Local elections in Taiwan

Local elections in Taiwan, also known as Nine-in-One Elections^[1] since 2014, are held to elect local officials and councilors in Taiwan. The election is typically held in the middle of a presidential term.^[2]^[3]

Types

Elections are held to elect:^[4]^[5]

Executive government	Legislature
Mayors of special municipalities	Councillors in municipal councils
Magistrates of counties and mayors of cities	Councillors in county and city councils
Mayors of townships and cities	Representatives in township/city councils
Chief administrators of mountain indigenous districts	Representatives in mountain indigenous district councils
Village chiefs	—

Since 2014, local elections have been unified to a single vote, typically in November, held once every four years. Mayors, magistrates, and chiefs are elected using first-past-the-post voting. Councillors and council representatives are elected using single non-transferable vote.

List of local elections

Notes: Green refers to all eligible positions are up for election. Yellow refers to only some of the positions are up for election.

1945–present

Year	Date	Province	Special municipality		County/City		Township/City		Village
		Councillor	Mayor	Councillor	Magistrate/Mayor	Councillor	Mayor	Council Rep.	Chief
2022	18 December	Streamlined			1 (Chiayi)
2022	26 November		6	355	15	533	204	2,139	7,748
2018	24 November		6	380	16	532	204	2,148	7,744
2014	29 November		6	372	16	532	204	2,146	7,851
2010	27 November		5	314					3,757 (Municipalities)
2010	12 June							2,322	4,074
2009	5 December				17	592	211
2006	30 December								449 (Taipei)
	9 December		2	96
	10 June							3,718	7,375
2005	3 December				23	901	319
2003	4 January								449 (Taipei)
2002	7 December		2	96
	8 June							3,717	7,360
	26 January					897	319
2001	1 December				23
1998	5 December		2	96
	13 June							3,726	7,752
	24 January					891	319
1997	29 November				23
1994	3 December	75	2	96
	16 July							3,909	6,663
	18 June								901 (Kaohsiung, Taipei)
	29 January					884	319
1993	27 November				23
1990	16 June							3,865	7,324
1990	20 January					842	319
1989	2 December	77		94	21
1986	14 June							3,754	6,692
	6 June								629 (Taipei)
	1 February					837	319
	18 January							73 (Fuchien)	59 (Fuchien)
1985	16 November	77		93	21
1982	12 June							3,700	6,624
1982	16 January					799	322	74 (Fuchien)	60 (Fuchien)
1981	14 November	77		93	19
1981	31 May								629 (Taipei)
1978	17 June							3,793	6,427
1977	December							28 (Lienchiang)	23 (Lienchiang)
1977	19 November	77		51	20	857	313
1975	1 June 1975– 20 June 1976								615 (Taipei)
1975	4 May							43 (Kinmen)	35 (Kinmen)
1973	1 December			49
	6 October							3,757	6,482
	17 March					850	313
1972	23 December	73			20
1972	14 June 1972– 17 June 1973								606 (Taipei)
1971	25 April							43 (Kinmen)	35 (Kinmen)
1969	15 November			48
1969	20 April–25 May								5,105
1968	5 May– 7 September 1969							4,709
	21 April	71				847
	21 January– 22 September				20		313
	9 June 1968– 20 December 1970								574 (Taipei)
1965	18 April 1965– 17 March 1968								5,743
1964	10 May– 5 September 1965							4,776
	26 April				21
	26 January 1964– 25 July 1965						7
	26 January					907	312
1963	28 April	74
1961	23 April– 6 September 1964							5,260	6,548
1961	15 January					929
1960	24 April	73			21
1959	6 December 1965– 15 May 1960						313
1958	20 April 1958– 12 June 1960								6,608
	20 April–21 December							6,834
	19 January					1,025
1957	21 April	66			21
1955	18 December 1955– 24 November 1957						360
	17 April 1955– 24 March 1957								6,571
	17 April–21 December							6,397
1954	19 December– 16 January 1955					928
	18 July				2 (Miaoli, Taitung)
	2 May				19
	18 April–2 May	57
1952	28 December 1952– 8 February 1953					860
	21 December 1952– 20 December 1954						360	5,695
	2 March 1952– 21 November 1954								6,517
1951	18 November	55 (Indirect election)
1950	24 September 1950– 28 January 1951					814
	29 October 1950– 2 March 1952						360
	15 October 1950– 29 July 1951				21
	10 September– 10 December 1951							9,778
	3 September– 23 November 1952								6,464
1948	24 March–18 April							8,113
1948	15 March–5 April								6,289
1946	15 April	30 (Indirect election)
	15 March					523
	22 February–10 March							7,771
	16 February–5 March								6,304

The only election for the Governor of Taiwan Province was held on 3 December 1994.

Source:^[6]

Pre-1945

Notes

References

^ "An Analysis of Taiwan's Nine-in-One Local Elections". CSIS. 1 December 2014.
^ Muyard, Frank. "Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan". China Perspectives (2015/1): 61. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Photo of the Day: Map of Taiwan local electio..." Taiwan News. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Local Government Act". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "中央選舉委員會:::歷次選舉摘要:::". 中央選舉委員會 (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[1] "An Analysis of Taiwan's Nine-in-One Local Elections". CSIS. 1 December 2014.

[2] Muyard, Frank. "Voting Shift in the November 2014 Local Elections in Taiwan". China Perspectives (2015/1): 61. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[3] "Photo of the Day: Map of Taiwan local electio..." Taiwan News. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[4] "Local Government Act". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[5] "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act". law.moj.gov.tw. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[6] "中央選舉委員會:::歷次選舉摘要:::". 中央選舉委員會 (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 January 2020.

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v t e Elections and referendums in Taiwan
Presidential elections	1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028
Legislative Yuan elections	1969 1972 1975 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 2028
Local elections	1935 1936 1939 1940 1946 1950–51 1952 1954 1955 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1963 1964 1965 1968 1969 1971 1972 1973 1975 1977 1978 1981 1982 1985 1986 1989 1990 1993 1994 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2009 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Referendums	2004 2008 (Jan) 2008 (Mar) 2018 2021 2022
National Assembly elections	1969 1972 1980 1986 1991 1996 2005
See also: Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49) Presidential elections in the Republic of China List of by-elections in Taiwan