Highland Aborigine Constituency

The Highland Aborigine constituency (Chinese: 山地原住民選舉區; pinyin: Shāndì Yuán Zhùmín Xuǎnjǔ Qū) is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s.[1] Predecessors to both the Highland and Lowland Aborigine districts were established in 1994.[2] Since 2008, the Highland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan.

Highland Aborigine district
Multi-members Constituency
for the Legislative Yuan
ElectorateTaiwanese aborigines
Current constituency
Created2008
Member(s)Ciwas Ali (2008–)
Uliw Qaljupayare (2008–)
Yosi Takun (2008–)

Legislators
Election Representative Representative Representative
2008 Kao Chin Su-mei
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 		Chien Tung-ming
Kuomintang		 Yosi Takun
Kuomintang
2012
2016
2020 Saidhai Tarovecahe
Democratic Progressive Party

References
  1. Hale, Erin (8 January 2020). "'Always campaign time': Why Taiwan's indigenous people back KMT". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  2. Gerber, Abraham (10 April 2016). "Campaigners pan empty Aboriginal legislative seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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