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2022 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 November and 18 December 2022 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. The election was held alongside the 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum.

2022 Taiwanese local elections
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22 magistrates/mayors and others[a]
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Eric Chu Tsai Ing-wen Ko Wen-je
Party Kuomintang DPP TPP
Leader since 5 October 2021 20 May 2020 6 August 2019
Last election 15 seats 6 seats New party
Seats before 14[b] 6[d] 1[e]
Seats won 14 5 2[f]
Seat change Steady Decrease1 Increase2
Popular vote 5,761,851[c] 4,776,258[c] 534,848[c]
Percentage 50.14%[c] 41.57%[c] 4.65%[c]
Swing Increase1.35 pp Increase2.41 pp Increase4.65 pp
Councillors 367 277 14
Councillors change Decrease27 Increase39 Increase14
     KMT hold      DPP hold      TPP hold      IND hold
     KMT gain      DPP gain      TPP gain      IND gain

The election resulted in a big loss for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as all the mayoral and magisterial political candidates in the north were defeated. Tsai Ing-wen, the incumbent President of the Republic of China, resigned as party head after the poll, triggering a by-election for the position.

Background

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The Democratic Progressive Party announced in November 2021 that, prior to the 2022 elections, the party's chairperson would select candidates for mayoral posts in the special municipalities. Candidates would then be subject to approval by the party's central executive committee. Localities in which DPP-affiliated incumbents were ineligible for a third consecutive term will hold party primaries. To contest local offices held by Kuomintang members, the Democratic Progressive Party planned to host internal discussions to propose candidates and permit the party leader to nominate interested candidates for central executive committee approval.[3]

It was reported in September 2020 that the Kuomintang would rely on opinion polls and satisfaction surveys to nominate candidates prior to the 2022 elections.[4] Though the party had supported a successful recall [zh] of Legislative Yuan member Chen Po-wei of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party, the KMT lost the subsequent by-election to replace him, and was unsuccessful in another recall [zh] targeting independent legislator Freddy Lim. In addition to these electoral losses, proposals backed by the Kuomintang during the 2021 Taiwanese referendum also failed.[5]

The New Power Party began naming candidates for local office in January 2022.[6] In June, for the first time in party history, NPP-backed candidates for mayoral and magisterial posts were selected.[7]

On 14 January 2022, the Central Election Commission announced that local elections would be held on 26 November 2022.[8] After the death of candidate Huang Shao-tsung on 2 November 2022, the Chiayi mayoral election was rescheduled for 18 December 2022.[1][2] Over 17,000 polling stations were open, from 08:00 to 16:00 on 26 November 2022, and more than 11,000 offices were contested in the election.[9][10]

In the run-up to the elections, Taiwanese law enforcement carried out raids under the Anti-Infiltration Act on individuals suspected of buying votes on behalf of China.[11][12]

Results

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The KMT won fourteen mayoral or magisterial seats, and the DPP won five seats.[13][14][15] Taiwan People's Party (TPP) gained their mayoral seat in Hsinchu City and Kinmen County after chairman Ko Wen-je ineligible for re-election in Taipei. The election result, although broadly in line with expectations, was still a major defeat for DPP which was the worst electoral performance in the party's history. Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, whose strategy to frame local elections as showing defiance to China failed, subsequently resigned as party chairwoman.[16][17]

Vote summary

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Vote summary of election at municipality and county level[g]
Party Magistrates, mayors Councillors
Popular votes ±pp Seats /- Popular votes ±pp Seats /-
Kuomintang 5,761,851 50.14%  1.35 14   4,306,343 37.75%  2.64 367  27
Democratic Progressive Party 4,776,258 41.57%  2.41 5  1 3,796,575 33.28%  2.23 277  39
Taiwan People's Party 534,848 4.65% New 2 New 456,627 4.00% New 14 New
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union – – – – – 108,924 0.95% 7  2
New Power Party 70,503 0.61% 0   177,666 1.56% 6  10
Taiwan Solidarity Union – – – – – 38,193 0.33% 3  2
Taiwan Statebuilding Party – – – – – 124,070 1.09% 2  2
People First Party – – – – – 11,875 0.10% 2  6
New Party – – – – – 34,422 0.30% 1  1
Social Democratic Party – – – – – 28,417 0.25% 1  
Green Party – – – – – 13,901 0.12% 1  2
Labor Party – – – – – 7,308 0.06% 1  1
正神名黨 – – – – – 3,691 0.03% New 1 New
Taiwan Obasan Political Equality Party [zh] – – – – – 40,704 0.36% New 0 New
Taiwan Animal Protection Party [zh] 2,367 0.02% N/A 0 N/A 4,480 0.04% N/A 0 N/A
Taiwan Renewal Party 1,851 0.02% New 0 New 2,845 0.02% New 0 New
The Left Party [zh] – – – – – 1,498 0.01% 0  
Chinese Unification Promotion Party – – – – – 1,160 0.01% 0  
Tien-yi Party [zh] 919 0.01% New 0 New – – – – –
Golden Power Party – – – – – 816 0.01% 0
Jun People Party (台灣君民黨) – – – – – 563 0.00% 0
Happy People Party (台灣新住民黨) – – – – – 529 0.00% New 0 New
Republican Party (共和黨) 316 0.00% N/A 0 N/A 67 0.00% N/A 0 N/A
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party [zh] 256 0.00% New 0 New – – – – –
Taiwan Motive Force Party (前進黨) – – – – – 265 0.00% New 0 New
中國和平統一黨 – – – – – 182 0.00% N/A 0 N/A
Dragon Party (龍黨) 174 0.00% N/A 0 N/A – – – – –
Taiwan People's Communist Party – – – – – 165 0.00% 0  
National Socialist Chinese Labour Party (中國國家社會主義勞工黨) – – – – – 99 0.00% 0  
Independent 707,021 6.15% 1 2,246,798 19.69% 227  7
Total 11,490,975 100.00% 22   11,408,183 100.00% 910  2
Vote summary of election in townships, cities, indigenous districts, and villages[g]
Party Mayors, chief administrators Council representatives Village chiefs
Popular votes /- Seats /- Popular votes /- Seats /- Popular votes /- Seats /-
Kuomintang 990,848 31.64% 76 472,741 15.10% 294 1,545,742 14.25% 953
Democratic Progressive Party 897,075 28.64% 35 281,153 8.98% 123 409,771 3.78% 226
Taiwan People's Party 11,569 0.37% 0 25,686 0.82% 9 17,276 0.16% 3
Labor Party 6,625 0.21% 0 3,755 0.12% 1 – – – – –
New Power Party – – – – – 5,922 0.19% 1 1,768 0.02% 1
Chinese Unification Promotion Party – – – – – – – – – – 2,291 0.02% 2
People's Democratic Party – – – – – – – – – – 3,936 0.04% 2
Reunification Alliance Party [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 2,180 0.02% 1
台灣澎友黨 – – – – – 250 0.01% 1 329 0.00% 0
全國人民黨 – – – – – – – – – – 198 0.00% 1
Green Party – – – – – 2,120 0.07% 0 – – – – –
People Union Party [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 1,263 0.01% 0
中華文化復興在理黨 – – – – – – – – – – 947 0.01% 0
Tianzhou Peaceful Unity Family Party [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 845 0.01% 0
新華勞動黨 – – – – – – – – – – 685 0.01% 0
Taiwan Labor Party [zh] 502 0.02% 0 48 0.00% 0 – – – – –
Youth Sunshine Party [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 467 0.00% 0
Tian Yi Dang [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 397 0.00% 0
經濟黨 – – – – – – – – – – 360 0.00% 0
前進黨 – – – – – – – – – – 350 0.00% 0
台灣進步黨 – – – – – – – – – – 256 0.00% 0
正黨 – – – – – – – – – – 199 0.00% 0
台灣學習黨 – – – – – – – – – – 181 0.00% 0
China Tide Association [zh] – – – – – – – – – – 132 0.00% 0
Chinese People's Party – – – – – – – – – – 125 0.00% 0
Civil Party – – – – – 137 0.00% 0 31 0.00% 0
共和黨 – – – – – 114 0.00% 0 – – – – –
台灣經濟發展黨 – – – – – – – – – – 86 0.00% 0
People First Party – – – – – – – – – – 71 0.00% 0
For Public Good Party – – – – – – – – – – 51 0.00% 0
新生黨 – – – – – – – – – – 14 0.00% 0
Independent 1,225,291 39.12% 93 2,339,118 74.71% 1,709 8,856,767 81.65% 6,551
Total 3,131,910 100.00% 204   3,131,244 100.00% 2,139  10 10,846,732 100.00% 7,748  12

Elected officials and councils

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Elected magistrates/mayors and council composition in the 2022 Taiwanese local election
Subdivision Magistrate/mayor Council
Party result Elect[h] First party Seats[i] Second party Seats Total seats[18]
Taipei City KMT gain from TPP   Chiang Wan-an KMT 30   1 DPP 21   2 61
New Taipei City KMT hold   Hou You-yi KMT 32   1 DPP 28   3 66
Taoyuan City KMT gain from DPP   Chang San-cheng KMT 29   3 DPP 24   6 63
Taichung City KMT hold   Lu Shiow-yen KMT 32   DPP 24   1 65
Tainan City DPP hold   Huang Wei-cher DPP 28   3 KMT 15   1 57
Kaohsiung City DPP hold   Chen Chi-mai KMT 29   4 DPP 27   2 65
Yilan County KMT hold   Lin Zi-miao KMT 13   DPP 11   3 34
Hsinchu County KMT hold   Yang Wen-ke KMT 19   DPP 6   4 37
Miaoli County Independent gain from KMT   Chung Tung-chin KMT 7   7 DPP 7   3 38
Changhua County KMT hold   Wang Huei-mei KMT 27   1 DPP 16   4 54
Nantou County KMT hold   Hsu Shu-hua KMT 13   4 DPP 8   37
Yunlin County KMT hold   Chang Li-shan DPP 11   1 KMT 9   2 43
Chiayi County DPP hold Weng Chang-liang DPP 18   1 KMT 8   1 37
Pingtung County DPP hold   Chou Chun-mi KMT 19   2 DPP 13   2 55
Taitung County KMT hold   Rao Ching-ling KMT 18   3 DPP 2   1 30
Hualien County KMT hold   Hsu Chen-wei KMT 18   DPP 3   33
Penghu County DPP gain from KMT   Chen Kuang-fu KMT 4   DPP 3   19
Keelung City KMT gain from DPP   George Hsieh KMT 13   3 DPP 12   6 31
Hsinchu City TPP gain from DPP   Ann Kao KMT 12   3 DPP 8   2 34
Chiayi City KMT hold   Huang Min-hui KMT 6   1 DPP 6   2 23
Kinmen County TPP gain from KMT   Chen Fu-hai KMT 7   2 DPP 1   1 19
Lienchiang County KMT hold   Wang Chung-ming KMT 7   Independent — 9

Magistrate and mayor elections

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Results

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2022 Taiwan Magistrate/Mayor Election Results[19]
Subdivision Electorate Turnout (%) Winner Runner-up Map
Name Votes % Name Votes %
New Taipei City 3,316,517 56.60% Hou You-yi 1,152,555 62.42% Lin Chia-lung 693,976 37.58%
Taipei City 2,026,769 67.70% Chiang Wan-an 575,590 42.29% Chen Shih-chung 434,558 31.93%
Taoyuan City 1,825,127 59.46% Chang San-cheng 557,572 52.02% Cheng Yun-peng 428,983 40.03%
Taichung City 2,274,107 60.01% Lu Shiow-yen 799,107 59.35% Tsai Chi-chang 524,224 38.93%
Tainan City 1,548,203 58.68% Huang Wei-cher 433,684 48.80% Hsieh Lung-chieh [zh] 387,731 43.63%
Kaohsiung City 2,282,623 58.61% Chen Chi-mai 766,147 58.10% Ko Chih-en 529,607 40.16%
Yilan County 374,779 64.28% Lin Zi-miao 119,421 50.76% Chiang Tsung-yuan [zh] 96,779 41.13%
Hsinchu County 452,720 58.98% Yang Wen-ke 163,662 63.36% Chou Chiang-chieh [zh] 83,683 32.40%
Miaoli County 443,908 67.20% Chung Tung-chin 124,603 42.66% Hsu Ting-chen [zh] 91,260 31.24%
Changhua County 1,028,606 64.90% Wang Huei-mei 369,133 56.75% Huang Hsiu-fang 272,817 41.94%
Nantou County 406,195 69.08% Hsu Shu-hua 154,256 55.99% Frida Tsai 117,993 42.83%
Yunlin County 559,273 67.35% Chang Li-shan 207,519 56.57% Liu Chien-kuo 152,620 41.60%
Chiayi County 422,568 67.32% Weng Chang-liang 171,777 62.85% Wang Yu-min [zh] 101,517 37.15%
Pingtung County 679,330 67.18% Chou Chun-mi 217,537 49.09% Su Ching-chuan 206,460 46.59%
Taitung County 177,853 64.79% Rao Ching-ling 68,661 61.22% Liu Chao-hao [zh] 41,104 36.65%
Hualien County 266,058 57.56% Hsu Chen-wei 96,645 64.73% Kolas Yotaka 47,845 32.04%
Penghu County 90,360 58.51% Chen Kuang-fu 18,777 36.64% Lai Feng-wei 17,081 33.33%
Keelung City 307,913 60.16% George Hsieh 96,784 52.92% Tsai Shih-ying [zh] 71,354 39.01%
Hsinchu City 350,758 62.94% Ann Kao 98,121 45.02% Shen Hui-hung [zh] 77,764 35.68%
Chiayi City 93,813 43.99% Huang Min-hui 59,874 63.82% Lee Chun-yi 32,790 34.95%
Kinmen County 122,294 39.32% Chen Fu-hai 23,248 49.34% Yang Cheng-wu 19,340 41.05%
Lienchiang County 11,810 72.99% Wang Chung-ming 4,337 50.99% Tsao Erh-yuan 3,582 42.12%

Councillor elections

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Nominations

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Province County Members KMT DPP TPP NPP TSP GPT NP PFP NPSU Other IND
Special municipality
New Taipei 66 38 36 11 3 1 3 4 6 26
Taipei 61 32 28 8 5 1 1 6 8 28
Taoyuan 63 36 32 7 6 1 1 1 1 3 43
Taichung 65 34 34 11 5 4 5 39
Tainan 57 19 34 6 3 5 3 4 32
Kaohsiung 65 35 36 5 6 7 2 3 34
Taiwan Province
Yilan County 34 15 16 2 2 2 1 1 20
Hsinchu County 37 27 9 4 2 2 2 27
Miaoli County 38 10 10 4 3 1 45
Changhua County 54 28 23 4 2 2 26
Nantou County 37 20 14 2 2 31
Yunlin County 43 9 16 3 2 39
Chiayi County 37 10 23 24
Pingtung County 55 24 22 1 1 1 1 51
Taitung County 30 23 6 1 1 30
Hualien County 33 28 7 2 1 20
Penghu County 19 6 4 1 17
Keelung 31 19 13 5 2 3 14
Hsinchu 34 15 8 7 4 1 1 26
Chiayi 23 10 9 1 1 2 1 16
Kinmen County 19 9 1 1 21
Lienchiang County 9 9 1 5
Total 910 457 382 86 46 24 5 10 5 10 43 618

Results

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Main article: zh:2022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 TPP NPP TSP GPT NP PFP NPSU Other IND
Special municipality
New Taipei 66 32 28 1 2 3
Taipei 61 30 21 4 1 1 4
Taoyuan 63 29 24 10
Taichung 65 32 24 1 1 7
Tainan 57 15 28 1 2 1 10
Kaohsiung 65 29 27 1 2 1 5
Yilan County 34 13 11 1 9
Hsinchu County 37 19 6 1 1 10
Miaoli County 38 7 7 1 23
Changhua County 54 27 16 2 9
Nantou County 37 13 8 1 15
Yunlin County 43 9 11 1 1 21
Chiayi County 37 8 18 11
Pingtung County 55 13 19 23
Taitung County 30 18 2 10
Hualien County 33 18 3 1 11
Penghu County 19 4 3 1 11
Keelung 31 13 12 2 4
Hsinchu 34 12 8 2 3 1 8
Chiayi 23 6 6 1 10
Kinmen County 19 7 1 11
Lienchiang County 9 7 2
Total 910 367 277 14 6 2 1 1 2 7 6 227
Speaker/Deputy Speaker election
Special municipality Speaker (Party) Deputy Speaker (Party)
Province County
New Taipei Chiang Ken-huang [zh] (Kuomintang) Chen Hung-yuan [zh] (Kuomintang)
Taipei Tai Hsi-Chin [zh] (Kuomintang) Yeh Lin-chuan [zh] (Kuomintang)
Taoyuan Chiu Yi-sheng [zh] (Kuomintang) Li Hsiao-chung [zh] (Kuomintang)
Taichung Chang Ching-chao [zh] (Kuomintang) Yen Li-min [zh] (Kuomintang)
Tainan Chiu Li-li [zh] (Democratic Progressive Party) Lin Chih-chan [zh] (Democratic Progressive Party)
Kaohsiung Kang Yu-cheng [zh] ( Democratic Progressive Party) Tseng Chun-chieh [zh] (Independent)
Yilan County Chang Sheng-te [zh] (Kuomintang) Chen Han-chung [zh] (Independent)
Hsinchu County Chang Chen-jung [zh] (Kuomintang) Wang Ping-han [zh] (Kuomintang)
Miaoli County Li Wen-pin [zh] (Kuomintang) Chang Shu-fen [zh] (Kuomintang)
Changhua County Hsieh Tien-lin [zh] (Kuomintang) Hsu Yuan-lung [zh] (Kuomintang)
Nantou County Ho Sheng-feng [zh] (Kuomintang) Pan Yi-chuan [zh] (Kuomintang)
Yunlin County Shen Tsung-lung [zh] (Kuomintang) Tsai Yung-te [zh] (Independent)
Chiayi County Chang Ming-ta [zh] (Democratic Progressive Party) Chen Yi-yueh [zh] (Democratic Progressive Party)
Pingtung County Chou Tien-lun [zh] (Kuomintang) Lu Wen-jui [zh] (Independent)
Taitung County Wu Hsiu-hua [zh] (Kuomintang) Lin Tsung-han [zh] (Kuomintang)
Hualien County Chang Chun [zh] (Independent) Hsu Hsueh-yu [zh] (Kuomintang)
Penghu County Liu Chen Chao-ling [zh] (Kuomintang) Lan Kai-yuan [zh] (Independent)
Keelung Tung Tzu-wei [zh] (Democratic Progressive Party) Yang Hsiu-yu [zh] (People First Party)
Hsinchu Hsu Hsiu-jui [zh] (Kuomintang) Yu Pang-yen [zh] (Kuomintang)
Chiayi Chen Tzu-wen [zh] (Independent) Chang Jung-tsang [zh] (Independent)
Kinmen County Hung Yun-tien [zh] (Kuomintang) Ouyang Yi-hsiung [zh] (Kuomintang)
Lienchiang County Chang Yung-chiang [zh] (Kuomintang) Lin Ming-yang [zh] (Kuomintang)

Notes

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  1. ^
    • 910 councillors
    • 204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
    • 2,139 township/city council representatives
    • 7,748 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. ^ Han Kuo-yu was recalled in 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Magisterial and mayoral elections only
  4. ^ Chen Chi-mai won the by-election after Han Kuo-yu's recall. Lin Chih-chien resigned on 8 July 2022.
  5. ^ Ko Wen-je won the 2018 Taipei mayoral race as an independent and later created the TPP in 2019.
  6. ^ Kinmen County Magistrate Chen Fu-hai secretly joined Taiwan People's Party before the election and was elected without party membership
  7. ^ a b Vote/seat changes are compared with last local election
  8. ^ Bold names indicate newly-elected leaders
  9. ^ Bold figures indicate majority

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