| Lee Chin-yung | |
| Office1: | 6th Chairperson of the Central Election Commission |
| Term Start1: | 25 February 2019 |
| Primeminister1: | Su Tseng-chang Chen Chien-jen Cho Jung-tai |
| Predecessor1: | Chen In-chin Chen Chao-chien (acting) |
| Office2: | 10th Magistrate of Yunlin |
| Term Start2: | 25 December 2014 |
| Term End2: | 25 December 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Su Chih-fen |
| Successor2: | Chang Li-shan |
| Term Label3: | Acting |
| Term Start3: | 22 March 2005 |
| Term End3: | 20 December 2005 |
| Predecessor3: | Chang Jung-wei |
| Successor3: | Su Chih-fen |
| Order4: | 7th |
| Office4: | Mayor of Keelung |
| Term Start4: | 20 December 1997 |
| Term End4: | 20 December 2001 |
| Predecessor4: | Lin Shui-mu |
| Successor4: | Hsu Tsai-li |
| Office5: | Member of the Legislative Yuan |
| Term Start5: | 1 February 1993 |
| Term End5: | 20 December 1997 |
| Successor5: | Ho Sheng-lung |
| Constituency5: | Keelung |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Sihu, Yunlin, Taiwan |
| Education: | National Chung Hsing University (LLB) National Taiwan University (LLM) |
Lee Chin-yung (; born 1 August 1951) is a Taiwanese politician. He was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997, when he was elected Mayor of Keelung. Lee remained mayor until 2001. He served as acting Yunlin County magistrate in 2005, and later served a full term in the office between 2014 and 2018. Following an unsuccessful bid for reelection as Yunlin County magistrate, Lee was appointed chairman of the Central Election Commission in 2019.
Lee received his bachelor's and master's degrees in law from National Chung Hsing University and National Taiwan University, respectively.[1]
Lee was a judge on the Hualien, Yilan and Taichung district courts, prior to sitting on the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 1997 as a representative of Keelung,[1] [2] followed by a single term as mayor of Keelung. Lee's victory in the 1997 Keelung mayoral election was later credited to a split in the Pan-Blue Coalition.[3]
Lee ran for reelection as Mayor of Keelung in 2001 under the Democratic Progressive Party banner. However, he lost to Kuomintang candidate Hsu Tsai-li.[4] [5]
| 2001 Keelung City Mayoralty Election Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | No. | width=180 | Candidate | width=120 | Party | width=75 | Votes | width=49 | |
| 1 | Hsu Tsai-li | KMT | " align="right" | 100,070 | |||||
| 2 | Lee Chin-yung | DPP | " align="right" | 72,212 | |||||
Lin represented the Democratic Progressive Party and won the 2014 Yunlin County magistrate election held on 29 November 2014.[9]
| 2014 Yunlin County Magistrate Election Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | No. | width=180 | Candidate | width=120 | Party | width=75 | Votes | width=75 | Percentage | width=49 | |
| 1 | Chang Li-shan | KMT | 175,862 | 43.02% | |||||||
| 2 | Lee Chin-yung | DPP | 232,900 | 56.98% | |||||||
| 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Yunlin County magistrate primary results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=80 | Candidates | width=80 | Place | width=80 | Result |
| Lee Chin-yung | Walkover | ||||
| 2018 Yunlin County mayoral results | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=35 | No. | width=150 | Candidate | width=120 | Party | width=75 | Votes | width=75 | Percentage | width=49 | |
| 1 | Lin Chia-yu (林佳瑜) | Independent | 6,163 | 1.57% | |||||||
| 2 | Lee Chin-yung | DPP | 163,325 | 41.72% | |||||||
| 3 | Wang Li-ping (王麗萍) | Independent | 11,261 | 2.88% | |||||||
| 4 | Chang Li-shan | KMT | 210,770 | 53.82% | |||||||
| Total voters | 565,078 | ||||||||||
| Valid votes | 391,519 | ||||||||||
| Invalid votes | |||||||||||
| Voter turnout | 69.29% | ||||||||||
Lee was nominated to the chairmanship of the Central Election Commission (CEC) in February 2019.[10] Following his nomination, he left the Democratic Progressive Party in an effort to remain neutral while leading the CEC.[11] [12] The Legislative Yuan voted on 28 May 2019 to approve Lee's nomination to the Central Election Commission.[13] Lee's nomination for a second term was approved in October 2021.[14]