Republic of China municipal elections, 2006

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The mayoral and city-councillor elections for Taipei and Kaohsiung, the two special municipalities administered directly under the central government, consisted the 2006 Republic of China (Taiwan) municipal elections on 2006-12-09.

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[edit] Results for Taipei City

[edit] Taipei Mayoral Elections

No Candidate Party Votes %
1 Li Ao 7,795 0.61%
2 Clara Chou [1] 3,372 0.26%
3 Frank Hsieh 525,869 40.89%
4 James Soong[2] 53,281 4.14%
5 Hau Lung-pin 692,085 53.81%
6 Ke Tsi-hai 柯賜海 3,687 0.29%

Hau Lung-pin of the opposition party Kuomintang was elected mayor of Taipei, defeating the main opponent, Frank Hsieh of the governing Democratic Progressive Party.

[edit] Taipei City Councillors Elections

Party Seats Votes %
Kuomintang 24 555,480 43.65%
Democratic Progressive Party 18 391,674 30.77%
Chinese New Party 4 74,752 5.87%
People First Party 2 88,852 6.98%
Taiwan Solidarity Union 2 65,197 5.12%
Chinese People's Party - 416 0.03%
Green Party - 5,381 0.42%
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union - 197 0.02%
None or others 2 90,908 7.14%
Total 52 1,272,857 100%

[edit] Results for Kaohsiung City

[edit] Kaohsiung City Mayoral Elections

No Candidate Party Votes %
1 Huang Chun-ying 黃俊英 378,303 49.27%
2 Lin Chi-sheng 林志昇 TDA 1,746 0.23%
3 Lo Chih-ming 羅志明 6,599 0.86%
4 Lin Ching-yuan 林景元 1,803 0.23%
5 Chen Chu 379,417 49.41%

Chen Chu of DPP was elected mayor of Kaohsiung, defeating the major rival, Kuomintang's Huang Chun-ying.

Huang contested the result, claiming that there had been voting irregularities and Chen had violated election law by holding press conferences and rallies well after the lawful time limit, and attacked him during this time period with unconfirmed information. Huang also filed the twin "Annulment of Election Result" and "Annulment of Election" law suits with Kaohsiung District Court on the same day Chen was proclaimed Mayor-Elected. Subsequently, the court ordered a complete recount of the votes, starting on March 12, 2007 and completed six days later on March 18. The result of the recount would be used as evidences in the law suits.

On June 15 the Kaohsiung District Court reached the decision to annulled the results of the Kaohsiung City Mayor Election, while dismissed the "Annulment of Election" law suit. Chen had since filed the appeal to the decision of "Annulment of Election Result"[3], while Huang also filed the appeal to the decision of "Annulment of Election" law suit. The appealed decision will be the final decision on this matter according to ROC laws. On November 16, 2007, the High Court overturned the earlier decision and validated Chen's election victory.[4]

[edit] Kaohsiung City Councillors Elections

Party Seats Votes %
Kuomintang 17 272,785 35.95%
Democratic Progressive Party 15 231,417 30.49%
Chinese New Party - 233 0.03%
People First Party 4 51,475 6.78%
Taiwan Solidarity Union 1 43,564 5.74%
Taiwan Defense Alliance - 2,397 0.32%
Taiwan Jianguo Union (台灣建國聯盟) - 6,915 0.91%
None or others 7 150,125 19.78%
Total 44 758,911 100%

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Despite Chou's expulsion from the Taiwan Solidarity Union on November 9, 2006, the Taiwan Solidarity Union cannot withdraw their recommendation for Chou under Republic of China's Public Officials Election and Recall Law. She would still contest the elections as a TSU candidate. (ETtoday Report)
  2. ^ James Soong is Chairman of the People's First Party at the time of the elections, but entered the elections as an independent.
  3. ^ http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070615/afp/070615151323asiapacificnews.html "Taiwan court annuls Kaohsiung mayor's election victory" June 16, 2007 AFP via Yahoo! News
  4. ^ DPP mayor stays on top as court overturns ruling. HK Standard (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.

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