By-elections for the Ninth Legislative Yuan were held in 2019, two on 27 January and four on 16 March, at
Taiwan
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to elect 6 of the 113 members of the
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...
for the remaining term until
2020
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.
Background
The by-election was the result of resignations by
Pasuya Yao
Yao Wen-chih (; born 4 December 1965) is a Taiwanese politician also known by the appropriated Tsou name Pasuya Yao. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, he served in the Legislative Yuan from 2012 to 2018.
Political career
Yao, a form ...
,
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...
legislator for
Taipei 2;
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...
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 Unive ...
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 since 25 December 2018.
Education
Wang obtained her bachelor's and master's degree in political science from Tunghai University ...
, Kuomintang legislator for
Changhua County 1;
Huang Wei-cher
Huang Wei-che (; born 26 September 1963) is a Taiwanese politician. 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 the 2018 local elections ...
, Democratic Progressive Party legislator for
Tainan 2; and
Yang Cheng-wu
Yang Cheng-wu (; born 26 June 1972) is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as Magistrate of Kinmen County since 25 December 2018, having won the office in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections. Prior to contesting the magistracy, Yang represented ...
, Kuomintang legislator for
Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
.
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
Central Election Commission
An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...
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
General Scholastic Ability Test
The General Scholastic Ability Test () is the Taiwanese university entrance exam. The test is administered over two days and five subjects
* Chinese language and literature
* English language
* Mathematics
* Social studies (including History, ...
. 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
Ho Chih-wei (; born 14 May 1982), also known by the English name Mark Ho, is a Taiwanese politician.
Early life
Ho Chih-wei was born in the United States in 1982 to Hsueh Ling.
Political career
Ho was elected to the Taipei City Council for the ...
to contest the seat
* called in Taipei councillor
Chen Bing-fu to contest the seat.
* 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 to contest the seat.
Changhua County Constituency 1
* 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
Kuo Kuo-wen (; born 11 March 1967) or Robert Kuo is a Taiwanese politician. He has served as secretary-general of the Taiwan Confederation of Trade Unions and Taiwan Labor Front, as well as a member of the Tainan City Council. He was appointed ...
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
Legislators
Yang Cheng-wu resigned in 2018 after elected Kinmen ...
* 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
Yu Tian (; born 18 February 1947), born Yu Tsing-yuan (), is a Taiwanese pop singer in Mandarin and Hokkien. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Yu served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2008 to 2012, and was reelected to t ...
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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