mei(Kuomintang)
Taiwan Province Keelung Tsai Wang-lien(Kuomintang) Jonathan Lin(Kuomintang)
Yilan County Chang Chien-rong(Kuomintang) Chen Han-chung（Independent）
Hsinchu County Chang Zhen-rong(Kuomintang) Wang Bing-han(Kuomintang)
Hsinchu Xu Xiu-rui(Kuomintang) Yu Pang-yen(Kuomintang)
Miaoli County Chung Tung-chin(Kuomintang) Li Wen-bin(Kuomintang)
Changhua County Hsieh Dien-lin(Kuomintang) Hsu Yuan-luan(Kuomintang)
Nantou County He Sheng-feng(Kuomintang) Pan Yi-quan(Kuomintang)
Yunlin County Shen Chung-lung(Kuomintang) Su Chun-hao(Democratic Progressive Party)
Chiayi County Chang Ming-ta(Democratic Progressive Party) Chen Yu-yueh(Democratic Progressive Party)
Chiayi Zhuang Feng-an（Independent） Su Tse-feng（Independent）
Pingtung County Chou Tien-lun(Kuomintang) Lu Wen-jui(Kuomintang)
Taitung County Wu Hsiu-hua(Kuomintang) Lin Tsung-han(Kuomintang)
Hualien County Zhang Jun(Kuomintang) Pan Yueh-Hsia(Kuomintang)
Penghu County Liu Chen Zhao-ling(Kuomintang) Chen Shuang-chuan(Kuomintang)
Fujian Province Kinmen County Hung Yun-dian(Kuomintang) Chou Tzu-chieh（Independent）
Lienchiang County Chang Yung-chiang(Kuomintang) Chou Jui-kuo(Kuomintang)

Township/city mayor elections

2018 Republic of China Township Head Results:
  Kuomintang
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Independent

Nominations

Province County Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Free Taiwan Party Others Independent
Special municipality
（Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province Yilan County 12 11 10 11
Hsinchu County 13 14 1 22
Miaoli County 18 13 2 29
Changhua County 26 19 19 44
Nantou County 13 13 6 19
Yunlin County 20 5 18 32
Chiayi County 18 2 14 19
Pingtung County 33 12 20 1 1 56
Taitung County 16 13 3 27
Hualien County 13 17 2 13
Penghu County 6 3 2 7
Fujian Province Kinmen County 6 8 1 10
Lienchiang County 4 5
New Taipei City（Wulai District） 1 4
Taoyuan（Fuxing District） 1 1 2
Taichung（Heping District） 1 1 2
Kaohsiung（Maolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District） 		3 2 7
Total 204 139 97 1 2 304
Note:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • Other parties include:
    Youth Party: 1 candidate in Kinmen County. Taiwan Advance Party: One candidate in Pingtung County.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

Province County Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Others Independent
Special municipality
（Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province Yilan County 12 8 3 1
Hsinchu County 13 10 0 3
Miaoli County 18 10 8
Changhua County 26 9 7 10
Nantou County 13 4 2 7
Yunlin County 20 1 9 10
Chiayi County 18 0 7 11
Pingtung County 33 8 7 18
Taitung County 16 9 1 6
Hualien County 13 12 1
Penghu County 6 2 4
Fujian Province Kinmen County 6 3 3
Lienchiang County 4 4
New Taipei City（Wulai District） 1 1
Taoyuan（Fuxing District） 1 1
Taichung（Heping District） 1 1
Kaohsiung（Maolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District） 		3 2 1
Total 204 83 40 2 79
Note:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Township/city council elections

Nominations

Province County Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Labor Party Trees Party People's First Party New Power Party Others Independent
Special municipality
（Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province Yilan County 131 49 37 2 143
Hsinchu County 142 68 5 1 1 1 187
Miaoli County 193 17 6 295
Changhua County 317 47 85 385
Nantou County 163 43 5 208
Yunlin County 228 15 45 293
Chiayi County 193 19 6 247
Pingtung County 334 55 53 2 420
Taitung County 136 59 6 2 169
Hualien County 142 92 8 1 143
Penghu County 51 4 3 7 75
Fujian Province Kinmen County 47 20 4 41
Lienchiang County 22 20 13
New Taipei City（Wulai District） 7 13
Taoyuan（Fuxing District） 11 4 21
Taichung（Heping District） 11 6 12
Kaohsiung（Maolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District） 		21 5 37
Total 2,149 523 259 1 8 1 4 7 2,702
註:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

Province County Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Others Independent
Special municipality
（Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province Yilan County 131 37 26 68
Hsinchu County 142 51 1 1 89
Miaoli County 193 11 2 180
Changhua County 317 38 39 240
Nantou County 163 34 2 127
Yunlin County 228 13 28 187
Chiayi County 193 11 6 176
Pingtung County 334 43 39 252
Taitung County 136 42 3 91
Hualien County 142 65 4 1 73
Penghu County 51 3 1 47
Fujian Province Kinmen County 47 17 2 28
Lienchiang County 21 13 8
New Taipei City（Wulai District） 7 7
Taoyuan（Fuxing District） 11 4 7
Taichung（Heping District） 11 5 6
Kaohsiung（Maolin District,
Taoyuan District, Namasia District） 		21 3 18
Total 2,149 390 151 4 1,604
註:
  • The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission.
  • The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Village chief elections

Nominations

Special municipality Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party People First Party TSU Chinese Unification Promotion Party People's Democratic Party New Power Party Green Party Taiwan Others Independent
Province County
Taipei 456 282 63 3 13 576
New Taipei 1,032 300 41 4 1 1 9 1,491
Taoyuan 504 132 3 7 844
Taichung 625 139 79 4 1,023
Tainan 649 64 115 1,217
Kaohsiung 891 173 218 1 1 1,320
Taiwan Province Keelung City 157 33 4 1 258
Yilan County 233 38 8 1 401
Hsinchu County 192 77 1 318
Hsinchu City 122 20 1 209
Miaoli County 275 11 1 509
Changhua County 589 38 11 1 1 1,067
Nantou County 262 55 4 469
Yunlin County 391 11 1 739
Chiayi County 357 8 1 631
Chiayi City 84 20 2 128
Pingtung County 463 54 6 1 815
Taitung County 147 70 5 1 1 1 251
Hualien County 176 138 2 248
Penghu County 96 17 2 173
Fujian Province Kinmen County 37 17 1 68
Lienchiang County 22 23 10
Total 7,760 1,720 563 2 1 6 5 3 1 40 12,768

Results

Special municipality Members Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Party Chinese Unification Promotion Party People First Party New Power Party People's Democratic Front Others Independent
Province County
Taipei 456 216 35 1 204
New Taipei 1029 234 27 1 1 766
Taoyuan 504 90 2 2 410
Taichung 624 107 18 499
Tainan 649 42 53 554
Kaohsiung 887 123 130 634
Taiwan Province Keelung City 157 21 2 134
Yilan County 233 23 5 205
Hsinchu County 192 42 150
Hsinchu City 121 14 107
Miaoli County 274 4 1 269
Changhua County 589 28 6 555
Nantou County 262 36 1 225
Yunlin County 390 5 385
Chiayi County 356 6 350
Chiayi City 84 16 1 67
Pingtung County 461 32 3 426
Taitung County 147 42 1 1 1 102
Hualien County 175 103 1 71
Penghu County 95 10 85
Fujian Province Kinmen County 37 6 31
Lienchiang County 22 20 2
Total 7,760 1,120 285 1 1 1 1 4 6,231

Aftermath

President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairperson for the Democratic Progressive Party; Premier William Lai also unilaterally announced his resignation on Facebook [1]; his resignation was approved in 2019. The DPP secretary general Hung Yao-fu and Secretary-General to the President Chen Chu also announced their resignations. Following the elections, the Taiwanese foreign minister claimed that China had meddled in the elections.[7]

Defector and self-proclaimed former spy William Wang claimed that the government of China had successfully supported candidates in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.[8]

See also

Notes

  1. ^
    • 912 councillors
    • 204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
    • 2,149 township/city council representatives
    • 7,760 village chiefs
    Figures in this infobox are for magistrate/mayor elections unless otherwise noted. Special municipalities are counted with counties/cities despite being counted separately in official statistics
  2. ^ Special municipalities; turnout for counties and cities was 68.87%.
  3. ^ Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,919,531.
  4. ^ Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 48.80%.
  5. ^ Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,497,455.
  6. ^ Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 38.07%.
  7. ^ Bold figures indicate majority
  8. ^ Tied with PFP

References

  1. ^ "中選會選舉資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ Liu, Lee-jung; Lin, Ko (16 January 2018). "Local elections to be held in November". Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. ^ Yang, Sophia (16 January 2018). "Taiwan to host nine-in-one elections on Nov. 24". Taiwan News. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Taiwan Local Elections of 2014 - Central Election Commission". cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  5. ^ Chen, Yu-fu; Hetherington, William (27 August 2018). "Election registrations open today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. ^ 中選會資料庫網站，中央選舉委員會 (in Traditional Chinese). Central Election Commission.
  7. ^ Brown, Adrian. "China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections". www.aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Chinese spy confirms China's involvement in Taiwan 2020 election". Taiwan News. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 25 November 2019. Wang said that Beijing successfully backed several pro-China politicians, who won seats in the 2018 local elections.
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