2001–02 Taiwanese local elections explained

Election Name:2001–02 Taiwanese local elections
Country:Taiwan
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1997–98 Taiwanese local elections
Previous Year:1998
Election Date:[1]
Next Election:2005–06 Taiwanese local elections
Next Year:2005
Seats For Election:25 magistrates/mayors and others
Registered:15,875,304
Turnout:67.30% 1.52
Image1:連戰院長 (cropped).jpg
Leader1:Lien Chan
Party1:Kuomintang
Leader Since1:20 March 2000
Last Election1:9 seats, 43.95%
Seats1:10
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:4,184,865
Percentage1:39.75%
Swing1: 4.21
Leader2:Frank Hsieh
Party2:Democratic Progressive Party
Leader Since2:20 April 2000
Last Election2:13 seats, 44.14%
Seats2:10
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:4,674,904
Percentage2:44.40%
Swing2: 0.26
Image4:James Soong election infobox.jpg
Leader4:James Soong
Party4:People First Party (Taiwan)
Leader Since4:31 March 2000
Last Election4:Did not stand
Seats4:2
Seat Change4: 2
Popular Vote4:197,707
Percentage4:1.88%
Swing4:New party
Image5:Hao Lung-pin election infobox.jpg
Leader5:Hau Lung-pin
Party5:New Party (Taiwan)
Leader Since5:March 2000
Last Election5:0 seats, 1.60%
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 1
Popular Vote5:834,956
Percentage5:7.93%
Swing5: 6.33
1Blank:Councillors
1Data1:412
1Data2:178
1Data4:64
1Data5:8
2Blank:Township/city mayors
2Data1:195
2Data2:28
2Data4:4
2Data5:0

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 1 December 2001 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, on 26 January 2002 to elect councillors in county/city councils and mayors of townships and cities, on 8 June 2002 to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs (all except in Taipei City), and on 7 December 2002 to elect mayors and councillors of special municipalities.[2]

Magistrate/mayor elections in counties/cities

Taiwanese county magistrates and city mayoral elections, 2001
County/City Winning Candidate Party
Changhua CountyWong Chin-chuDemocratic Progressive Party
Chiayi CityChen Li-chenIndependent
Chiayi CountyChen Ming-wenDemocratic Progressive Party
Hsinchu CityLin Junq-tzerKuomintang
Hsinchu CountyCheng Yung-chinKuomintang
Hualien CountyChang Fu-hsingKuomintang
Kaohsiung CountyYang Chiu-hsingDemocratic Progressive Party
Keelung CityHsu Tsai-liKuomintang
Kinmen CountyLee Chu-fengNew Party
Lienchiang CountyChen Hsueh-shengPeople First Party
Miaoli CountyFu Hsueh-pengIndependent
Nantou CountyLin Tsung-nanDemocratic Progressive Party
Penghu CountyLai Feng-weiKuomintang
Pingtung CountySu Jia-chyuanDemocratic Progressive Party
Taichung CityJason HuKuomintang
Taichung CountyHuang Chung-sheng (黃仲生)Kuomintang
Tainan CityHsu Tain-tsairDemocratic Progressive Party
Tainan CountySu Huan-chihDemocratic Progressive Party
Taipei CountySu Tseng-changDemocratic Progressive Party
Taitung CountyHsu Ching-yuanPeople First Party
Taoyuan CountyEric ChuKuomintang
Yilan CountyLiu Shou-ch'engDemocratic Progressive Party
Yunlin CountyChang Jung-wei (張榮味)Kuomintang

Mayor elections in special municipalities

The election was administered directly under the central government of Taiwan. Mayor candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in Taipei, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung.

Taipei City

Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year Winning CandidatePolitical Party
1994Chen Shui-bianDemocratic Progressive Party
1998Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang
Results
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Kuomintang2Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)873,10264.11% ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.64,0.64)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:64.11 color:blue width:0.2in
Democratic Progressive Party1Lee Ying-yuan (李應元)488,81135.89%ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:35.89 color:green width:0.2in
Total1,374,862align=right colspan=2100.00%
Voter turnout70.61%

Kaohsiung City

Results of Past Kaohsiung Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year Winning CandidatePolitical Party
1994Wu Den-yih Kuomintang
1998Hsieh Chang-tingDemocratic Progressive Party
Results
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Democratic Progressive Party5Hsieh Chang-ting (謝長廷)386,38450.04% ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:50.04 color:green width:0.2in
Kuomintang4Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英)361,54646.82%ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:46.82 color:blue width:0.2in
Independent2Chang Po-ya (張博雅)13,4791.75%ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:1.75 color:black width:0.2in
Independent1Shih Ming-te (施明德)8,7501.13%ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:1.13 color:black width:0.2in
Independent3Huang Tian-sheng (黃天生)1,9980.26%ImageSize = width:100 height:25PlotArea = left:0 bottom:0 top:0 right:0TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyyDateFormat = x.yPeriod = from:0 till:100TimeAxis = orientation:horizontalAlignBars = earlyColors = id:gray value:rgb(0.85,0.85,0.85) id:blue value:rgb(0.00,0.56,0.86)BarData = bar:WikipediasPlotData= bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:100 color:gray width:0.2in bar:Wikipedias from:0 till:0.26 color:black width:0.2in
Total779,911100.00%
Voter turnout71.38%

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中選會選舉資料庫網站 . cec.gov.tw . 16 January 2020 . zh.
  2. Web site: 中央選舉委員會:::歷次選舉摘要::: . 中央選舉委員會 . 23 January 2020 . zh-Hant-TW.

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