The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election () was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.

History

The election was called after Ma Ying-jeou resigned from the Kuomintang Chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the

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held on 29 November 2014. Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and

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, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected. Eric Chu, who had just been reelected

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in the November elections, was the only officially confirmed candidate.

Result

Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes.

Reactions

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- Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen sent congratulatory flowers and a message to KMT headquarters after the polls closed. The message read, in part, "heavy responsibilities, long road ahead." * Communist Party of China -

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Xi Jinping congratulated Chu immediately after the election. He expressed that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could continue adhering the

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and oppose Taiwan independence to push for the peaceful development of Cross-Strait relations.

References

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History

Result

Reactions

See also

References