Taiwanese municipal elections, 2006

Republic of China (Taiwan) municipal elections, 2006

9 December 2006

2 Municipal Mayors, 96 Municipal Councilmen

	First party	Second party

Leader	Ma Ying-jeou	Chen Shui-bian
Party	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive
Leader since	July 27, 2005	May 20, 2000 (President)
Seats won	1 (Municipal Mayors) 41 (Municipal Councilmen)	1 (Municipal Mayors) 33 (Municipal Councilmen)
Popular vote	1,070,388 (Municipal Mayors) 828,265 (Municipal Councilmen)	905,286 (Municipal Mayors) 623,091 (Municipal Councilmen)
Percentage	52.11% (Municipal Mayors) 40.77% (Municipal Councilmen)	44.08% (Municipal Mayors) 30.67% (Municipal Councilmen)

The results of the municipal mayoral elections:
      Kuomintang
      Democratic Progressive Party
      Taiwan Province and Fukien Province, which did not take part in this election.

The Republic of China municipal elections of 2006, or more commonly known as the Taipei and Kaohsiung elections of 2006 (Chinese: 2006年北高選戰), was held on Saturday, December 9, 2006, to elect the municipal mayors and municipal councilmen of the two special-municipalities (Taipei City and Kaohsiung City) administered directly under the central government of the Republic of China.

Results for Taipei City

Hau Lung-pin, nominated by the KMT, elected as the Mayor of the Taipei City.

Taipei Mayoral Elections

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

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

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%
	Green Party	-	5,381	0.42%
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	-	197	0.02%
	Chinese People's Party	-	416	0.03%
	Independent or others	2	90,908	7.14%
Total		52	1,272,857	100%

Results for Kaohsiung City

Chen Chu, nominated by the DPP, elected as the Mayor of the Kaohsiung City.

Kaohsiung City Mayoral Elections

No	Candidate	Votes	%
1	Huang Chun-ying 黃俊英	378,303	49.27%
2	Lin Chi-sheng 林志昇	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 陳菊	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" lawsuits 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 lawsuits.

On June 15 the Kaohsiung District Court reached the decision to annulled the results of the Kaohsiung City Mayor Election, while dismissing the "Annulment of Election" lawsuit. 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" lawsuit. On November 16, 2007, the High Court overturned the earlier decision and validated Chen's election victory, which was a final decision that could not be further appealed.^[4]

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 Jianguo Union (台灣建國聯盟)	-	6,915	0.91%
	Taiwan Defense Alliance	-	2,397	0.32%
	Independent or others	7	150,125	19.78%
Total		44	758,911	100%

Notes

↑ Despite Chou's expulsion from the Taiwan Solidarity Union on November 9, 2006, the party could not 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.^[1]
↑ James Soong was Chairman of the People's First Party at the time of the elections, but entered the elections as an independent.^[2]

References

↑ "TSU expels Taipei mayoral candidate". China Post. 10 November 2006. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ Shih, Hsiu-chuan (10 December 2006). "Elections 2006: People First Party chairman announces an end to his career". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
↑ http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070615/afp/070615151323asiapacificnews.html "Taiwan court annuls Kaohsiung mayor's election victory" June 16, 2007 AFP via Yahoo! News
↑ "DPP mayor stays on top as court overturns ruling". HK Standard. 2007-11-17. Retrieved 2007-11-17.

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