Lowland Aborigine Constituency Explained

Lowland Aborigine district
Type:Multi-member
Parl Name:Legislative Yuan
Electorate:Taiwanese Plains Aborigines
Year:2008
Members:Huang Jen (2024–)
Sra Kacaw (2012–)
Chen Ying (2016–)

The Lowland Aborigine constituency is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s.[1] Predecessors to both the Lowland and Highland Aborigine districts were established in 1994.[2] Since 2008 the Lowland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan. At its peak between 1998 and 2004, the constituency sent four members to the Legislative Yuan.

The district is dominated by the Amis ethnic group, with only one legislator (Chen Ying) ever elected from the Puyuma ethnic group.

Legislators

ElectionRepresentativeRepresentativeRepresentativeRepresentative
1980bgcolor= Lin Tung-hung (Amis)
Kuomintang
1983bgcolor= Yang Chuan-kwang (Amis)

Kuomintang
1986bgcolor= rowspan=4 Tsai Chung-han (Amis)

Kuomintang
1989bgcolor= rowspan=3 Chuang Chin-sheng (Amis)
Kuomintang
1992bgcolor= Kao Wei-he (Amis)

Kuomintang
1995bgcolor= rowspan=3 Chang Jen-hsiang (Amis)
Kuomintang
1998bgcolor= Tsai Chung-han (Amis)

Independent
bgcolor= rowspan=4 Yang Jen-fu (Amis)
Kuomintang
bgcolor= Lin Cheng-er (Amis)
Kuomintang
2001bgcolor= rowspan=6 Liao Kuo-tung (Amis)

Kuomintang
bgcolor= rowspan=2 Lin Cheng-er (Amis)
People First Party
2004bgcolor= Chen Ying (Puyuma)

Democratic Progressive Party
2008bgcolor= rowspan=2 Lin Cheng-er (Amis)
People First Party
2012bgcolor= rowspan=4 Jen Tian-tsair (Amis)

Kuomintang
2016bgcolor= rowspan=3 Chen Ying (Puyuma)

Democratic Progressive Party
2020
2024bgcolor= rowspan=1 Huang Jen (Amis)

Kuomintang

Election results

2024

Notes and References

  1. News: Hale . Erin . 'Always campaign time': Why Taiwan's indigenous people back KMT . 10 January 2020 . Al Jazeera . 8 January 2020.
  2. News: Gerber. Abraham. Campaigners pan empty Aboriginal legislative seats. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 10 April 2016.