2023 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
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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.
Background
[edit]Under the Article 73 of the Civil Servants Election And Recall Act, 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
[edit]- Kuomintang called in Taipei City Councillor Wang Hung-wei to contest the seat.[4] Wang previously expressed no interest in running, citing her recent re-election as councillor, but changed course after being approached by party heavyweights.[5]
- Democratic Progressive Party called in Enoch Wu, the founder of Forward Alliance, to contest the seat. He previously ran in the district against Chiang Wan-an in 2020, losing by only 6 percentage points in a traditionally KMT district.[6]
- Kuomintang called in former magistrate Lin Ming-chen to contest the seat. Nantou County Councillors Yu Hao and Sung Huai-lin, as well as Lin's son, Lin Ju-pin, all expressed interest in running for the legislative seat, but the party nominated Lin Ming-chen after internal polls showed that he performed best against the DPP's Frida Tsai.[7]
- Democratic Progressive Party called in former legislator Frida Tsai to contest the seat.[8] Tsai previously ran in the 2022 Nantou magisterial election, as well as the 2020 legislative election for Nantou I, but lost both races.
Results
[edit]Taipei 3
[edit]Voted on 8 January 2023.[9]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Hung-wei | Kuomintang | 60,519 | 52.26 | |
| Enoch Wu | Democratic Progressive Party | 54,739 | 47.27 | |
| Hsiao He-lin | Independent | 542 | 0.47 | |
| Total | 115,800 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 115,800 | 99.69 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 355 | 0.31 | ||
| Total votes | 116,155 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 267,965 | 43.35 | ||
Nantou 2
[edit]Voted on 4 March 2023.[10]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frida Tsai | Democratic Progressive Party | 45,218 | 49.44 | |
| Lin Ming-chen | Kuomintang | 43,293 | 47.34 | |
| Chen Tsung-chien | Independent | 2,528 | 2.76 | |
| Lu Yu-chun | National Justice Movement Party | 421 | 0.46 | |
| Total | 91,460 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 91,460 | 99.45 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 504 | 0.55 | ||
| Total votes | 91,964 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 198,412 | 46.35 | ||
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Civil Servants Election And Recall Act
- ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Lin, Sean (18 November 2022). "Legislative by-election to fill Chiang's slot slated for Jan. 8: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Chen, Chun-hua; Kao, Evelyn (26 December 2022). "By-election for Nantou legislative seat scheduled for March 4". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 December 2022. Republished as: "By-election for Hsu's Nantou seat set for March 4". Taipei Times. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ 楊正海 (2022-12-02). "參與立委補選 她鞠躬、哽咽向選民喊話：「原諒王鴻薇、支持王鴻薇」". United Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2023-01-10.
- ^ 劉宛琳 (2022-12-01). "「三重量級人物」勸進才點頭 國民黨明宣布徵召王鴻薇選北市立委". United Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2022-12-08.
- ^ 高逸帆 (2022-11-30). "搶先爆料吳怡農出戰立委補選！阮昭雄表態支持：對他有信心". SET News (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
- ^ "南投立委補選 國民黨通過徵召林明溱參戰". Central News Agency. 2023-01-04. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05.
- ^ "南投立委補選3/4舉行 民進黨徵召蔡培慧參選". Liberty Times Net. 2023-01-04. Archived from the original on 2023-01-04.
- ^ "第10屆立法委員臺北市第3選舉區缺額補選結果". Central Election Commission (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ "第10屆立法委員南投縣第2選舉區缺額補選結果". Central Election Commission (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-03-04.