By-elections for the Tenth Legislative Yuan were held in 2023, one each on 8 January and 4 March, in

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to elect 2 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 four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

for the remaining term until

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. The

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

flipped a seat from the

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 ...

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

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since the 2005 constitutional amendment halving the number of legislative seats from 225 to 113.

Background

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. A by-election was scheduled in Taipei for 8 January 2023, as

member

Chiang Wan-an Chiang Wan-an ( Chinese: 蔣萬安; born Chang Wan-an; 26 December 1978), also known by his English name Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the mayor of Taipei since December 2022. A member of the Kuomintang (KM ...

had resigned his seat before taking office as

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. Nantou County legislator

Hsu Shu-hua Hsu Shu-hua (; born 15 October 1975) is a Taiwanese politician serving as magistrate of Nantou County. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Nantou County Council. Hsu then served as mayor of Nantou City until 2014. She subsequently wo ...

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.

Candidates by main parties

Taipei 3

called in

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lor

Wang Hung-wei Wang Hung-wei (; born July 10, 1964) is a Taiwanese politician affiliated with the Kuomintang, who has served in the Legislative Yuan representing Taipei City Constituency III since 2023. She is the deputy secretary-general of the Kuomintang leg ...

to contest the seat. Wang previously expressed no interest in running, citing her recent re-election as councillor, but changed course after being approached by party heavyweights. *

called in

Enoch Wu Enoch Wu (; born 31 December 1980) is a Taiwanese politician and businessman. Wu is the founder of Forward Alliance, a Taiwanese NGO focusing on national security. After graduating from Yale University, Wu worked at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. ...

, 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.

Nantou 2

called in former magistrate

Lin Ming-chen Lin Ming-chen () is a Taiwanese politician who served as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2014 and as magistrate of Nantou County from 2014 to 2022. In both offices, Lin was succeeded by Hsu Shu-hua. Education Lin earned his bache ...

to contest the seat.

Nantou County Council The Nantou County Council (NTCC; ) is the elected county council of Nantou County, Republic of China. The council composes of 37 councilors lastly elected through the 2022 Republic of China local election on 26 November 2022. Organization Comm ...

lors 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. *

called in former legislator Frida Tsai to contest the seat. Tsai previously ran in the 2022 Nantou magisterial election, as well as the 2020 legislative election for Nantou I, but lost both races.

Background

Candidates by main parties

Taipei 3

Nantou 2

Results

Taipei 3

Nantou 2

Notes

References