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Elections of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City, Tainan City and
Table 2-3
Kaohsiung City Councilmen
Election Nominees Turnout
Electors Votes Cast Candidates
Term Date Elected Ratio
(1,000 Persons) (1,000 Persons) (Persons)
(Year) (Persons) (%)
10th Term 2006 2 004 1 294 103 52 64.5
11th Term 2010 2 040 1 441 103 62 70.7
Taipei City
12th Term 2014 2 140 1 508 108 63 70.5
13th Term 2018 2 158 1 423 124 63 65.9
1st Term 2010 2 999 2 138 142 66 71.3
New Taipei City 2nd Term 2014 3 148 1 943 120 66 61.7
3rd Term 2018 3 256 2 085 120 66 64.0
1st Term 2014 1 562 981 143 60 62.8
Taoyuan City
2nd Term 2018 1 727 1 048 130 63 60.7
1st Term 2010 1 970 1 442 137 63 73.2
Taichung City 2nd Term 2014 2 084 1 500 113 63 71.9
3rd Term 2018 2 206 1 489 130 65 67.5
1st Term 2010 1 463 1 040 130 57 71.1
Tainan City 2nd Term 2014 1 507 994 87 57 65.9
3rd Term 2018 1 542 988 112 57 64.1
1st Term 2010 2 158 1 567 134 66 72.6
Kaohsiung City 2nd Term 2014 2 221 1 478 117 66 66.6
3rd Term 2018 2 273 1 672 132 66 73.6
5. Elections of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City, Tainan
City, and Kaohsiung City Mayors
The President promulgated the Self-Governance Act for Special Municipalities in July 1994. This
Act specifically stipulates that citizens of relevant municipalities shall elect their respective mayors,
thus establishing a legal basis for the popular election of mayors, for which the Civil Servants Election
and Recall Act was amended accordingly. In December 1994, first-term mayors for Taipei City and
Kaohsiung City were elected. On December 25, 2010, Taipei County was renamed New Taipei City,
Kaohsiung County was merged with Kaohsiung City, which was already a special municipality, Taic-
hung County was merged with the provincial city of Taichung, and Tainan County was merged with
the provincial city of Tainan. On December 25, 2014, Taoyuan County was renamed Taoyuan City,
thus creating five new special municipalities under the direct jurisdiction of the Executive Yuan. The
fifth-term mayor’s election of Taipei City and the first-term election of the four new special munici-
palities were held on November 27, 2010. The mayoral elections for the Taoyuan City first-term and
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