New Party (Taiwan)

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New Party 新黨
Chairman	Wu Cherng-dean
Vice Chairman	Lee Sheng-feng
Founder	Jaw Shaw-kong, Yok Mu-ming et al.
Founded	August 22, 1993
Split from	Kuomintang
Headquarters	Taipei
Membership (2020)	at least 500[1]
Ideology	Conservatism (Taiwan) National conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Chinese unification
Political position	Right-wing[2] to far-right[3][4]
National affiliation	Pan-Blue Coalition
Legislative Yuan	0 / 113
Local Councillors	3 / 912
Party flag
Website
www.np.org.tw
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Traditional Chinese	新黨
Simplified Chinese	新党
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīn Dăng Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn Tóng Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sin Tóng

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The New Party (NP)(Chinese: 新黨; pinyin: Xīn Dǎng; Hakka: Sîn Tóng), formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP), is a Chinese nationalist political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

History[]

The New Party was formed on 22 August 1993 out of a split from the then-ruling Kuomintang (KMT) by members of the New Kuomintang Alliance.^[5] Members of the Alliance had accused KMT Chairman Lee Teng-hui of autocratic tendencies and moving the party away from Chinese reunification. Co-founders of the New Party included Chen Kuei-miao.^[6] Originally, the party wanted to keep the name of the faction, but was prevented from doing so due to the similarity of names. The name "New Party" was seemingly inspired by the contemporary electoral success of the Japan New Party ("Nihon Shintō"; see Politics of Japan).

In the mid-1990s, the New Party attracted support from the KMT old guard as well as young urban professionals. The New Party was aided by former Finance Minister Wang Chien-shien and former Environmental Protection Administration Director Jaw Shaw-kong, who had charismatic and clean images.

In the 2000 presidential election, the party nominated writer and dissident Li Ao, who ran a spirited but token campaign. In the election, most members of the party supported former provincial governor James Soong, who ran as an independent candidate after losing the KMT nomination and subsequently being expelled from the KMT, and in fact both Li Ao and the New Party leader Lee Ching-hua encouraged people to support him. In the 2001 Legislative Yuan election, the party won a single seat, Wu Cherng-dean's, in Kinmen.

In the 2006 municipal elections, the New Party made significant gains, seating over a dozen members into public office. The New Party also gained four seats in the Taipei Mayor's private offices.

Since the 2008 Legislative Yuan elections, the New Party has not won any seats, while the party supported most of the KMT candidates.

Election results[]

Presidential elections[]

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome
2000	Li Ao	Elmer Fung	16,782	0.13%	Lost N
2020	Yang Shih-kuang

Legislative elections[]

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1995	21 / 164	1,222,931	13.0%	21 seats; Opposition	Chen Kuei-miao
1998	11 / 225	708,465	7.1%	10 seats; Opposition	Chou Yang-shan
2001	1 / 225	269,620	2.9%	8 seats; Governing coalition (Pan-Blue)	Yok Mu-ming
2004	1 / 225	12,137	0.13%	; Governing coalition (Pan-Blue)	Yok Mu-ming
2008	0 / 113	199,402	53.5%	1 seats; No seats	Yok Mu-ming
2012	0 / 113	10,678	0.08%	; No seats	Yok Mu-ming
2016	0 / 113	510,074	4.18%	; No seats	Yok Mu-ming
2020	0 / 113	147,303	1.04%	; No seats	Yok Mu-ming

Local elections[]

Election	Mayors & Magistrates	Councils	Third-level Municipal heads	Third-level Municipal councils	Fourth-level Village heads	Election Leader
province-level only	0 / 3	15 / 175	N/A	N/A	N/A	Wang Chien-shien
	0 / 23	10 / 886	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Chou Yang-shan
municipalities only	0 / 2	10 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Chen Kuei-miao
2001-2002	1 / 23	3 / 897	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Hsieh Chi-ta, Levi Ying
2002 municipalities only	0 / 2	5 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2005	1 / 23	2 / 901	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2006 municipalities only	0 / 2	4 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2009	0 / 17	0 / 587	0 / 211	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2010 municipalities only	0 / 5	3 / 314	N/A	N/A	0 / 3,757	Yok Mu-ming
2014 unified	0 / 22	2 / 906	0 / 204	0 / 2,137	0 / 7,836	Yok Mu-ming
2018 unified	0 / 22	2 / 912	0 / 204	0 / 2,148	0 / 7,744	Yok Mu-ming

National Assembly elections[]

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1996	46 / 334	1,417,209	13.6%	46 seats; Opposition	Chen Kuei-miao
2005	3 / 300	34,253	0.88%	43 seats; Opposition (Rejecting amendments)	Yok Mu-ming

Leaders[]

Convenors of the New Party National Committee

• Jaw Shaw-kong (August 1993 – May 1994)
• Yok Mu-ming (May 1994 – October 1994)
• Wang Chien-shien (October 1994 – August 1995)
• Chen Kuei-miao (August 1995 – August 1997)
• Chou Yang-shan (August 1997 – August 1998)
• Chen Kuei-miao (August 1998 – December 1998)
• Feng Ting-kuo (acting; December 1998 – January 1999)
• Lee Ching-hua (January 1999 – March 2000)
• Hau Lung-pin (March 2000 – March 2001)
• Hsieh Chi-ta (March 2001 – December 2001)
• Levi Ying (acting; December 2001 – January 2002)
• Yok Mu-ming (January 2002 – June 2003)

Chairmen of the New Party

• Yok Mu-ming (June 2003 – 21 February 2021)
• Wu Cherng-dean (since 21 February 2021)

Vice chairmen of the New Party

• Lee Sheng-feng (since 2016)

See also[]

• History of the Republic of China
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Elections in Taiwan
• List of political parties in Taiwan
• Administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Political status of Taiwan

References[]

External links[]

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