By-elections for the Ninth Legislative Yuan were held in 2019, two on 27 January and four on 16 March, at

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to elect 6 of the 113 members of the

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for the remaining term until

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Background

The by-election was the result of resignations by

Pasuya Yao Yao Wen-chih (; born 4 December 1965), also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao, is a Taiwanese film maker and former politician. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018. Po ...

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legislator for Taipei 2;

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

legislator

Lu Shiow-yen Lu Shiow-yen (; born 31 August 1961) is a Taiwanese politician and former television presenter. She is the incumbent mayor of Taichung since 25 December 2018. Education and early career Lu earned a bachelor's degree from National Chengchi Univ ...

from Taichung 5;

Wang Huei-mei Wang Huei-mei (; born 22 November 1968) is a Taiwanese politician. She is the incumbent Magistrate of Changhua County Changhua (Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴'') is a Taiwanese County (Taiwan), county that is the smallest on the Geography of Ta ...

, Kuomintang legislator for Changhua County 1;

Huang Wei-cher Huang Wei-che (; born 26 September 1963) is a Taiwanese politician and medical researcher. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2018. Huang is the incumbent Mayor of Tainan since 25 December 2018 after winning the title during th ...

, Democratic Progressive Party legislator for Tainan 2; and

Yang Cheng-wu Yang Cheng-wu (; born 26 June 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He is the incumbent chairman of the Taipei Agricultural Products Marketing Corporation. He had served as Magistrate of Kinmen County since 25 December 2018 until 25 December 2022, h ...

, Kuomintang legislator for

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. All but Yao won election to local offices in the 2018 local election. Under the Article 73 of the , 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.

Confirmation of by-election

On 30 November 2018, the

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announced that by-elections for Taipei 2 and Taichung 5 were to be held on 26 January 2019. On 4 December 2018, the CEC moved the date to 27 January 2019, as the previously announced date coincided with the

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. Registration of candidacies for these two seats were open from 10 to 14 December 2018. By-elections for vacant seats in Changhua County 1, Tainan 2, Kimnen County and New Taipei 3 were scheduled for 16 March 2019.

Candidates by main parties

Taipei City Constituency 2

called in Taipei councillor Ho Chih-wei to contest the seat *

called in Taipei councillor Chen Bing-fu to contest the seat. *

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candidate Chen Si-yu has announced to contest the seat.

Taichung City Constituency 5

had seven candidates indicate interest in contesting the by-election. The party nominated ex-legislator to contest the seat. *

has called in Taichung Transportation Bureau director Wang Yi-chuan to contest the seat.

Changhua County Constituency 1 Changhua (Hokkien Pe̍h-ōe-jī, POJ: ''Chiong-hòa'' or ''Chiang-hòa''), officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of ...

has 3 candidates indicated interest in contesting the by-election. Polls were done, KMT has nominated current Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan Regional Branch Workforce Development Agency director Ko Cheng-fang to contest the seat. *

has called in former Lukang Township mayor Huang Chen-yen to contest the seat.

Tainan City Constituency 2

has called in Kuo Kuo-wen to contest the seat. *

has called in current Tainan councillor *

candidate Chen Hsiao-yu has announced to contest the seat after leaving the

Kinmen County Constituency Kinmen County is represented in the Legislative Yuan since 2008 by one at-large single-member constituency (Kinmen County Constituency, ). Current district * Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands govern ...

has called in former Kinmen County Council speaker *

candidate announced her intentions to contest the seat, and was stripped of her KMT membership.

New Taipei City Constituency 3

called in New Taipei City branch chairman Yu Tian to contest the seat *

called in KMT Vice Chairman of the Cultural Communication Committee Cheng Shih-wei to contest the seat.

Opinion Polls

Taipei City Constituency 2

Taichung City Constituency 5

Tainan City Constituency 2

New Taipei City Constituency 3

Results

Taipei 2

Voted on 27 January 2019.

Taichung 5

Voted on 27 January 2019.

New Taipei 3

Voted on 16 March 2019.

Changhua 1

Voted on 16 March 2019.

Tainan 2

Voted on 16 March 2019.

Kinmen

Voted on 16 March 2019.

Notes

References

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