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Civil Affairs

Elections of Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taoyuan City, Taichung City,
Table 2-3
Tainan City and Kaohsiung City Councilmen
Nominees
Election Date Electors Votes Cast Candidates Turnout Ratio
Term Elected
(Year) (1,000 Persons) (1,000 Persons) (Persons) (%)
(Persons)
10th Term 95 2 004 1 294 103 52 64.5
Taipei City 11th Term 99 2 040 1 441 103 62 70.7
12th Term 103 2 140 1 508 108 63 70.5

New Taipei 1st Term 99 2 999 2 138 142 66 71.3
City 2nd Term 103 3 148 1 943 120 66 61.7
Taoyuan City 1st Term 103 1 562 981 143 60 62.8

1st Term 99 1 970 1 442 137 63 73.2
Taichung City
2nd Term 103 2 084 1 500 113 63 71.9
1st Term 99 1 463 1 040 130 57 71.1
Tainan City
2nd Term 103 1 507 994 87 57 65.9
Kaohsiung 1st Term 99 2 158 1 567 134 66 72.6
City 2nd Term 103 2 221 1 478 117 66 66.6

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.
These laws specifically stipulate that citizens of the relevant municipalities shall elect their mayors
respectively, thus establishing a legal basis for the popular election of mayors, for which purpose

accordingly the "Civil Servants Election and Recall Act" was amended. 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, 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 4 new
special municipalities were held on November 27, 2010. The Mayoral election for the Taoyuan City

first- term and the Taipei City sixth-term and the second-term of 4 new special municipalities was
held on November 29, 2014. Mr. Ko Wen-Je was elected as mayor for Taipei City, Mr. Eric Chu for
New Taipei City, Mr. Cheng Wen-Tsan for Taoyuan City, Mr. Lin Chia-Lung for Taichung City, Mr. Lai

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