The Taiwanese local elections of 2014,[2] commonly known as the nine-in-one elections (Chinese: 九合一選擧), were held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, to elect the Municipal Mayors, Municipal Councilors, Chiefs of indigenous districts in municipalities, Councilors of indigenous districts in municipalities, County Magistrates (City Mayors), County (City) Councilors, Township Chiefs, Township Councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. Polling stations were open from 08:00 to 16:00 on the election day.[2]
The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the KMT. The KMT previously held 14 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de factovote of no confidence to President Ma's Administration, both politically due to Ma's cross strait relations with the Chinese Communist Party), and economically with respect to social and income inequality.[3][4][5] The DPP gained executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the KMT, while independent Ko Wen-je won the Taipei mayoral election.[6] Premier Jiang Yi-huah resigned after the election, forcing President Ma Ying-jeou to appoint Mao Chi-kuo to replace Jiang.[7] President Ma resigned from his post as Chairperson of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in the days following the election.[8]
As five elected leaders were incumbent legislators, a subsequent legislative by-election was held in March 2015, in which there were no party swings.
Results summary
Magistrate and mayor elections
Incumbents for mayoral and county magistrate offices before the 2014 elections.
Kuomintang
Democratic Progressive Party
Independent
Township level results of the 2014 mayoral and county magistrates elections
New Taipei
Taipei
Taoyuan
Taichung
Tainan
Kaohsiung
Yilan County
Hsinchu County
Miaoli County
Changhua County
Nantou County
Yunlin County
Chiayi County
Taitung County
Pingtung County
Hualien County
Penghu County
Keelung
Hsinchu
Chiayi
Kinmen County
Lienchiang County
Councillor elections
The results of the 2014 Taiwan county, city and municipal councillors elections: colours indicate party with the most seats
Kuomintang
Democratic Progressive Party
Independent
Township/city mayor elections
The results of the 2014 municipal head elections
Democratic Progressive Party
Kuomintang
Trees Party
Taiwan First Nations Party
Independent
District without Election
Including Municipal Mayors, Aboriginal Rural District Chiefs, Township Chiefs
Township/city council elections
Village chief elections
See also
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204 township/city mayors and indigenous district chief administrators
2,146 township/city council representatives
7,849 village chiefs
Figures in this infobox are for magistrate/mayor elections unless otherwise noted. Special municipalities are counted with counties/cities despite being counted separately in official statistics
^Special municipalities; turnout for counties and cities was 70.40%.
^Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,850,777.
^Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 46.66%.
^Special municipalities; vote count for counties and cities was 1,605,596.
^Special municipalities; percentage for counties and cities was 40.48%.
^Bold figures indicate majority
References
^"中選會選舉資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ a b"Taiwan Local Elections of 2014 - Central Election Commission". cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 2014-11-19. Retrieved 2014-11-25.
^"A blow to the KMT". The Economist.
^Min-Hua Huang (1 December 2014). "Taiwan's Changing Political Landscape: The KMT's Landslide Defeat in the Nine-in-One Elections". The Brookings Institution.
^Vitello, Jacqueline; Glaser, Bonnie S. (December 2014). "An Analysis of Taiwan's Nine-in-One Local Elections". csis.org.
