Local elections were held in Taiwan on 27 November 2010 to elect mayors, councillors, and village chiefs of special-municipalities (Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Taipei), known as the Five Municipalities Elections ().Three-in-one municipal elections set for Nov. 27 , Taiwan Today, 7 April 2010 Mayoral candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in New Taipei, Taipei, and Taichung, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung and Tainan. On the eve of the election, Sean Lien, son of former Vice President Chan Lien, was shot in face when he was campaigning for a Kuomintang New Taipei councillor candidate.
Earlier in the year on 12 June 2010, elections were held to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs.
Results summary +Elected mayors and council composition in the 2010 Taiwanese local electionSubdivisionMayorCouncilFirst partySeatsSecond partySeatsTotal seatsNew Taipei CityEric ChuKuomintang30DPP2866Taipei CityHau Lung-pinKuomintang31DPP2362Taichung CityJason HuKuomintang27DPP2463Tainan CityLai Ching-teDPP27Kuomintang1357Kaohsiung CityChen ChuKuomintang29DPP2866 +Mayoral election resultsSubdivisionElectorateTurnout (%)WinnerRunner-upMapNameVotes%NameVotes%New Taipei City3,006,87771.25Eric Chu1,115,53652.61Tsai Ing-wen1,004,90047.39Taipei City2,045,92570.65Hau Lung-pin797,86555.65Su Tseng-chang628,12943.81Taichung City1,977,36873.15Jason Hu730,28451.12Su Jia-chyuan698,35848.88Tainan City1,467,25671.01Lai Ching-te619,89760.41Kuo Tien-tsai406,19639.59Kaohsiung City2,166,11972.52Chen Chu821,08952.80Yang Chiu-hsing414,95026.68
Taipei
Electoral background
As the capital of Taiwan, Taipei functions as the economic and political centre of Taiwan, and is currently the largest city of Taiwan.土地面積、村里鄰、戶數暨現住人口數統計表 ，中華民國內政部統計資訊網 Due to the great allocation of resources to Taipei, the Municipal Mayoral position of Taipei is of extreme strategic importance within the political arena, and has always been a fiercely contested position. Because two directly elected Municipal Mayors of Taipei, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou, were elected the Presidents in 2000 and 2008 respectively, the position has been widely speculated to be a "first-step" towards the Presidential Office.台北市長的好處 ，中時電子報
Having been under the administration of the Kuomintang for the past twelve years, Taipei is commonly considered to be solidly in the Pan-Blue political camp. Recent estimates show that approximately 60% of voters who identify themselves with political inclination support the Pan-Blue Coalition, whilst 40% support the Pan-Green Coalition.中評: 蘇郝對決牽動2012政治版圖，中評社台北，2010年3月4日 A significant proportion of eligible voters in Taiwan identify themselves as having no political inclination. The incumbent Taipei Municipal Mayor Hau Lung-pin of the Kuomintang stood for his second term in this election.
Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1994Chen Shui-bian Democratic Progressive Party1998Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang2002Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang2006Hau Lung-pin Kuomintang
Polling
Poll sourceDate of completion Hau Lung-pinSu Tseng-chang UndecidedTVBSMay 26, 201046%41%14%Era TelevisionJune 11, 201039.3%41.0%19.6% Era TelevisionJune 22, 201041.8%37.7%20.5%China TimesJuly 15, 201042.9%38.5%18.7%TVBSJuly 20, 201044%41%15%I-tel ResearchAugust 19, 201058.33%41.67%—TVBSAugust 25, 201045%42%12%Apple DailyAugust 29, 201043.12%44.68%12.20%I-tel ResearchSeptember 1, 201044.55%55.45%—TVBSSeptember 8, 201042%45%13%China TimesSeptember 17, 201039.0%41.2%19.8%I-tel ResearchSeptember 20, 201052.94%47.06%—United Daily NewsSeptember 26, 201041%33%26%Apple DailyOctober 3, 201047.52%35.64%16.84%TVBSOctober 6, 201043%42%15%Shih Hsin UniversityOctober 12, 201033.2%30.1%36.7%Liberty TimesOctober 21, 201036.84%37.45%25.71%United Daily NewsOctober 24, 201048%37%15%TVBSOctober 27, 201046%40%14%China TimesNovember 3, 201042.7%42.1%15.2%Wealth MagazineNovember 7, 201037.2%38.5%24.3%Shih Hsin UniversityNovember 8, 201033.4%33.0%33.6%Democratic Progressive PartyNovember 10, 201039.3%40.8%19.9%TVBSNovember 11, 201049%39%12%China TimesNovember 14, 201047.3%39.6%13.2%
Predictions SourceDate of releaseVoter turnout Hau Lung-pin Su Tseng-changTVBSAugust 25, 201066%51%49%TVBSSeptember 8, 201067%48%52%I-tel ResearchOctober 4, 2010—50.59%49.41%United Daily NewsOctober 24, 2010—49%51%TVBSOctober 27, 201068%50.3%49.7%TVBSNovember 11, 201068%53%47%Global ViewsNovember 27, 201068%50.6%48.5%
Results
Municipal Mayoral Election Party # Candidate Votes Percentage Kuomintang 2 Hau Lung-pin (郝龍斌) 797,865 55.65% Democratic Progressive Party 5 Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) 628,129 43.81% Independent 4 Francis Wu (吳武明) 3,672 0.26% Independent 3 Helen Hsiao (蕭淑華) 2,238 0.16% Independent 1 Wu Yen-cheng (吳炎成) 1,832 0.13% Total1,433,736100.00% Voter turnout 70.65%
Municipal Councilmen Election Party Votes Percentage Seats Kuomintang 637,255 44.93% 31 Democratic Progressive Party 516,140 36.39% 23 New Party 74,116 5.23% 3 People First Party 65,550 4.62% 2 Taiwan Solidarity Union 36,302 2.56% 1 Green Party Taiwan 16,329 1.15% 0 Taiwan Constitution Association 188 0.01% 0 Independent 72,455 5.11% 2 Total 1,418,335 100.00% 62 Voter turnout 70.65%
Ward Chiefs Election Party Votes Percentage Seats Kuomintang 648,243 48.63% 247 Democratic Progressive Party 105,465 7.91% 41 Green Party Taiwan 964 0.07% 0 Independent 578,227 43.38% 168 Total 1,332,899 100.00% 456 Voter turnout 70.72%
New Taipei
Electoral background
New Taipei (formerly Taipei County) was promoted into a central municipality, and replaced Taipei City as the largest city of Taiwan. Taipei County was under the administration of the Kuomintang, with the incumbent Taipei County Magistrate Chou Hsi-wei serving as mayor. However, unlike Taipei City, which is solidly in the Pan-Blue political camp, the electoral composition of Taipei County is more evenly distributed between Pan-Blue and Pan-Green Coalition supporters, with only a very slight overall inclination towards the Pan-Blue political camp.《台灣與大陸政治評論集》，林清察，2006年 It should also be noted that Taipei County had previously been under the administration of the Democratic Progressive Party for 16 years, until the incumbent County Magistrate Chou Hsi-wei won power 5 years ago.《重修臺灣省通志》＜卷八．職官志第一冊-文職表篇＞，劉寧顏，臺灣省文獻委員會，1993年歷屆縣市長選舉結果 ，聯合新聞網
Results of Past Taipei County Magistrate ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1989You Ching Democratic Progressive Party1993You Ching Democratic Progressive Party1997Su Tseng-chang Democratic Progressive Party2001Su Tseng-chang Democratic Progressive Party2005Chou Hsi-wei Kuomintang
Polling
Poll sourceDate of completion Eric Chu Li-luan Tsai Ing-wen UndecidedChina TimesMay 24, 201033.0%28.2%38.7%TVBSMay 24, 201043%44%14%TVBSJuly 16, 201046%40%14%China TimesJuly 17, 201039.2%39.8%21.0%Era TelevisionJuly 21, 201041.1%36.2%22.7%Democratic Progressive PartyAugust 19, 201044.2%44.1%11.7%TVBSAugust 23, 201047%40%13%I-tel ResearchAugust 23, 201045%55%—I-tel ResearchSeptember 7, 201043.9%56.1%— Apple DailySeptember 11, 201047.04%39.08%13.88%China TimesSeptember 17, 201042.1%38.1%19.8%Democratic Progressive PartySeptember 23, 201044.4%43.5%12.1%United Daily NewsSeptember 27, 201045%28%26%I-tel ResearchSeptember 28, 201055.63%44.38%—Apple DailyOctober 4, 201048.49%35.13%16.38%TVBSOctober 5, 201047%35%17%Democratic Progressive PartyOctober 7, 201043.1%43.5%13.4%Citizen's Association of TaiwanOctober 8, 201037.9%35.3%26.8%Shih Hsin UniversityOctober 10, 201035.3%31.3%33.4%China TimesOctober 17, 201043%34%23%Liberty TimesOctober 19, 201035.81%34.00%30.19%United Daily NewsOctober 27, 201045%37%18%TVBSOctober 29, 201044%40%16%China TimesNovember 2, 201044%38%18% Liberty TimesNovember 2, 201035.82% 38.49%25.69%Wealth MagazineNovember 5, 201039.3%34.3%26.4%Decision Making ResearchNovember 6, 201039.9%37.2%22.9%Shih Hsin UniversityNovember 7, 201033.5%30.4%36.1%China TimesNovember 8, 201045.6%41.6%12.8%TVBSNovember 9, 201045%38%17%Democratic Progressive PartyNovember 12, 201040.3%39.1%20.6% Liberty TimesNovember 12, 201038.81% 39.29%21.90%
Predictions SourceDate of releaseVoter turnout Eric Chu Li-luan Tsai Ing-wenTVBSAugust 23, 201069%53%47%I-tel ResearchOctober 4, 2010—49.56%50.44%United Daily NewsOctober 27, 2010—55%45%TVBSOctober 29, 201071%51%49%TVBSNovember 9, 201071%51%49%Global ViewsNovember 27, 201069.1%48.9%51.1%
Results
Municipal Mayoral Election Party # Candidate Votes Percentage Kuomintang 1 Eric Chu Li-luan (朱立倫) 1,115,536 52.61% Democratic Progressive Party 2 Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) 1,004,900 47.39% Total2,120,436100.00% Voter turnout71.25%
Municipal Councilmen Election Party Votes Percentage Seats Kuomintang 831,590 39.74% 30 Democratic Progressive Party 724,807 34.64% 28 People First Party 40,755 1.95% 0 New Party 18,807 0.90% 0 Taiwan Solidarity Union 33,789 1.61% 0 Green Party Taiwan 8,321 0.40% 0 Independent 434,368 20.76% 8 Total 2,092,437 100.00% 66 Voter turnout71.29%
Ward Chiefs Election Party Votes Percentage Seats Kuomintang 645,761 32.68% 354 Democratic Progressive Party 75,790 3.84% 25 Chinese Reunification Party 1,912 0.10% 1 People First Party 208 0.01% 0 Independent 1,252,189 63.37% 652 Total 1,975,860 100.00% 1,032 Voter turnout71.45%
Taichung Electoral background
Results of Past Taichung County Magistrate ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1989Liao Liou-yi Kuomintang1993Liao Liou-yi Kuomintang1997Liao Yung-lai Democratic Progressive Party2001Huang Chung-sheng Kuomintang2005Huang Chung-sheng Kuomintang
Results of Past Taichung City Mayoral ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1989Lin Po-jung Kuomintang1993Lin Po-jung Kuomintang1997Chang Wen-ying Democratic Progressive Party2001Jason Hu Chih-chiang Kuomintang2005Jason Hu Chih-chiang Kuomintang
The newly created central municipality Taichung will be formed from the merging and elevation of Taichung County and Taichung City, both of which are currently county-level divisions of Taiwan. At present, both Taichung County and Taichung are under the administration of the Kuomintang, with the incumbent Taichung County Magistrate being Huang Chung-sheng and the incumbent Taichung City Mayor being Jason Hu Chih-chiang. The electoral composition of Taichung County is relatively balanced with only a slight overall inclination towards the Pan-Blue political camp, whereas Taichung City is commonly considered to be mildly leaning towards the Pan-Blue political camp. It is estimated that in Taichung County, approximately 52% of voters who identify themselves with political inclination support the Pan-Blue Coalition, whilst 48% support the Pan-Green Coalition. In Taichung City, the proportion of Pan-Blue to Pan-Green supporters within voters who identify themselves with political inclination is approximately 55% to 45%.
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