2014 Taiwanese local elections
← 2010 29 November 2014 (2014-11-29)[1] 2018 →
22 magistrates/mayors and others[a]
Registered18,511,356
Turnout66.31%[b]
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tsai Ing-wen Ma Ying-jeou
Party DPP Kuomintang
Leader since 28 May 2014 17 October 2009
Seats won 13 6
Popular vote 3,979,329[c] 3,385,081[e]
Percentage 47.97%[d] 40.81%[f]
Special municipality councillors 167 151
County/city councillors 124 235
Township/city mayors 54 77
     KMT hold      DPP hold      IND hold
     KMT gain      DPP gain      IND gain

The Taiwanese local elections of 2014,[2] commonly known as the nine-in-one elections (Chinese: 九合一選擧), were held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, to elect the Municipal Mayors, Municipal Councilors, Chiefs of indigenous districts in municipalities, Councilors of indigenous districts in municipalities, County Magistrates (City Mayors), County (City) Councilors, Township Chiefs, 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.[2]

The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the KMT. The KMT previously held 14 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence to President Ma's Administration, both politically (a reckless approach on the cross strait relations with Chinese Communist Party) and economically (social inequality on the income distribution).[3][4][5] The DPP gained executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the KMT, while independent Ko Wen-je won the Taipei mayoral election.[6] Premier Jiang Yi-huah resigned after the election, forcing President Ma Ying-jeou to appoint Mao Chi-kuo to replace Jiang.[7] President Ma resigned from his post as Chairperson of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in the days following the election.[8]

As five elected leaders were incumbent legislators, a subsequent legislative by-election was held in March 2015, in which there were no party swings.

Results summary

Elected magistrates/mayors and council composition in the 2014 Taiwanese local election
Subdivision Magistrate/mayor Council
First party Seats[g] Second party Seats Total seats
New Taipei City Eric Chu DPP 32 Kuomintang 26 66
Taipei City Ko Wen-je Kuomintang 28 DPP 27 63
Taoyuan City Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan Cheng Wen-tsan Kuomintang 29 DPP 20 60
Taichung City Lin Chia-lung Kuomintang 28 DPP 27 63
Tainan City Lai Ching-te DPP 28 Kuomintang 16 57
Kaohsiung City Chen Chu DPP 33 Kuomintang 24 66
Yilan County Lin Tsung-hsien DPP 12 Kuomintang 11 34
Hsinchu County Chiu Ching-chun Kuomintang 23 DPP 2 36
Miaoli County Magistrate Hsu Yao-chang Hsu Yao-chang Kuomintang 19 DPP 4 38
Changhua County Wei Ming-ku Kuomintang 24 DPP 17 54
Nantou County Magistrate Lin Ming-chen Lin Ming-chen Kuomintang 17 DPP 8 37
Yunlin County Lee Chin-yung DPP 13 Kuomintang 7 43
Chiayi County Helen Chang DPP 18 Kuomintang 9 37
Pingtung County Magistrate Pan Men-an Pan Men-an Kuomintang 19 DPP 18 55
Taitung County Justin Huang Kuomintang 22 DPP 1 30
Hualien County Fu Kun-chi Kuomintang 20 DPP 6 33
Penghu County Chen Kuang-fu Kuomintang 8 DPP 2 19
Keelung City Magistrate Lin Yu-chang Lin Yu-chang Kuomintang 14 DPP 10 31
Hsinchu City Magistrate Lin Chih-chien Lin Chih-chien Kuomintang 15 DPP 7 33
Chiayi City Twu Shiing-jer Kuomintang 6 DPP 5 24
Kinmen County Chen Fu-hai Kuomintang 15 DPP 1 19
Lienchiang County Magistrate Liu Cheng-ying Liu Cheng-ying Kuomintang 6 None — 9

Magistrate and mayor elections

Subdivision Electorate Turnout (%) Winner Runner-up Map
Name Votes % Name Votes %
New Taipei City 3,156,402 61.65 Eric Chu 959,302 50.06 Yu Shyi-kun 934,774 48.78
Taipei City 2,146,939 70.46 Ko Wen-je 853,983 57.16 Sean Lien 609,932 40.82
Taoyuan City 1,568,713 62.73 Cheng Wen-tsan 492,414 51.00 John Wu 463,133 47.97
Taichung City 2,093,689 71.93 Lin Chia-lung 847,284 57.06 Jason Hu 637,531 42.94
Tainan City 1,512,778 65.88 Lai Ching-te 711,557 72.90 Huang Hsiu-shuang 264,536 27.10
Kaohsiung City 2,231,225 66.44 Chen Chu 993,300 68.09 Yang Chiu-hsing 450,647 30.89
Yilan County 365,138 70.46 Lin Tsung-hsien 160,253 63.95 Chiou Shu-ti 90,320 36.05
Hsinchu County 403,173 68.76 Chiu Ching-chun 124,309 46.94 Cheng Yung-chin 118,698 44.82
Miaoli County 446,182 72.80 Hsu Yao-chang 147,547 46.59 Wu Yi-chen 89,838 28.37
Changhua County 1,015,804 72.93 Wei Ming-ku 386,405 53.71 Lin Tsang-min 284,738 39.58
Nantou County 414,091 73.11 Lin Ming-chen 149,361 50.96 Lee Wen-chung 143,719 49.04
Yunlin County 565,557 74.09 Lee Chin-yung 232,900 56.98 Chang Li-shan 175,862 43.02
Chiayi County 430,505 74.19 Helen Chang 193,399 63.09 Won Chung-chun 104,488 34.09
Pingtung County 686,810 73.53 Pan Men-an 308,953 62.93 Chien Tai-lang 182,027 37.07
Taitung County 179,015 67.82 Justin Huang 64,272 54.41 Liu Chao-hao 53,860 45.59
Hualien County 265,571 61.77 Fu Kun-chi 89,048 56.53 Tsai Chi-ta 43,504 27.62
Penghu County 82,269 66.27 Chen Kuang-fu 29,164 55.34 Su Kun-hsiung 23,533 44.66
Keelung City 303,329 63.92 Lin Yu-chang 101,010 53.15 Hsieh Li-kung 52,198 27.47
Hsinchu City 322,472 62.90 Lin Chih-chien 76,578 38.36 Hsu Ming-tsai 75,564 37.85
Chiayi City 208,099 70.96 Twu Shiing-jer 74,698 51.41 Chen Yi-chen 66,108 45.50
Kinmen County 103,555 45.15 Chen Fu-hai 23,965 52.77 Lee Wo-shih 15,146 33.35
Lienchiang County 10,040 67.05 Liu Cheng-ying 4,385 66.25 Yang Sui-sheng 2,234 33.75
Incumbents for mayoral and county magistrate offices before the 2014 elections.
  Kuomintang
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Independent
Township level results of the 2014 mayoral and county magistrates elections

New Taipei

New Taipei
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Yu Shyi-kun (游錫堃) DPP 934,774 48.78%
2 Li Chin-shun (李進順) Independent 22,207 1.16%
3 Eric Chu (朱立倫) KMT 959,302 50.06%

Taipei

Taipei
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chen Ju-pin (陳汝斌) Self Help Party 1,624 0.11%
2 Chao Yen-ching (趙衍慶) Independent 15,898 1.06%
3 Lee Hong-hsin (李宏信) Independent 2,621 0.18%
4 Yong C. Chen (陳永昌) Independent 1,908 0.13%
5 Neil Peng (馮光遠) Independent 8,080 0.54%
6 Sean Lien (連勝文) KMT 609,932 40.82%
7 Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) Independent 853,983 57.16%

Taoyuan

Taoyuan
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) DPP 492,414 51.00%
2 John Wu (吳志揚) KMT 463,133 47.97%
3 Hsu Jiu-chih (許睿智) Independent 9,943 1.03%

Taichung

Taichung
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Jason Hu (胡志強) KMT 637,531 42.94%
2 Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) DPP 847,284 57.06%

Tainan

Tainan
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 William Lai (賴清德) DPP 711,557 72.90%
2 Huang Hsiu-shuang (黃秀霜) KMT 264,536 27.10%

Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chou Ko-sheng (周可盛) Independent 14,925 1.02%
2 Chen Chu (陳菊) DPP 993,300 68.09%
3 Yang Chiu-hsing (楊秋興) KMT 450,647 30.89%

Yilan County

Yilan County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Lin Tsung-hsien (林聰賢) DPP 160,253 63.95%
2 Chiou Shu-ti (邱淑媞) KMT 90,320 36.05%

Hsinchu County

Hsinchu County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Yeh Fang-tung (葉芳棟) Independent 15,699 5.93%
2 Chiu Ching-chun (邱鏡淳) KMT 124,309 46.94%
3 Cheng Yung-chin (鄭永金) Independent　 118,698 44.82%
4 Chuang Tso-bin (莊作兵) Independent 6,115 2.31%

Miaoli County

Miaoli County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Hsu Yao-chang (徐耀昌) KMT 147,547 46.59%
2 Kang Shi-ru (康世儒) Independent 60,356 19.06%
3 Jiang Ming-xiu (江明修) Independent 14,978 4.73%
4 Chen Shu-fen (陳淑芬) Independent 2,137 0.67%
5 Zeng Guo-liang (曾國良) Independent 1,807 0.57%
6 Wu Yi-chen (吳宜臻) DPP 89,838 28.37%

Changhua County

Changhua County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Huang Wen-ling (黃文玲) Independent 37,593 5.23%
2 Hung Min-hsiung (洪敏雄) Independent 10,674 1.48%
3 Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷) DPP 386,405 53.71%
4 Lin Tsang-min (林滄敏) KMT 284,738 39.58%

Nantou County

Nantou County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Lee Wen-chung (李文忠) DPP 143,719 49.04%
2 Lin Ming-chen (林明溱) KMT 149,361 50.96%

Yunlin County

Yunlin County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chang Li-shan (張麗善) KMT 175,862 43.02%
2 Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) DPP 232,900 56.98%

Chiayi County

Chiayi County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Huang Hong-cheng (黃宏成) Independent 8,639 2.82%
2 Helen Chang (張花冠) DPP 193,399 63.09%
3 Won Chung-chun (翁重鈞) KMT 104,488 34.09%

Taitung County

Taitung County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Liu Chao-hao (劉櫂豪) DPP 53,860 45.59%
2 Justin Huang (黃健庭) KMT 64,272 54.41%

Pingtung County

Pingtung County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chien Tai-lang (簡太郎) KMT 182,027 37.07%
2 Pan Men-an (潘孟安) DPP 308,953 62.93%

Hualien County

Hualien County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) Independent 89,048 56.53%
2 Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚) Independent 5,436 3.45%
3 Huang Shih-peng (黄師鵬) Independent 2,369 1.50%
4 Ke Tsi-hai (柯賜海) Independent 14,954 9.49%
5 Chu Kuo-hua (朱國華) Independent 2,218 1.41%
6 Tsai Chi-ta (蔡啟塔) KMT 43,504 27.62%

Penghu County

Penghu County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chen Kuang-fu (陳光復) DPP 29,164 55.34%
2 Su Kun-hsiung (蘇崑雄) KMT 23,533 44.66%

Keelung

Keelung
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功) KMT 52,198 27.47%
2 Huang Ching-tai (黃景泰) Independent 30,914 16.27%
3 Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) DPP 101,010 53.15%
4 Ho Yen-tang (何燕堂) People's Democratic Front 1,376 0.72%
5 Wu Woo-min (吳武明) Independent 2,023 1.06%
6 Jiang Jian-yu (江鑒育) Independent 2,517 1.32%

Hsinchu

Hsinchu
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Liu Cheng-hsing (劉正幸) Independent 1,914 0.96%
2 Hsu Ming-tsai (許明財) KMT 75,564 37.85%
3 Tsai Jen-chien (蔡仁堅) Independent 40,480 20.28%
4 Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) DPP 76,578 38.36%
5 Wu Shu-min (吳淑敏) Independent 5,101 2.56%

Chiayi

Chiayi
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Chen Xiu-li (陳秀麗) Independent 633 0.44%
2 Chen Tai-shan (陳泰山) Independent 786 0.54%
3 Chen Yi-chen (陳以真) KMT 66,108 45.50%
4 Twu Shiing-jer (涂醒哲) DPP 74,698 51.41%
5 Sheu Jia-ming (許文建) Independent 330 0.23%
6 Lin Shi-han (林詩涵) People Democratic Front 2,747 1.89%

Kinmen County

Kinmen County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Su Long-ke (蘇龍科) Independent 470 1.03%
2 Lei You-jing (雷由靖) Independent 132 0.29%
3 Chen Fu-hai (陳福海) Independent 23,965 52.77%
4 Lee Wo-shih (李沃士) KMT 15,146 33.35%
5 Wang Cheng-hua (汪成華) The Guarantee of Educational, Scientific and Cultural Budget e-Union 403 0.89%
6 Hong Zhi-heng (洪志恒) Independent 636 1.40%
7 Zhuang Yu-min (莊育民) Independent 236 0.52%
8 Lin Suei-Chuan (林水泉) Independent 240 0.53%
9 Shiu Nai-chiuan (許乃權) Independent 3,834 8.44%
10 Yang Rong-xiang (楊榮祥) Independent 354 0.78%

Lienchiang County

Lienchiang County
No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1 Liu Cheng-ying (劉增應) KMT 4,385 66.25%
2 Yang Sui-sheng (楊綏生) KMT 2,234 33.75%

Councillor elections

The results of the 2014 Taiwan county, city and municipal councillors elections: colours indicate party with the most seats
  Kuomintang
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Independent
Division KMT DPP TSU PFP NP IND/Other Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Taipei 28 27 1 2 2 3 63
New Taipei 26 32 1 7 66
Taoyuan 29 20 1 10 60
Keelung 14 10 3 4 31
Yilan County 11 12 1 9 34
Hsinchu 15 7 1 10 33
Hsinchu County 23 2 9 36
Miaoli County 19 4 15 38
Taichung 28 27 2 6 63
Changhua County 24 17 13 54
Nantou County 17 8 11 37
Yunlin County 7 13 1 22 43
Chiayi 6 5 1 12 24
Chiayi County 9 18 10 37
Tainan 16 28 1 12 57
Kaohsiung 24 33 1 1 7 66
Taitung County 22 1 7 30
Pingtung County 19 18 1 7 55
Penghu County 8 2 9 19
Kinmen County 15 1 3 19
Lienchiang County 6 3 9
Total 386 291 9 9 2 208 907

Township/city mayor elections

The results of the 2014 municipal head elections
  Democratic Progressive Party
  Kuomintang
  Trees Party
  Taiwan First Nations Party
  Independent
  District without Election
Division KMT DPP IND/Other Total
Seats Seats Seats
Changhua County 8 8 10 26
Chiayi City none
Chiayi County 1 13 4 18
Hsinchu City none
Hsinchu County 8 1 4 13
Hualien County 9 1 3 13
Kaohsiung City (Maolin, Taoyuan, Namasia) 2 1 3
Keelung City none
Kinmen County 6 6
Lienchiang County 4 4
Miaoli County 11 7 18
Nantou County 4 2 7 13
New Taipei (Wulai) 1 1
Penghu County 2 4 6
Pingtung County 7 10 16 33
Taichung City (Heping) 1 1
Tainan City none
Taipei City none
Taitung County 12 1 3 13
Taoyuan City (Fuxing) 1 1
Yilan County 4 6 2 12
Yunlin County 1 12 7 20
Total 82 54 70 200

Township/city council elections

Division KMT DPP IND/Other Total
Seats Seats Seats
Changhua County 41 47 224 317
Chiayi City none
Chiayi County 18 27 148 193
Hsinchu City none
Hsinchu County 75 2 65 141
Hualien County 90 4 48 142
Kaohsiung City (Maolin, Taoyuan, Namasia) 5 16 21
Keelung City none
Kinmen County 32 13 45
Lienchiang County 17 5 22
Miaoli County 49 7 137 193
Nantou County 36 3 124 163
New Taipei City (Wulai) 1 6 7
Pingtung County 44 45 245 334
Penghu County 5 1 45 51
Taichung City (Heping) 5 6 11
Taipei City none
Tainan City none
Taitung County 63 72 136
Taoyuan City (Fuxing) 6 5 11
Yilan County 40 33 58 131
Yunlin County 12 25 194 228
Total 539 194 1411 2146

Village chief elections

Division KMT DPP PFP TSU IND/Other Total
Seats Seats Seats Seats Seats
Changhua County 60 7 521
Chiayi City 23 2 59 84
Chiayi County 18 11 328 357
Hsinchu City 29 93 122
Hsinchu County 91 100 191
Hualien County 106 1 70 177
Kaohsiung City 148 147 596 891
Keelung City 55 1 101 157
Kinmen County 34 3 37
Lienchiang County 19 3 22
Miaoli County 62 212 274
Nantou County 60 3 199 262
New Taipei City 279 36 1 715 1032
Pingtung County 51 6 407 464
Penghu County 29 67 96
Taichung City 174 31 420 625
Tainan City 71 76 605 752
Taipei City 229 50 1 175 456
Taitung County 73 74 147
Taoyuan City 142 2 351 495
Yilan County 29 11 193 233
Yunlin County 12 6 370 288
Total 1794 390 1 1 5659 7849

See also

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Notes

  1. ^
    • 907 councillors
    • 204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
    • 2,146 township/city council representatives
    • 7,849 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 70.40%.
  3. ^ Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,850,777.
  4. ^ Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 46.66%.
  5. ^ Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,605,596.
  6. ^ Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 40.48%.
  7. ^ Bold figures indicate majority

References

  1. ^ "中選會選舉資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Taiwan Local Elections of 2014 - Central Election Commission". cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
  3. ^ "A blow to the KMT". The Economist.
  4. ^ Min-Hua Huang (1 December 2014). "Taiwan's Changing Political Landscape: The KMT's Landslide Defeat in the Nine-in-One Elections". The Brookings Institution.
  5. ^ Vitello, Jacqueline; Glaser, Bonnie S. (December 2014). "An Analysis of Taiwan's Nine-in-One Local Elections". csis.org.
  6. ^ "KMT trounce". Taipei Times. 30 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Taiwan premier quits as power slips from pro-China party in local poll". Reuters. 29 November 2014.
  8. ^ "馬英九決請辭黨主席本週三宣佈".

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