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the Taipei City sixth-term mayors and the second-term mayors of the four new special municipalities
were held on November 29, 2014. The mayoral elections for the Taoyuan City second-term and the
Taipei City seventh-term mayors and the third-term mayors of the four new special municipalities
were held on November 24, 2018. Mr. Ko Wen-je was elected as mayor of Taipei City, Mr. Hou Yu-

ih of New Taipei City, Mr. Cheng Wen-tsan of Taoyuan City, Ms. Lu Shiow-yen of Taichung City, Mr.
Huang Wei-che of Tainan City, and Mr. Han Kuo-yu of Kaohsiung City. Statistics on these elections
are shown in Table 2-4.

Elections of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City, Tainan City, and
Table 2-4
Kaohsiung City Mayors

Election Date Electors Candidates Nominees Turnout Ratio
Term
(Year) (1,000 Persons) (Persons) Elected (%)
Taipei City 2006 2 008 6 Hau Lung-bin 64.5
4th Term
Kaohsiung City 2006 1 140 5 Chen Chu 67.9
5th Term Taipei City 2010 2 046 5 Hau Lung-bin 70.7
New Taipei City 2010 3 007 2 Eric Chu 71.3
Taichung City 2010 1 977 2 Jason Hu 73.2
1st Term
Tainan City 2010 1 467 2 Lai Ching-te 71.0
Kaohsiung City 2010 2 166 3 Chen Chu 72.5
6th Term Taipei City 2014 2 147 7 Ko Wen-je 70.5

New Taipei City 2014 3 156 3 Eric Chu 61.7
Taichung City 2014 2 094 2 Lin Chia-lung 71.9
2nd Term
Tainan City 2014 1 513 2 Lai Ching-te 65.9
Kaohsiung City 2014 2 231 3 Chen Chu 66.4
1st Term Taoyuan City 2014 1 569 3 Cheng Wen-tsan 62.7

7th Term Taipei City 2018 2 164 5 Ko Wen-je 66.0

New Taipei City 2018 3 264 2 Hou Yu-ih 64.0
Taichung City 2018 2 214 3 Lu Shiow-yen 67.5
3rd Term
Tainan City 2018 1 547 6 Huang Wei-che 64.0
Kaohsiung City 2018 2 281 4 Han Kuo-yu 73.5
2nd Term Taoyuan City 2018 1 733 5 Cheng Wen-tsan 60.6

6. Elections of County and City Councilmen
The first-term county and city councilmen were chosen directly by their citizens in July 1950 over

the course of six elections. Nineteen councilmen elections had been held as of 2018, while the first-
term election of county councilmen in Fuchien Province took place in January 1994, and the sev-

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