2018 Taiwanese local elections explained

Election Name:	2018 Taiwanese local elections
Country:	Taiwan
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2014 Taiwanese local elections
Previous Year:	2014
Election Date:	^[1]
Next Election:	2022 Taiwanese local elections
Next Year:	2022
Seats For Election:	22 magistrates/mayors and others
Registered:	19,102,502
Turnout:	66.11% 0.20
Image1:	Wu Den-yih election infobox.jpg
Leader1:	Wu Den-yih
Party1:	Kuomintang
Leader Since1:	20 August 2017
Last Election1:	6 seats, 40.81%
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	9
Popular Vote1:	4,182,875
Percentage1:	48.79%
Swing1:	7.98
Leader2:	Tsai Ing-wen
Party2:	Democratic Progressive Party
Leader Since2:	28 May 2014
Last Election2:	13 seats, 47.97%
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	7
Popular Vote2:	3,399,976
Percentage2:	39.66%
Swing2:	8.31
1Blank:	Special municipality councillors
1Data1:	175
1Data2:	137
2Blank:	County/city councillors
2Data1:	219
2Data2:	101
3Blank:	Township/city mayors
3Data1:	80
3Data2:	40

Local elections were held on 24 November 2018^{[2] [3]} in Taiwan, to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, 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.^[4]

The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the DPP. The DPP previously held 13 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence on President Tsai's Administration, both politically (relations with China), economically (agriculture, tourism), and socially (pollution, labor laws, wages), which were reflected in the series of referendum results. The KMT won back executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the DPP, while Ko Wen-je won his re-election for Taipei mayor.

Background

This local election was seen as the first test for the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen since assuming office in May 2016. The Central Election Commission opened election registration to candidates on 27 August 2018.^[5]

The Democratic Progressive Party has won the popular vote against the Kuomintang in all of the last three elections.^[6] This trend has continued in the 2016 elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority in the Legislative Yuan with 68 seats and the presidency.

Results summary

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Magistrate/mayor	Council
Party result		Elect		First party		Seats	Second party		Seats	Total seats
New Taipei City		Kuomintang hold		Hou You-yi		Kuomintang	33 7		DPP	25 7	66
Taipei City		Independent hold		Ko Wen-je		Kuomintang	29 1		DPP	19 8	63
Taoyuan City		DPP hold		Cheng Wen-tsan		Kuomintang	32 3		DPP	18 2	63
Taichung City		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lu Shiow-yen		Kuomintang	32 4		DPP	25 2	65
Tainan City		DPP hold		Huang Wei-cher		DPP	25 3		Kuomintang	16	57
Kaohsiung City		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Han Kuo-yu		Kuomintang	33 9		DPP	25 8	66
Yilan County		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lin Zi-miao		Kuomintang	13 2		DPP	8 4	34
Hsinchu County		Kuomintang hold		Yang Wen-ke		Kuomintang	19 2		DPP	2	36
Miaoli County		Kuomintang hold		Hsu Yao-chang		Kuomintang	14 5		DPP	4	38
Changhua County		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Wang Huei-mei		Kuomintang	28 4		DPP	12 5	54
Nantou County		Kuomintang hold		Lin Ming-chen		Kuomintang	17		DPP	8	37
Yunlin County		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Chang Li-shan		DPP	12 1		Kuomintang	7	43
Chiayi County		DPP hold		Weng Chang-liang		DPP	17 1		Kuomintang	9	37
Pingtung County		DPP hold		Pan Men-an		Kuomintang	17 2		DPP	15 3	55
Taitung County		Kuomintang hold		Rao Ching-ling		Kuomintang	21 1		DPP	1	30
Hualien County		Kuomintang gain from independent		Hsu Chen-wei		Kuomintang	18 2		DPP	3 3	33
Penghu County		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lai Feng-wei		Kuomintang	4 4		DPP	3 1	19
Keelung City		DPP hold		Lin Yu-chang		Kuomintang	16 2		DPP	6 4	31
Hsinchu City		DPP hold		Lin Chih-chien		Kuomintang	15		DPP	6 1	34
Chiayi City		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Huang Min-hui		Kuomintang	5 1		DPP	4 1	23
Kinmen County		Kuomintang gain from independent		Yang Cheng-wu		Kuomintang	9 6		For Public Good Party	1 1	19
Lienchiang County		Kuomintang hold		Liu Cheng-ying		Kuomintang	7 1		None		9

Magistrate and mayor elections

Opinion polls

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	Others
TPOF	2018-11-08	33.9%	24.2%	－	14.9%
Trend Survey	2018-11-06	36.4%	25.9%	0.8%	15.2%
Taiwan Brain Trust	2018-07-28	29.5%	38.6%	0.4%	10.5%

Results

Subdivision	Electorate	Turnout (%)	Winner				Runner-up				Map
			Name		Votes	%	Name		Votes	%
New Taipei City	3,264,128	62.46		Hou You-yi	1,165,130	57.15		Su Tseng-chang	873,692	42.85
Taipei City	2,164,155	65.37		Ko Wen-je	580,820	41.05		Ting Shou-chung	577,566	40.82
Taoyuan City	1,732,591	59.63		Cheng Wen-tsan	552,330	53.46		Apollo Chen	407,234	39.42
Taichung City	2,213,789	66.12		Lu Shiow-yen	827,996	56.57		Lin Chia-lung	619,855	42.35
Tainan City	1,546,862	62.49		Huang Wei-cher	367,518	38.02		Kao Su-po	312,874	32.37
Kaohsiung City	2,281,338	72.63		Han Kuo-yu	892,545	53.87		Chen Chi-mai	742,239	44.80
Yilan County	373,510	66.97		Lin Zi-miao	123,767	49.48		Chen Ou-po	95,609	38.23
Hsinchu County	427,652	66.03		Yang Wen-ke	107,877	38.20		Hsu Hsin-ying	91,190	32.29
Miaoli County	446,507	68.17		Hsu Yao-chang	175,756	57.74		Hsu Ting-zhen	112,704	37.03
Changhua County	1,031,222	68.89		Wang Huei-mei	377,795	53.18		Wei Ming-ku	283,269	39.87
Nantou County	413,222	70.87		Lin Ming-chen	195,385	66.72		Hung Kuo-hao	97,460	33.28
Yunlin County	565,078	69.29		Chang Li-shan	210,770	53.82		Lee Chin-yung	163,325	41.72
Chiayi County	428,649	66.52		Weng Chang-liang	145,288	50.95		Wu Yu-jen	84,243	29.54
Pingtung County	689,393	68.20		Pan Men-an	262,809	55.90		Su Ching-chuan	197,518	42.01
Taitung County	179,706	66.51		Rao Ching-ling	70,577	59.05		Liu Chao-hao	44,264	37.04
Hualien County	268,817	63.09		Hsu Chen-wei	121,297	71.52		Liu Siao-Mei	43,879	25.87
Penghu County	86,603	61.10		Lai Feng-wei	20,570	38.87		Chen Kuang-fu	17,347	32.78
Keelung City	309,428	60.98		Lin Yu-chang	102,167	54.14		Hsieh Li-kung	86,529	45.86
Hsinchu City	338,323	64.17		Lin Chih-chien	107,612	49.57		Hsu Ming-tsai	60,508	27.87
Chiayi City	212,843	66.81		Huang Min-hui	58,558	41.18		Twu Shiing-jer	56,256	39.56
Kinmen County	117,913	41.75		Yang Cheng-wu	23,520	47.48		Chen Fu-hai	22,719	46.15
Lienchiang County	10,773	68.76		Liu Cheng-ying	4,861	65.62		Chu Hsiu-chen	1,284	17.33

Councillor elections

Nominations

Province	County	Members	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	NP	New Power Party	IND/Other
Special municipality
Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	63	33	27	1	4	7	5	48
New Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	66	36	36			3	6	41
Taoyuan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	63	38	34		3		2	53
Taichung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	65	37	36		3		4	51
Tainan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	57	22	37	2	1		1	49
Kaohsiung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	66	37	38	3	3		3	48
Taiwan Province
Keelung	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	31	19	15		6		1	19
Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	34	16	18		1		3	36
Hsinchu	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	34	20	12		1		4	36
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	36	27	7				1	49
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	38	18	10				2	42
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	54	29	26				1	32
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	37	20	13					29
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	43	10	20	1			2	42
Chiayi	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	23	8	8	2			1	24
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	37	9	22					30
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	33	33	9				2	25
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	30	29	4		2		2	30
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	55	32	30	1				43
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	19	4	4				1	30
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	19	10	1		2			22
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	9	10						3
Total		912	497	407	10	26	10	41	777

Opinion polls

2018 Municipal Councillor & County Councillor Nationwide Polls
Poll source	Date of completion	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Others	Independent	Lead
Taiwan Think Tank	April 1, 2018	28.5%	33.6%	－	4.9%	5.1%
Taiwan Brain Trust	July 28, 2018	29.9%	22.9%	－	3.6%	7%
New Power Party	September 5, 2018	25.2%	23.6%	12.1%	－	1.6%
Taipei
China Times	June 4, 2018	39.4%	16.6%	－	－	22.8%
Trends	July 16, 2018	27.1%	14.1%	7.1%	3.9%	13%
CM Media	July 26, 2018	35%	16.2%	12.7%	－	18.8%
Formosa	October 12, 2018	28.5%	16.3%	5.6%	－	12.2%
Taichung
CM Media	July 31, 2018	27.7%	21.3%	16%	－	6.4%
Kaohsiung
CM Media	September 18, 2018	27.5%	24.1%	17.3%	－	3.4%
Hsinchu City
Taiwan Green Party	August 24, 2018	27.3%	12.2%	10.2%	－	15.1%
Changhua County
CM Media	October 16, 2018	32.5%	17.8%	14.9%	－	14.7%
Chiayi City
CM Media	September 5, 2018	25%	24.7%	16.8%	－	0.3%
Yilan County
CM Media	September 26, 2018	27%	20.5%	15.3%	－	7.5%

Results

Province	County	Members	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	NP	New Power Party	IND/Other
Special municipality
Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	63	29	19		2	2	3	8
New Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	66	33	25					8
Taoyuan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	63	32	18				1	12
Taichung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	65	32	25		1			7
Tainan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	57	16	25	1			1	14
Kaohsiung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	66	33	25	1	1		2	4
County and Non-Municipal
Keelung	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	31	16	6		2		1	6
Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	34	13	8		1			12
Hsinchu	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	34	15	6				3	10
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	36	19	2				1	14
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	38	14	4				2	18
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	54	28	12				1	13
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	37	17	8					12
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	43	7	12	1			1	22
Chiayi	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	23	5	4	1			0	13
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #1B9431;"	37	9	17					11
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	33	18	3					12
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	30	21	1		1			7
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	55	17	15	1				22
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	19	4	3					12
Offshore	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	19	9						10
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	9	7						2
Total		912	394	238	5	8	2	16	249

Speaker/Deputy Speaker election
Special municipality		Speaker (Party)	Deputy Speaker (Party)
Province	County
Taipei		Chen Chin-hsiang(Kuomintang)	Yeh Lin-chuang(Kuomintang)
New Taipei		Chiang Ken-huang(Kuomintang)	Chen Hung-yuan(Kuomintang)
Taoyuan		Ciou Yi-sheng(Kuomintang)	Li Hsiao-chung(Kuomintang)
Taichung		Chang Qing-chao(Kuomintang)	Yen Li-ming(Kuomintang)
Tainan		Kuo Hsin-liang（Independent）	Lin Bing-li（Independent）
Kaohsiung		Xu Kun-yuan(Kuomintang)	Liu Shu-mei(Kuomintang)
Taiwan Province	Keelung	Tsai Wang-lien(Kuomintang)	Jonathan Lin(Kuomintang)
Yilan County	Chang Chien-rong(Kuomintang)	Chen Han-chung（Independent）
Hsinchu County	Chang Zhen-rong(Kuomintang)	Wang Bing-han(Kuomintang)
Hsinchu	Xu Xiu-rui(Kuomintang)	Yu Pang-yen(Kuomintang)
Miaoli County	Chung Tung-chin(Kuomintang)	Li Wen-bin(Kuomintang)
Changhua County	Hsieh Dien-lin(Kuomintang)	Hsu Yuan-luan(Kuomintang)
Nantou County	He Sheng-feng(Kuomintang)	Pan Yi-quan(Kuomintang)
Yunlin County	Shen Chung-lung(Kuomintang)	Su Chun-hao(Democratic Progressive Party)
Chiayi County	Chang Ming-ta(Democratic Progressive Party)	Chen Yu-yueh(Democratic Progressive Party)
Chiayi	Zhuang Feng-an（Independent）	Su Tse-feng（Independent）
Pingtung County	Chou Tien-lun(Kuomintang)	Lu Wen-jui(Kuomintang)
Taitung County	Wu Hsiu-hua(Kuomintang)	Lin Tsung-han(Kuomintang)
Hualien County	Zhang Jun(Kuomintang)	Pan Yueh-Hsia(Kuomintang)
Penghu County	Liu Chen Zhao-ling(Kuomintang)	Chen Shuang-chuan(Kuomintang)
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	Hung Yun-dian(Kuomintang)	Chou Tzu-chieh（Independent）
	Lienchiang County	Chang Yung-chiang(Kuomintang)	Chou Jui-kuo(Kuomintang)

Township/city mayor elections

Nominations

Province	County	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Free Taiwan Party	Others	Independent
Special municipality （Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province	Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	12	11	10			11
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	13	14	1			22
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	18	13	2			29
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	26	19	19			44
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	13	13	6			19
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	20	5	18			32
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	18	2	14			19
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	33	12	20	1	1	56
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	16	13	3			27
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	13	17	2			13
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	6	3	2			7
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	6	8			1	10
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	4	5
New Taipei City（Wulai District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1					4
Taoyuan（Fuxing District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1	1				2
Taichung（Heping District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1	1				2
Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	3	2				7
Total		204	139	97	1	2	304
Note: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. Other parties include: Youth Party: 1 candidate in Kinmen County. Taiwan Advance Party: One candidate in Pingtung County. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

Province	County	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Others	Independent
Special municipality （Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province	Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	12	8	3		1
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	13	10	0		3
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	18	10			8
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	26	9	7		10
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	13	4	2		7
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	20	1	9		10
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	18	0	7		11
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	33	8	7		18
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	16	9	1		6
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	13	12			1
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	6	2			4
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	6	3			3
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	4	4
New Taipei City（Wulai District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1				1
Taoyuan（Fuxing District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1	1
Taichung（Heping District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1				1
Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	3	2			1
Total		204	83	40	2	79
Note: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Township/city council elections

Nominations

Province	County	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Labor Party	Trees Party	People's First Party	New Power Party	Others	Independent
Special municipality （Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province	Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	131	49	37				2		143
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	142	68	5	1	1	1			187
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	193	17	6						295
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	317	47	85						385
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	163	43	5						208
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	228	15	45						293
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	193	19	6						247
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	334	55	53					2	420
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	136	59	6				2		169
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	142	92	8					1	143
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	51	4	3		7				75
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	47	20						4	41
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	22	20							13
New Taipei City（Wulai District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	7								13
Taoyuan（Fuxing District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	11	4							21
Taichung（Heping District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	11	6							12
Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	21	5							37
Total		2,149	523	259	1	8	1	4	7	2,702
註: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Results

Province	County	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Others	Independent
Special municipality （Mountain indigenous District）
Taiwan Province	Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	131	37	26		68
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	142	51	1	1	89
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	193	11	2		180
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	317	38	39		240
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	163	34	2		127
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	228	13	28		187
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	193	11	6		176
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	334	43	39		252
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	136	42	3		91
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	142	65	4	1	73
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	51	3	1		47
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	47	17		2	28
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	21	13			8
New Taipei City（Wulai District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	7				7
Taoyuan（Fuxing District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	11	4			7
Taichung（Heping District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	11	5			6
Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District）		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	21	3			18
Total		2,149	390	151	4	1,604
註: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election.

Village chief elections

Nominations

Special municipality	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	People First Party	TSU	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	People's Democratic Party	New Power Party	Green Party Taiwan	Others	Independent
Province	County
Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	456	282	63				3			13	576
New Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1,032	300	41			4	1	1		9	1,491
Taoyuan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	504	132	3							7	844
Taichung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	625	139	79							4	1,023
Tainan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	649	64	115								1,217
Kaohsiung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	891	173	218		1					1	1,320
Taiwan Province	Keelung City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	157	33	4				1				258
Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	233	38	8					1			401
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	192	77		1							318
Hsinchu City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	122	20							1		209
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	275	11								1	509
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	589	38	11			1				1	1,067
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	262	55	4								469
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	391	11								1	739
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	357	8								1	631
Chiayi City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	84	20	2								128
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	463	54	6			1					815
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	147	70	5	1				1		1	251
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	176	138	2								248
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	96	17	2								173
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	37	17								1	68
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	22	23									10
Total		7,760	1,720	563	2	1	6	5	3	1	40	12,768

Results

Special municipality	Members	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive Party	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	People First Party	New Power Party	People's Democratic Front	Others	Independent
Province	County
Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	456	216	35				1		204
New Taipei		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	1029	234	27	1		1			766
Taoyuan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	504	90	2					2	410
Taichung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	624	107	18						499
Tainan		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	649	42	53						554
Kaohsiung		bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	887	123	130						634
Taiwan Province	Keelung City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	157	21	2						134
Yilan County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	233	23	5						205
Hsinchu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	192	42							150
Hsinchu City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	121	14							107
Miaoli County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	274	4						1	269
Changhua County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	589	28	6						555
Nantou County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	262	36	1						225
Yunlin County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	390	5							385
Chiayi County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	356	6							350
Chiayi City	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	84	16	1						67
Pingtung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	461	32	3						426
Taitung County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	147	42	1		1			1	102
Hualien County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	175	103	1						71
Penghu County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	95	10							85
Fujian Province	Kinmen County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000000;"	37	6							31
Lienchiang County	bgcolor=#EEEEEE style="border-right:4px solid #000099;"	22	20							2
Total		7,760	1,120	285	1	1	1	1	4	6,231

Aftermath

President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairperson for the Democratic Progressive Party; Premier William Lai also unilaterally announced his resignation on Facebook http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/2623422; his resignation was approved in 2019. The DPP secretary general Hung Yao-fu and Secretary-General to the President Chen Chu also announced their resignations. Following the elections, the Taiwanese foreign minister claimed that China had meddled in the elections.^[7]

Defector and self-proclaimed former spy William Wang claimed that the government of China had successfully supported candidates in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.^[8]

See also

• 2019 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
• 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral recall vote
• 2020 Taiwanese presidential election
• 2020 Taiwanese legislative election

Notes and References

1. Web site: 中選會選舉資料庫網站 . cec.gov.tw . 16 January 2020 . zh.
2. News: Liu. Lee-jung. Lin. Ko. Local elections to be held in November. 17 January 2018. Central News Agency. 16 January 2018.
3. Web site: Taiwan to host nine-in-one elections on Nov. 24. 16 January 2018. Sophia. Yang. Taiwan News. 17 January 2018.
4. Web site: Taiwan Local Elections of 2014 - Central Election Commission. cec.gov.tw. 2019-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20141119062153/http://engweb.cec.gov.tw/files/11-1030-5692.php. 2014-11-19. dead.
5. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Hetherington . William . Election registrations open today . 27 August 2018 . Taipei Times . 27 August 2018.
6. Web site: http://db.cec.gov.tw/ . zh:中選會資料庫網站，中央選舉委員會 . Central Election Commission . zh-hant.
7. Web site: Brown . Adrian . China accused of political meddling after Taiwan local elections . www.aljazeera.com . Al Jazeera . 28 November 2018.
8. Web site: Chinese spy confirms China's involvement in Taiwan 2020 election. 23 November 2019. 25 November 2019. Taiwan News. Wang said that Beijing successfully backed several pro-China politicians, who won seats in the 2018 local elections..