The 2018 Taiwanese municipal elections for both mayoral and magisterial candidates were held on 24 November 2018, as part of the larger local elections in Taiwan.

2018 municipal election candidate nominations

+ Nominations for 2018 municipal elections Date Party/wave Nominations and details The Democratic Progressive Party () held its national congress, mainly to gain support in the upcoming local and municipal elections, giving the incumbent a priority to be nominated.放眼2018！ 民進黨全代會通過提名條例 /01 /01 Primary winner Wang Huei-mei (Changhua County)藍2018初選全民調 首波提名4縣市 /02 /02 /03 Hsieh Li-kung (Keelung City) after negotiation due to opinion poll error國民黨中常會通過 提名謝立功參選基隆市長 /04 Lu Shiow-yen (Taichung City)國民黨通過盧秀燕參選台中市長 盧：誓言打贏選仗 /05 Huang Min-hui (Chiayi City)國民黨今提名黃敏惠參選嘉義市長 澎湖縣長提名仍暫緩 /03 /06 Lai Feng-wei (Penghu County)花49天撫平反彈聲浪 藍提賴峰偉回鍋戰澎湖縣長 /07 /08 /04 /09 /10 /05 Pasuya Yao (Taipei City) /11 Yang Wen-ke (Hsinchu County)

Results summary Bold represents incumbent re-elected. +Elected special municipalities mayors and county magistrates County/City Elected candidate PartyKeelung CityLin Yu-changNew TaipeiHou You-yiTaipeiKo Wen-je TaoyuanCheng Wen-tsanHsinchu CountyYang Wen-keHsinchu CityLin Chih-chienMiaoliHsu Yao-changTaichungLu Shiow-yenNantouLin Ming-chenChanghuaWang Huei-meiYunlinChang Li-shanChiayiWeng Chang-liangChiayi CityHuang Min-huiTainanHuang Wei-cherKaohsiungHan Kuo-yuPingtungPan Men-anYilanLin Zi-miaoHualienHsu Chen-weiTaitungRao Ching-lingPenghuLai Feng-weiKinmenYang Cheng-wuLienchiangLiu Cheng-ying

+Changes in seats Party Seats in 2018 Seats in 2014 Change 6 13 7 15 6 9 /Other 1 3 2

+Special municipalities/County/City re-elected incumbent County/City Previous control New Control Taipei Ko Wen-je Keelung City Lin Yu-chang Taoyuan Cheng Wen-tsan Hsinchu City Lin Chih-chien Miaoli Hsu Yao-chang Nantou Lin Ming-chen Pingtung Pan Men-an Lienchiang Liu Cheng-ying

+Special municipalities/County/City switching control County/City Previous control New Control Taichung Kaohsiung Changhua Yunlin Chiayi City Yilan Hualien Penghu Kinmen

Special municipality Taipei Political context prior to the elections

As the capital of Taiwan, Taipei functions as the economic and political center of Taiwan, and is currently its largest city. Taipei's mayoral race has been hotly contested between Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party since the 1994 local election. This seat has notably been held by former presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, and Ma Ying-jeou. The position has been widely speculated to be a "first-step" towards the presidential office.Benefits of Taipei mayor ，China Times

In 2014 DPP-supported independent candidate Ko Wen-je received a 57% majority of the votes over Kuomintang's Sean Lien, ending the 16-year Kuomintang administration of Taipei.

Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1994Chen Shui-bian Democratic Progressive Party1998Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang2002Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang2006Hau Lung-pin Kuomintang2010Hau Lung-pin Kuomintang2014Ko Wen-je Independent

+Highest vote shareParty Year Vote share %Democratic Progressive Party2016 presidential election52%Kuomintang2002 local elections64%

+2016 election resultsParty Presidential % Legislative seats Legislative %Democratic Progressive Party51.96%214.14%Kuomintang37.49%539.66%New Power Party-16.60%Taiwan Solidarity Union-00.95%People First Party10.55%05.95%Independent/Others-032.71%

Results of the primary 2018 Kuomintang Taipei City mayoral primary results Candidates Place TVBS Apollo Survey & Research UDN Aggregated Result Ting Shou-chung 48.395% 46.778% 47.741% 47.634% Sun Ta-chien 2nd 17.891% 18.845% 17.878% 18.205% Chang Hsien-yao 3rd 17.073% 17.909% 16.723% 17.235% Chung Siao Ping 4th 16.651% 16.468% 17.658% 16.926% 2018 Democratic Progressive Party Taipei City mayoral primary results Candidates Place Results Pasuya Yao Results not released Annette Lu Results not released

Opinion polls Poll organizationDate of completion Ko Wen-je Ting Shou-chung Pasuya Yao Not sureLeadTVBSMay 4, 201740%39%9%12%1%TVBSMay 4, 201746%41%–13%5%Real SurveyMay 23, 201739.9%43.1%－17%3.2%TISRJune 21, 201743.3%32.2%–24.5%11.1% July 13, 201747.2%31.3%–21.5%15.9%SanliJuly 17, 201732.1%31.8%15.7%20.4%0.3%ETtodaySeptember 20, 201772.5%17.5%–10%55%TCFNovember 23, 201742.7%36.9%–20.4%5.8%FormosaDecember 12, 201746.0%32.7%–21.3%15.3%FormosaDecember 12, 201743.1%28.2%11.4%17.3%14.9%TISR1 December 14, 201736.6%15.7%6.8%22%20.9%Real SurveyFebruary 9, 201844.2%26.6%16.1%13.1%17.6%SanliFebruary 12, 201839.8%30.3%13.9%16%9.5%SanliFebruary 12, 201847.0%39.1%–13.9%7.9%Focus Survey ResearchFebruary 25, 201847.6%25.6%15.2%11.6%22%Focus Survey ResearchFebruary 25, 201854.7%31.1%–14.2%23.6%ETtodayFebruary 26, 201844.0%39.2%–16.8%4.8%GSSCMarch 7, 201847.5%40.7%–11.8%6.8%GSSCMarch 7, 201842.4%30.9%13.5%13.2%11.5%Evidence-Based Survey and Research April 25, 201835.0%25.6%21.5%17.9%9.4%ApolloMay 2, 201833.0%33.6%－33.4%0.6%TVBSMay 2, 201831%38%－31%7%Liberty Times NetMay 2, 201830.69%37.47%－31.84%6.78%ETtodayMay 3, 201848.5%32.1%4.0%15.4%16.4%DPPMay 3, 201835%30%25%10%5%Green PartyMay 3, 201831%35%25%9%4%China TimesMay 13, 201836.5%42.7%－31%6.2%May 14, 201841.0%40.9%－18.1%0.1%May 14, 201835.2%33.1%15.0%16.7%2.1%ETtodayMay 17, 201836.4%37.5%13.4%12.7%1.1%Liberty Times NetMay 21, 201839%41%-19%2%Liberty Times NetMay 21, 201838%39%8%16%1%Taiwan Brain TrustMay 22, 201841.3%36.1%－22.6%5.2%Taiwan Brain TrustMay 22, 201839.4%33.6%13.8%13.2%5.8%Hsih Shin UniversityMay 28, 201829.0%29.1%13.5%28.4%0.1%TVBSJune 1, 201831%33%13%23%2%China TimesJune 4, 201834.7%40.2%12.2%12.9%5.5%CM MediaJuly 11, 201838.9%27.5%11.0%22.6%9.4% July 12, 201838.7%30.5%16.4%6.2%8.2%Polls3July 16, 201843.4%31.8%8.9%15.9%11.6%TVBSJuly 24, 201840.0%30.0%11.0%19.0%10%ETtodayJuly 30, 201842.4%30.9%5.4%21.3%11.5%Liberty Times Net4September 1, 201833.43%24.71%14.90%26.96%8.72%ETtoday5September 9, 201841.7%29.9%8.4%13.3%11.8%Shih Hsin University6September 12, 201834.9%30.8%10.4%21.9%4.1%TVBS7September 16, 201837%32%11%20%5% September 18, 201834.6%23.5%11.1%23.6%11.1%UDN9September 19, 201837%29%8%25%8%Sanli10September 29, 201836.1%25.8%11.1%25.2%10.3%ApolloOctober 5, 201841.6%27.2%15.2%16%14.4% October 12, 201837.5%25.0%11.3%14.7%12.5%Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation12October 16, 201842.1%28.5%11.6%15.2%13.6%TVBS13October 25, 201840%33%12%13%7%TVBS14October 25, 201834%29%11%12%5%Taiwan Competitiveness Forum 15October 29, 201836.6%34.3%12.7%15.7%2.3%UDN16October 30, 201838%35%8%18%3%Democratic Progressive Party17October 31, 201835.9%24.4%19.7%17.1%11.5%Shih Shin University18 November 7, 201834.1%31.4%7.1%25.9%2.7% November 7, 201838.6%27.1%8.3%18.0%11.5%ETtodayNovember 8, 201838.4%36.8%7.6%17.2%1.6%China TimesNovember 11, 201833.6%32.8%14.6%17.1%0.8%TVBSNovember 11, 201839%36%12%13%3%Notes results for independent candidates: 1： Lee Si-kuen（1.4%） 2： Lee Si-kuen（1.5%） 3： Lee Si-kuen（2.8%） 4： Lee Si-kuen（2.35%） 5： Lee Si-kuen（1.1%） 6： Lee Si-kuen（1.9%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 7： Lee Si-kuen（1%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 8： Lee Si-kuen（1.3%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 9： Lee Si-kuen（1%）； Wu E-yang（1%） 10： Lee Si-kuen（1.5%）； Wu E-yang（0.3%） 11： Lee Si-kuen（1.9%）； Wu E-yang（0.7%） 12： Lee Si-kuen（2.4%）； Wu E-yang（0.2%） 13： Lee Si-kuen（1.0%）； Wu E-yang（0.0%） 14： Lee Si-kuen（1.0%）； Wu E-yang（0.0%） 15： Lee Si-kuen（0.6%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 16： Lee Si-kuen（1.0%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 17： Lee Si-kuen（2.9%） 18： Lee Si-kuen（1.4%）； Wu E-yang（0.1%） 19： Lee Si-kuen（1.5%）； Wu E-yang（0.2%）

Predictions Poll organizationDate of completionTurnout Ko Wen-je Ting Shou-chung Pasuya Yao Lee Si-kuen September 20, 2018>70%47.4%-49.6%30.7%-33.1%16.9%-19.0%1.3%-1.7%TVBSOctober 25, 201871%44%40%15%-FormosaNovember 7, 2018>70%49.1% ~ 52.7%30.2% ~ 34.4%14.1% ~ 16.1%-TVBSNovember 11, 201873%46%40%13%-

Results According to Civil Servants Election And Recall Act article 69, because Independent Ko Wen-je and Kuomintang's Ting Shou-chung vote percentages are within 0.30 margin, Kuomintang's Ting Shou-chung was entitled to, and did, call for a recount.

District Wu E-yang Ting Shou-chung Pasuya Yao Ko Wen-je Lee Si-kuenVotes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Songshan District (松山區)4280.4046,38143.3617,38716.2542,35639.604200.39Xinyi District (信義區)5020.4153,95543.9919,93416.2547,76238.945120.42Daan District (大安區)5850.3772,32545.7323,65114.9560,93938.536620.42Zhongshan District (中山區)4760.3946,74638.3823,48319.2850,60441.554910.40Zhongzheng District (中正區)3700.4633,89741.8312,63315.5933,75241.653780.47Datong District (大同區)2660.3820,76329.6916,89624.1631,67945.293390.48Wanhua District (萬華區)4270.4138,66637.0521,40020.5043,41141.594640.44Wenshan District (文山區)7070.4968,58647.1518,98513.0556,47938.837130.49Nangang District (南港區)2870.4326,28239.4510,83016.2628,89643.373250.49Neihu District (内湖區)5480.3761,56641.0221,74614.4965,59943.706390.43Shilin District (士林區)5220.3455,95436.4633,11021.5763,24741.216510.42Beitou District (北投區)4990.3752,44539.0824,58618.3256,09641.805780.43

2018 Taipei City mayoral results No. Candidate Party Votes Percentage 1 Wu E-yang (吳蕚洋) Independent 5,6170.40% 2 Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) Kuomintang577,56640.82% 3 Pasuya Yao (姚文智) Democratic Progressive Party244,64117.29% 4 Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) Independent 580,82041.05% 5 Lee Si-kuen (李錫錕) Independent6,1720.44% Total voters 2,164,155 Valid votes 1,414,816 Invalid votes Voter turnout 65.37%

New Taipei Political context prior to the elections

New Taipei City is located in the northernmost region of Taiwan and is the ROC's most populous city. New Taipei was upgraded to Special Municipality status in 2010.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臺北縣改制直轄市計畫書（草案） ，中華民國內政部 Due to the vast territory, the number of voters has surpassed 3 million, becoming a Pan blue coalition and Pan green coalition camps battleground.版圖最大 選民結構藍大於綠 ，自由時報電子報郝蘇朱蔡民調藏玄機 中間決勝負？，國家政策研究基金會，特約研究員 李華球，2010年7月20日

Before upgrading to special municipality status, the then Taipei County was controlled by the Kuomintang until the 1989 local election, with the then newly formed Democratic Progressive Party winning the seat for four straight terms in 16 years until Kuomintang's Chou Hsi-wei won power in 2005.

After the upgrade to special municipality status in 2010, Kuomintang's Eric Chu激戰新北市 朱贏蔡11萬票 ，中時電子報 won the seat for two consecutive terms, including the 2014 local election.

Results of Past Taipei County Magistrate & New Taipei Municipal Mayoral ElectionsYear Winning CandidatePolitical Party1989You Ching Democratic Progressive Party1993You Ching Democratic Progressive Party1997Su Tseng-chang Democratic Progressive Party2001Su Tseng-chang Democratic Progressive Party2005Chou Hsi-wei Kuomintang2010Eric Chu Kuomintang2014Eric Chu Kuomintang

+Highest vote shareParty Year Vote share %Democratic Progressive Party2016 presidential election55%Kuomintang2008 presidential election61%

+2016 election resultsParty Presidential % Legislative seats Legislative %Democratic Progressive Party54.79%946.74%Kuomintang33.34%240.12%New Power Party-14.13%Taiwan Solidarity Union-0-People First Party11.87%00.84%Independent/Others-08.17%

Results of the primary 2018 Kuomintang New Taipei City mayoral primary results Candidates Place Results Hou You-yi 55.596% Chou Hsi-wei 2nd 34.210% Jin Jie-shou 3rd 10.194% 2018 Democratic Progressive Party New Taipei City mayoral primary results Candidates Place Result Su Tseng-chang Walkover

Opinion polls