2001–02 Taiwanese local elections

2001–02 Taiwanese local elections

← 1998 1 December 2001 – 7 December 2002 (2001-12-01 – 2002-12-07)[a][1] 2005 →
25 magistrates/mayors and others[b]
Registered	15,875,304
Turnout	67.30% 1.52 pp
First party Second party   Leader Lien Chan Frank Hsieh Party KMT DPP Leader since 20 March 2000 20 April 2000 Last election 9 seats, 43.95% 13 seats, 44.14% Seats won 10 10 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 4,184,865 4,674,904 Percentage 39.75% 44.40% Swing 4.21 pp 0.26 pp Councillors 412 178 Township/city mayors 195 28   Third party Fourth party   Leader James Soong Hau Lung-pin Party PFP New Leader since 31 March 2000 March 2000 Last election Did not stand[c] 0 seats, 1.60% Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 197,707 834,956 Percentage 1.88% 7.93% Swing New party 6.33 pp Councillors 64 8 Township/city mayors 4 0
Elected magistrate/mayor party by seat

Politics of the Republic of China
Government Constitution Additional Articles of the Constitution Freedom of religion (Article 13) Law Taxation
Presidency President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen (DPP) Vice President of the Republic of China Lai Ching-te (DPP) Office of the President National Security Council
Executive Premier of the Republic of China Su Tseng-chang (DPP) Vice Premier of the Republic of China Shen Jong-chin (DPP) Executive Yuan The Cabinet
Legislature Legislative Yuan Speaker Yu Shyi-kun (DPP) Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang (DPP) 10th Legislative Yuan National Assembly (defunct) Control Yuan (chamber defunct)
Judiciary Judicial Yuan President and Chief Justice Hsu Tzong-li Supreme Court High Courts District Courts
Other branches Examination Yuan President Huang Jong-tsun Control Yuan President Chen Chu Local government Mayors and Magistrates
Elections Central Election Commission Presidential elections Legislative elections Local elections Referendums
Political parties Nationally represented Democratic Progressive Party Kuomintang Taiwan People's Party New Power Party Taiwan Statebuilding Party Others People First Party Taiwan Solidarity Union New Party Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Green Party Taiwan
Foreign relations Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Wu Cross-Strait relations Ma–Xi meeting Special state-to-state relations One Country on Each Side 1992 Consensus Taiwan consensus Australia–Taiwan relations Canada–Taiwan relations France–Taiwan relations Russia–Taiwan relations Sino–Soviet relations Taiwan–United Kingdom relations Taiwan–United States relations
Related topics Political status of Taiwan Chinese Civil War One-China policy China and the United Nations Taiwan independence movement Chinese Taipei Chinese unification Taiwanese nationalism Tangwai movement Taiwanization Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
Taiwan portal Other countries
v t

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 1 December 2001 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, on 26 January 2002 to elect councillors in county/city councils and mayors of townships and cities, on 8 June 2002 to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs (all except in Taipei City), and on 7 December 2002 to elect mayors and councillors of special municipalities.^[2]

Magistrate/mayor elections in counties/cities[]

Taiwanese county magistrates and city mayoral elections, 2001
County/City	Winning Candidate	Party
Changhua County	Wong Chin-chu	Democratic Progressive Party
Chiayi City	Chen Li-chen	Independent
Chiayi County	Chen Ming-wen	Democratic Progressive Party
Hsinchu City	Lin Junq-tzer	Kuomintang
Hsinchu County	Cheng Yung-chin	Kuomintang
Hualien County	Chang Fu-hsing	Kuomintang
Kaohsiung County	Yang Chiu-hsing	Democratic Progressive Party
Keelung City	Hsu Tsai-li	Kuomintang
Kinmen County	Lee Chu-feng	New Party
Lienchiang County	Chen Hsueh-sheng	People First Party
Miaoli County	(傅學鵬)	Independent
Nantou County	Lin Tsung-nan	Democratic Progressive Party
Penghu County	Lai Feng-wei	Kuomintang
Pingtung County	Su Jia-chyuan	Democratic Progressive Party
Taichung City	Jason Hu	Kuomintang
Taichung County	(黃仲生)	Kuomintang
Tainan City	Hsu Tain-tsair	Democratic Progressive Party
Tainan County	Su Huan-chih	Democratic Progressive Party
Taipei County	Su Tseng-chang	Democratic Progressive Party
Taitung County	Hsu Ching-yuan (徐慶元)	People First Party
Taoyuan County	Eric Chu	Kuomintang
Yilan County	Liu Shou-ch'eng	Democratic Progressive Party
Yunlin County	(張榮味)	Kuomintang

Mayor elections in special municipalities[]

The election was administered directly under the central government of Taiwan. Mayor candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in Taipei, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung.

Taipei City[]

Ma Ying-jeou

Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year	Winning Candidate	Political Party
1994	Chen Shui-bian	Democratic Progressive Party
1998	Ma Ying-jeou	Kuomintang

Results

Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Kuomintang	2	Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)	873,102	64.11%
	Democratic Progressive Party	1	Lee Ying-yuan (李應元)	488,811	35.89%
Total				1,374,862	100.00%
Voter turnout				70.61%

Kaohsiung City[]

Frank Hsieh

Results of Past Kaohsiung Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year	Winning Candidate	Political Party
1994	Wu Den-yih	Kuomintang
1998	Hsieh Chang-ting	Democratic Progressive Party

Results

Party		#	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic Progressive Party	5	Hsieh Chang-ting (謝長廷)	386,384	50.04%
	Kuomintang	4	(黃俊英)	361,546	46.82%
	Independent	2	Chang Po-ya (張博雅)	13,479	1.75%
	Independent	1	Shih Ming-te (施明德)	8,750	1.13%
	Independent	3	(黃天生)	1,998	0.26%
Total				779,911	100.00%
Voter turnout				71.38%

See also[]

• Elections in Taiwan

Notes[]

References[]