| Chao Cheng-yu | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLY |
| Constituency1: | Taoyuan 6 |
| Term Start1: | 1 February 2016 |
| Status1: | Outgoing |
| Predecessor1: | Sun Ta-chien |
| Successor1: | Chiu Ruo-hua |
| Majority1: | 76,278 (46.53%) |
| Office2: | Taoyuan City Councillor |
| Constituency2: | Ward 3 |
| Term Start2: | 25 December 2014 |
| Term End2: | 31 January 2016 |
| Spouse: | Wu Shu-hui |
| Alma Mater: | Ming Chuan University |
| Birth Date: | 1966 3, df=yes |
| Nationality: | Republic of China |
| Party: | Independent |
Chao Cheng-yu (; born 29 March 1966) is a Taiwanese politician who is a member of the Legislative Yuan for Taoyuan 6.
Chao served three terms as a Member of Taoyuan County Council as a member of Kuomintang.[1] He lost his primary in 2014 and subsequently became an independent. He ran for a seat in Ward 3, a five-member ward, for Taoyuan City Council and was elected with most votes.
He ran for a seat in the Legislative Yuan as an independent for Taoyuan 6 in the 2016 election with the endorsement of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).[2] Though Chao is an independent, he caucuses with the DPP.[3] [4]
As a legislator, Chao has been involved in discussions about the Ministry of Transportation and Communications,[5] general oversight of public transportation,[6] [7] [8] and the National Communications Commission.[9] [10]
In 2020, Chao was implicated in collecting bribes of tens of millions of yuan from a pair of funeral businesses. The following investigation revealed that in 2018, after receiving a bribe, Chao pressured officials from the Construction and Planning Agency to rezone nearly 20,000 square meters of land in the Yangmingshan National Park. Investigators launched a search of the legislator's home to find NT$9.2 million in "bundles of cash". Investigators also photographed the Legislator's assistant Lin Chia-chi throwing a bag of money out of a car window that contained matching bills to the money found at Chao's home.[11] [12] [13] The Taipei District Court ruled in July 2022 that Chen had was guilty of tax evasion, sentenced him six months imprisonment or a fine, and ordered to pay NT$60,000.[14] [15]
| List | Candidate | Sex | Party | Votes | % | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jhang Wun-yu | F | Independent | 7,005 | 8.20% | ||
| 2 | He Zheng-sun | M | Kuomintang | 6,527 | 7.64% | ||
| 3 | Lyu Shu-jhen | F | Kuomintang | 7,117 | 8.33% | ||
| 4 | Lyu Lin Siao-feng | F | Democratic Progressive Party | 11,518 | 13.48% | ||
| 5 | Jhong Siao-yan | M | Independent | 962 | 1.13% | ||
| 6 | Liu Mao-cyun | F | Kuomintang | 8,068 | 9.44% | ||
| 7 | Wang Guo-dong | M | Kuomintang | 3,760 | 4.40% | ||
| 8 | Lai Wei-jhe | M | Independent | 768 | 0.90% | ||
| 9 | Chao Cheng-yu | M | Independent | 12,478 | 14.61% | ||
| 10 | Cai Yong-fang | M | Democratic Progressive Party | 12,221 | 14.30% | ||
| 11 | Zheng Yin-fu | M | Independent | 3,223 | 3.77% | ||
| 12 | Peng Shao-kang | M | New Party | 766 | 0.90% | ||
| 13 | Lin Yu-jyuan | F | Independent | 4,091 | 4.79% | ||
| 14 | Chen Song-fu | M | Independent | 6,929 | 8.11% |
| List | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zheng Jhen-yuan | Taiwan future party | 2,700 | 1.65% | ||
| 2 | Chao Cheng-yu | Independent | 76,278 | 46.53% | ||
| 3 | Lan Da-shan | Taiwan Independence Party | 1,272 | 0.78% | ||
| 4 | Sun Ta-chien | Kuomintang | 75,510 | 46.06% | ||
| 5 | Yang Jin-syuan | Independent | 800 | 0.48% | ||
| 6 | Lyun Dong-jie | Green-Social Democratic Union | 7,374 | 4.50% |