2019 Taiwanese legislative by-elections

By-elections for the Ninth Legislative Yuan were held in 2019, two on 27 January and four on 16 March, at Taiwan to elect 6 of the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan for the remaining term until 2020.

2019 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) and 16 March 2019 (2019-03-16)
6 of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Cho Jung-tai Wu Den-yih
Party DPP Kuomintang
Leader since 9 January 2019 20 August 2017
Last election 68 seats, 44.3%[lower-alpha 1] 35 seats, 32.9%[lower-alpha 1]
Seats before 65 32
Seats won 3 2
Seats after 68 34

Background

The by-election was the result of resignations by Pasuya Yao, Democratic Progressive Party legislator for Taipei 2;[1] Kuomintang legislator Lu Shiow-yen from Taichung 5;[2] Wang Huei-mei, Kuomintang legislator for Changhua County 1; Huang Wei-cher, Democratic Progressive Party legislator for Tainan 2; and Yang Cheng-wu, Kuomintang legislator for Kinmen County.

All but Yao won election to local offices in the 2018 local election. Under the Article 73 of the Civil Servants Election And Recall Act, if any positions become vacant due to resignation or election to another office, and the vacated term is longer than one year, a by-election shall be completed within three months commencing from the date of resignation.[3]

Confirmation of by-election

On 30 November 2018, the Central Election Commission announced that by-elections for Taipei 2 and Taichung 5 were to be held on 26 January 2019.[4] On 4 December 2018, the CEC moved the date to 27 January 2019, as the previously announced date coincided with the General Scholastic Ability Test.[5] Registration of candidacies for these two seats were open from 10 to 14 December 2018.[6]

By-elections for vacant seats in Changhua County 1, Tainan 2, Kimnen County and New Taipei 3 were scheduled for 16 March 2019.[7]

Candidates by main parties

Taipei City Constituency 2

Taichung City Constituency 5

Changhua County Constituency 1
  • Kuomintang has 3 candidates indicated interest in contesting the by-election. Polls were done, KMT has nominated current Yunlin-Chiayi-Tainan Regional Branch Workforce Development Agency director Ko Cheng-fang to contest the seat.[11]
  • Democratic Progressive Party has called in former Lukang Township mayor Huang Chen-yen to contest the seat.[12]

Tainan City Constituency 2

Kinmen County Constituency

New Taipei City Constituency 3

Opinion Polls

Taipei City Constituency 2
Poll Organization Date of completion Ho Chih-wei Chen Bing-fu Chen Si-yu Wang Yi-kai Undecided
TVBSDecember 21, 201832%23%10%4%31%
ETtodayDecember 27, 201824.5% 32.0%15.5%-28%
FormosaJanuary 6, 201928.3%18.8%10.3%2.4%11%

Taichung City Constituency 5
Poll Organization Date of completion Shen Chih-hwei Wang Yi-chuan Chiu Yu-shan Undecided
ETtodayDecember 28, 201844.3%19.2%7.3%22.8%

Tainan City Constituency 2
Poll Organization Date of completion Hsieh Lung-jie Kuo Kuo-wen Chen Hsiao-yu Undecided
China Times25 February 201934.9% 24.3%11.9%28.9%
TVBS4 March 201938% 26%13%23%
Formosa5 March 201929.1% 22.1%8.8%40.1%

New Taipei City Constituency 3
Poll Organization Date of completion Cheng Shih-wei Yu Tian Su Ching-yen Undecided
DPP30 January 201923.1% 41.0%4.3%31.6%
DPP14 February 201923.4% 41.0%4.2%31.4%
China Times25 February 201939.3% 33.2%3.0%24.5%
TVBS4 March 201940% 36%3%21%

Results

Taipei 2

Voted on 27 January 2019.[17]

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chen Yuan-chiNational Non-party Union89 0.11%
2Ho Chih-wei Democratic Progressive Party38,591 47.76%
3Wang Yi-kai Independent897 1.11%
4Chen Bing-fu Kuomintang31,532 39.03%
5Chen Si-yu Independent9,689 11.99%
Total voters　266,907
Total votes　81,107
Valid votes　80,798
Invalid votes　309
Voter turnout　30.39%

Taichung 5

Voted on 27 January 2019.

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Chiu Yu-shan Independent2,910 3.42%
2Lin Chung-shengUnited Party (Taiwan)157 0.18%
3Wang Yi-chuan Democratic Progressive Party32,903 38.62%
4Shen Chih-hwei Kuomintang49,230 57.78%
Total voters　337,848
Total votes　85,621
Valid votes　85,200
Invalid votes　421
Voter turnout　25.34%

New Taipei 3

Voted on 16 March 2019. [18]

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Su Ching-yen Independent1,303 1.19%
2Cheng Shih-wei Kuomintang51,127 46.77%
3Yu Tian Democratic Progressive Party56,888 52.04%
Total voters　261,154
Total votes　109,939
Valid votes　109,318
Invalid votes　621
Voter turnout　42.10%

Changhua 1

Voted on 16 March 2019.

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Ko Cheng-fang Kuomintang47,835 52.11%
2Chi Ching-tang Independent2,022 2.20%
3Huang Chen-yen Democratic Progressive Party41,946 45.69%
Total voters　252,529
Total votes　92,411
Valid votes　91,803
Invalid votes　608
Voter turnout　36.59%

Tainan 2

Voted on 16 March 2019.

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Yang Hsiao-ju Independent492 0.37%
2Kuo Kuo-wen Democratic Progressive Party62,858 47.05%
3Wu Ping-hui Independent350 0.26%
4Hsieh Lung-jie Kuomintang59,194 44.31%
5Chen Hsiao-yu Independent10,424 7.80%
6Hsu Kuo-tong Independent269 0.20%
Total voters　301,571
Total votes　134,275
Valid votes　133,587
Invalid votes　688
Voter turnout　44.53%

Kinmen

Voted on 16 March 2019.

No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage
1Hung Li-ping Kuomintang5,681 22.90%
2Chen Tsang-chiang Independent6,020 24.27%
3Tsai Hsi-hu Independent5,175 20.87%
4Lu Kuan-yu Independent570 2.30%
5Hung Chih-heng Kinmen Sorghum Party240 0.97%
6Chen Yu-chen Independent7,117 28.69%
Total voters　117,730
Total votes　24,968
Valid votes　24,803
Invalid votes　165
Voter turnout　21.21%

Notes
  1. Average of constituency and party-list votes

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