2023 Taiwanese legislative by-elections explained

Election Name:2023 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
Country:Taiwan
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2020 Taiwanese legislative election
Previous Year:2020
Election Date:
Next Election:2024 Taiwanese legislative election
Next Year:2024
Seats For Election:2 of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
Image1:副總統賴清德官方肖像.jpg
Leader1:Lai Ching-te
Party1:Democratic Progressive Party
Leader Since1:18 January 2023
Last Election1:61 seats
Seats Before1:61
Seats1:1
Seats After1:62
Leader2:Eric Chu
Party2:Kuomintang
Leader Since2:5 October 2021
Last Election2:38 seats
Seats Before2:37
Seats2:1
Seats After2:38

By-elections for the Tenth Legislative Yuan were held in 2023, one each on 8 January and 4 March, in Taiwan to elect 2 of the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan for the remaining term until 2024. The Democratic Progressive Party flipped a seat from the Kuomintang 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 Nantou County 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.[1]

A by-election was scheduled in Taipei for 8 January 2023, as Legislative Yuan member Chiang Wan-an had resigned his seat before taking office as Mayor of Taipei.[2] Nantou County legislator Hsu Shu-hua 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.[3]

Candidates by main parties

Taipei 3

Nantou 2

Results

Taipei 3

Voted on 8 January 2023.[9]

Nantou 2

Voted on 4 March 2023.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawSearchContent.aspx?pc=D0020010&k1=by-election&k2=&k3=&k4= Civil Servants Election And Recall Act
  2. News: Lai . Yu-chen . Lin . Sean . Legislative by-election to fill Chiang's slot slated for Jan. 8: CEC . 20 November 2022 . Central News Agency . 18 November 2022.
  3. News: Chen . Chun-hua . Kao . Evelyn . By-election for Nantou legislative seat scheduled for March 4 . 26 December 2022 . Central News Agency . 26 December 2022. Republished as: News: By-election for Hsu’s Nantou seat set for March 4 . 27 December 2022 . Taipei Times . 27 December 2022.
  4. News: 楊正海 . 參與立委補選 她鞠躬、哽咽向選民喊話：「原諒王鴻薇、支持王鴻薇」 . United Daily News . 2022-12-02 . zh-TW . 2023-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230110050651/https://udn.com/news/story/6656/6809821 .
  5. News: 「三重量級人物」勸進才點頭 國民黨明宣布徵召王鴻薇選北市立委. United Daily News. 2022-12-01. 劉宛琳. zh-TW. 2022-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20221208110440/https://udn.com/news/story/6656/6808452.
  6. News: 搶先爆料吳怡農出戰立委補選！阮昭雄表態支持：對他有信心. SET News . 2022-11-30. 高逸帆 . zh-TW.
  7. News: 南投立委補選 國民黨通過徵召林明溱參戰. 2023-01-04. Central News Agency. 2023-01-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20230105081855/https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202301040161.aspx.
  8. News: 南投立委補選3/4舉行 民進黨徵召蔡培慧參選. Liberty Times Net. 2023-01-04. 2023-01-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104072217/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4174538.
  9. Web site: 第10屆立法委員臺北市第3選舉區缺額補選結果. Central Election Commission. zh-TW. 2023-03-04.
  10. Web site: 第10屆立法委員南投縣第2選舉區缺額補選結果. Central Election Commission. zh-TW. 2023-03-04.

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