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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

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
14th Term 2022 2 021 1 368 117 61 67.7

1st Term 2010 2 999 2 138 142 66 71.3
2nd Term 2014 3 148 1 943 120 66 61.7
New Taipei City
3rd Term 2018 3 256 2 085 120 66 64.0
4th Term 2022 3 308 1 874 126 66 56.6
1st Term 2014 1 562 981 143 60 62.8
Taoyuan City 2nd Term 2018 1 727 1 048 130 63 60.7
3rd Term 2022 1 819 1 082 131 63 59.5
1st Term 2010 1 970 1 442 137 63 73.2
2nd Term 2014 2 084 1 500 113 63 71.9
Taichung City
3rd Term 2018 2 206 1 489 130 65 67.5
4th Term 2022 2 265 1 361 132 65 60.1
1st Term 2010 1 463 1 040 130 57 71.1
2nd Term 2014 1 507 994 87 57 65.9
Tainan City
3rd Term 2018 1 542 988 112 57 64.1
4th Term 2022 1 543 907 106 57 58.8
1st Term 2010 2 158 1 567 134 66 72.6
2nd Term 2014 2 221 1 478 117 66 66.6
Kaohsiung City
3rd Term 2018 2 273 1 672 132 66 73.6
4th Term 2022 2 273 1 335 128 65 58.7

5. Elections of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City, Tain-
an 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 estab-
lishing 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, Taichung County was merged with
the provincial city of Taichung, and Tainan County was merged with the provincial city of Tainan. On De-

cember 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 municipalities were held on November 27, 2010. The mayoral

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