Republic of China local elections, 2009

Republic of China local election, 2009

5 December 2009
17 County Magistratess and City Mayors, 587 County and City Councilmen, 211 Township Chiefs
First party Second party   Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Seats won 12 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 289 (County and City Councilmen) 121 (Township Chiefs) 4 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 128 (County and City Councilmen) 34 (Township Chiefs) Popular vote 2,094,518 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 1,920,086 (County and City Councilmen) 1,865,159 (Township Chiefs) 1,982,914 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 1,067,010 (County and City Councilmen) 765,816 (Township Chiefs) Percentage 47.88% (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 43.94% (County and City Councilmen) 48.82% (Township Chiefs) 45.32% (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 24.42% (County and City Councilmen) 20.04% (Township Chiefs)
The results of the county magistrates and city mayoral elections::   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent (Pan-blue coalition)   Municipalities, Counties, and Cities that did not take part in this election.

The Republic of China local elections of 2009, or more commonly known as the Taiwan three-in-one elections of 2009 (Chinese: 2009年臺灣年三合一選舉; pinyin: 2009 Nián Táiwān Nián Sān Hé Yī Xuǎnjǔ), was held on Saturday, December 5, 2009, to elect the county magistrates, city mayors, county councilmen, city councilmen, and township chiefs of the 17 counties and cities administered by Taiwan Province and Fukien Province. The elections did not, however, involve Taipei County, Taichung County, Taichung City, Tainan County, Tainan City, or Kaohsiung County, due to their elevation or integration into central municipalities in 2010 and their leaders election falls under the municipal elections.

Election summaries

County Magistrates and City Mayors

In the elections held for the 17 posts of county magistrates and city mayors, the Kuomintang (KMT) won control of 12 Counties and Cities, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won control of 4 Counties, while the remaining county, Hualien, was won by an independent candidate. The DPP won 1,982,914 votes, or 45.32 percent, which was a substantial increase from its 41.95 percent in the 2005 elections. On the other hand, the KMT received 2,094,518 votes, or 47.87 percent, which was less than the 50.96 percent it won in the 2005 elections of 23 county magistrates and city mayors.

The KMT's traditional strongholds of Northern Taiwan was maintained, although its complete dominance in Northern Taiwan, was terminated when DPP candidate won the Election for the Yilan County Magistrate by a large margin. However, this north-eastern county was once a DPP stronghold for more than two decades until KMT incumbent Lu Kuo-hua, won power four years ago. In Keelung City and Hsinchu City the KMT incumbent Mayors won by a considerable margin, although in Taoyuan County, the KMT candidate won by an unexpectedly narrow margin. The fiercely contested position for Hsinchu County Magistrate, was eventually won by a KMT candidate who received 38% of the vote, whilst the DPP candidate garnered 31%, and an independent candidate received 30%.

In Central Taiwan, all four of the incmbent Magistrates secured their second term. In the traditionally Pan-Blue stronghold of Miaoli County, the KMT incumbent Magistrate won his second term with a large margin of approximately 30% of the votes. While in Changhua County and Nantou County, the KMT incumbent Magistrates both gained just over 50% of the votes, to secure their second terms. In Yunlin County, the DPP incumbent Magistrate gained nearly twice the amount of votes as her opposition KMT candidate to secure her second term.

The DPP maintained its traditional strongholds of Southern Taiwan, winning both Chiayi County and Pingtung County by a great margin of 15% and 20% respectively. The KMT incmbent Mayor of Chiayi City won her second term by an unexpectably narrow margin of 8000 votes. In Eastern Taiwan, the KMT's candidate for Taitung County Magistrate won the DPP's candidate by less 6000 votes, whilst Hualien County Magistrate was won by an Independent Candidate who gained more than twice the amount of votes of his opposition KMT candidate. In the outlying islands, the incmbent Magistrate of Penghu County won the DPP's Candidate by less than 600 Votes, whilst in Kinmen County and Lienchiang County, the KMT Candidates gained respectively 38% and 57% of the vote to win both posts.

County and City Councilmen

The KMT maintained its unchallenged majority in the county and city councilmen elections, winning 289 seats of the 17 County and City Councils within Taiwan Province and Fukien Province. The DPP won 128 seats, the Taiwan Solidarity Union won 3 seats, the People First Party won 1 seat and the Labor Party won 1 seat. The remaining 170 seats were won by independent candidates. The KMT won 43.94% of the votes, while the DPP won 24.42%.

Township Chiefs

The KMT maintained its unchallenged majority in the township chiefs elections, winning 121 posts within Taiwan Province and Fukien Province. The DPP won 34 posts, while the remaining 56 posts were won by independent candidates. The KMT won 48.82% of the votes, while the DPP won 20.04%.

Results

Republic of China local elections, 2009
Party		County Magistrates and City Mayors			County and City Council legislators			Township Chiefs
		Votes	Percentage	Seats	Votes	Percentage	Seats	Votes	Percentage	Seats
	Kuomintang	2,094,518	47.88%	12	1,920,086	43.94%	289	1,865,159	48.82%	121
	Democratic Progressive Party	1,982,914	45.32%	4	1,067,010	24.42%	128	765,816	20.04%	34
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	－	－	－	27,286	0.62%	3	－	－	－
	People First Party	－	－	－	5,748	0.13%	1	－	－	－
	Labor Party	－	－	－	4,736	0.11%	1	－	－	－
	Hakka Party	15,807	0.36%	0	－	－	－	－	－	－
	Noble Savior Party	－	－	－	－	－	－	7,966	0.21%	0
	Chinese Reunification Party	－	－	－	－	－	－	2,257	0.06%	0
	Green Party	－	－	－	843	0.02%	0	－	－	－
	Taiwan Nationalist Party	－	－	－	208	0.00%	0	－	－	－
	Independent	281,693	6.44%	1	1,344,232	30.76%	170	2,095,128	28.00%	56
Total		4,374,932	100.00%	17	4,379,149	100.00%	587	3,820,810	100.00%	211
Voter turnout		63.34%			63.39%			64.11%

County Magistrates and City Mayors

Republic of China county magistrates and city mayoral elections, 2009
Province	County/City	Winning Candidate	Party	Votes	Percentage
Taiwan Province	Keelung City	Chang Tong-rong	Kuomintang	86,001	55.11%
	Yilan County	Lin Tsung-hsien	Democratic Progressive Party	133,394	54.26%
	Taoyuan County	John Wu	Kuomintang	396,237	52.22%
	Hsinchu County	Chiu Ching-chun	Kuomintang	97,151	38.49%
	Hsinchu City	Hsu Ming-tsai	Kuomintang	92,667	55.63%
	Miaoli County	Liu Cheng-hung	Kuomintang	181,256	63.79%
	Changhua County	Cho Po-yuan	Kuomintang	348,341	54.89%
	Nantou County	Lee Chao-ching	Kuomintang	136,951	50.87%
	Yunlin County	Su Chih-fen	Democratic Progressive Party	229,958	65.37%
	Chiayi County	Helen Chang	Democratic Progressive Party	177,333	55.92%
	Chiayi City	Huang Min-hui	Kuomintang	69,962	52.20%
	Pingtung County	Tsao Chi-hung	Democratic Progressive Party	270,402	59.33%
	Hualien County	Fu Kun-chi	Independent	85,532	56.37%
	Taitung County	Justin Huang	Kuomintang	56,354	52.59%
	Penghu County	Wang Chien-fa	Kuomintang	22,664	49.37%
Fukien Province	Kinmen County	Li Wo-shi	Kuomintang	14,269	37.28%
	Lienchiang County	Yang Sui-sheng	Kuomintang	3,135	57.19%

County and City Councilmen

Republic of China county and city councilmen elections, 2009
Province	County/City	No. of seats won by each party
		KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	Labor	Green	25px TNP	IND
Taiwan Province	Keelung City	20	9	0	1	－	－	－	2
	Yilan County	17	15	－	0	－	－	－	2
	Taoyuan County	30	17	－	0	－	－	0	13
	Hsinchu County	23	2	－	－	1	－	－	9
	Hsinchu City	12	7	－	－	－	－	－	14
	Miaoli County	20	4	－	－	－	－	－	14
	Changhua County	26	14	0	－	－	－	－	14
	Nantou County	15	5	－	－	－	－	－	17
	Yunlin County	13	13	1	－	－	－	－	16
	Chiayi County	10	16	0	－	－	－	－	11
	Chiayi City	8	6	1	－	－	－	－	9
	Pingtung County	25	12	0	－	－	－	－	18
	Hualien County	25	5	－	－	－	－	－	3
	Taitung County	22	1	1	－	－	－	－	6
	Penghu County	10	2	－	－	－	0	－	7
Fukien Province	Kinmen County	9	0	－	－	－	－	－	10
	Lienchiang County	4	－	－	－	－	－	－	5

Township Chiefs

Republic of China township chiefs elections, 2009
Province	County/City	No. of posts won by each party
		KMT	DPP	NSP	CRP	IND
Taiwan Province	Yilan County	6	4	－	－	2
	Taoyuan County	7	2	－	－	4
	Hsinchu County	11	－	－	－	2
	Miaoli County	14	－	－	－	4
	Changhua County	15	2	－	－	9
	Nantou County	8	1	0	－	4
	Yunlin County	2	6	－	－	12
	Chiayi County	5	8	－	0	5
	Pingtung County	12	10	－	－	11
	Hualien County	12	1	－	－	0
	Taitung County	14	－	－	－	2
	Penghu County	5	0	－	－	1
Fukien Province	Kinmen County	6	－	－	－	0
	Lienchiang County	4	－	－	－	0

See also

• Elections in the Republic of China

External links

• The Elections for Public Offices in the Republic of China (Taiwan), Elections Research Center, National Chengchi University.