The Taiwanese local elections of 2014, commonly known as the nine-in-one elections (), 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. 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''

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to President Ma's Administration, both politically due to Ma's cross strait relations with the

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), and economically with respect to social and income inequality. The DPP gained executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the KMT, while independent

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won the Taipei mayoral election. Premier Jiang Yi-huah resigned after the election, forcing President

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ...

to appoint Mao Chi-kuo to replace Jiang. President Ma resigned from his post as Chairperson of the

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(KMT) in the days following the election. 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

Magistrate and mayor elections

ROC 2014 Local Governance Township level

New Taipei

Taipei

Taoyuan

Taichung

Tainan

Kaohsiung

Yilan County

Hsinchu County

Miaoli County

Changhua County

Nantou County

Yunlin County

Chiayi County

Taitung County

Pingtung County

Hualien County

Penghu County

Keelung

Hsinchu

Chiayi

Kinmen County

Lienchiang County

Councillor elections

Township/city mayor elections

* Including Municipal Mayors, Aboriginal Rural District Chiefs, Township Chiefs

Township/city council elections

Village chief elections

Notes

References

External links

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