Taiwan will hold the "nine-in-one election" on the 26th (Saturday), and "Hong Kong 01" has compiled important news from all parties for readers to understand the direction of the election.
[20:48] Counties and mayors in Taiwan are about to come to an end. According to the leading edge of the votes and the evaluation of the threshold for election, the Kuomintang won 13 candidates including the 4 major municipalities (Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Taichung) in this local election. For the seat of mayor of Xixian County, the DPP only won five counties and cities including Tainan and Kaohsiung, and retreated to southern Taiwan, setting the worst local election record in the party's 36 years.
The People's Party won the seat of mayor of Hsinchu, a technological center.
In addition, Miaoli County and Kinmen County were elected by candidates without party membership.
Chen Qimai, candidate for Kaohsiung mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party.
(Chen Qimai Facebook)
[20:10] DPP Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Chen Qimai led the way after the counting of votes, and the gap in the number of votes between his rival KMT Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ke Zhien exceeded 200,000.
After Ke Zhien admitted defeat, Chen Qimai declared himself elected and re-elected as mayor of Kaohsiung.
The Kaohsiung Mayor's turnout rate in today's election was 58.72%, the lowest in history.
In 2010, the first mayoral election after the merger of Kaohsiung County and City, the turnout rate was 71.79%. Chen Ju won with 821,089 votes, and the vote rate was 52.80%. In the second Kaohsiung mayoral election in 2014, the turnout rate was 66.44%. Chen Ju He was re-elected with 993,300 votes, and the vote rate reached 68.09%. In the 2018 third Kaohsiung mayoral election, the "Korean Wave" rolled up, and the turnout rate increased to an unprecedented 72.63%. 53.87%, but was dismissed during his tenure.
In the by-election for Kaohsiung mayor in August 2020, the turnout rate was only 41.83%, and Chen Qimai was elected with a high vote rate of 70.03%.
[20:06] In the Taipei mayoral election, the Kuomintang candidate Jiang Wanan announced his victory.
Earlier DPP candidate Chen Shizhong and non-party candidate Huang Shanshan had already announced their defeats.
Kuomintang candidate Jiang Wanan.
(Jiang Wanan Facebook)
[19:45] After 2 hours of stalemate and see-saw before the counting of votes, DPP Tainan mayor candidate and current Tainan mayor Huang Weizhe gradually led the Kuomintang Tainan mayor candidate Xie Longjie. The gap between the two sides reached more than 40,000 votes. declared elected.
Tainan has always been regarded as the DPP's big ticket warehouse, but Huang Weizhe did not lead by a large margin after the votes were counted, which caused surprises from all walks of life; and for his thrilling re-election and the number of votes that did not meet expectations, Huang Weizhe expressed that he would conduct a deep review.
[19:35] After the fierce battle for the mayor of Hsinchu City, Gao Hongan, who was nominated by the People's Party, declared himself elected and won more than 60,000 votes, becoming the first female mayor of Hsinchu City.
Gao Hongan came to the stage to deliver her victory speech, specifically mentioning Guo Taiming and Xuanzhi for their support and cultivation, and thanking the chairman of the People's Party, Ke Wenzhe.
Gao Hong'an shouted excitedly to the supporters in the audience, "Because of everyone's enthusiasm, the clouds are finally cleared!", and the people at the scene responded enthusiastically, "Mayor! An'an!" The atmosphere was quite enthusiastic.
Before the election, the Democratic Progressive Party launched a negative election campaign attack on Gao Hongan, which aroused Gao Hongan's support to rise, and formed a tug-of-war with the DPP candidate Shen Huihong.
Under the atmosphere of "delisting the DPP", voters concentrated their votes on Gao Hongan, and the Kuomintang candidate Lin Gengren became the "oldest third".
Gao Hongan, nominated by the People's Party, is running for mayor of Hsinchu City.
(Gao Hongan Facebook)
[19:25] After the Democratic Progressive Party’s Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shizhong’s camp announced their defeat, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe’s support and non-party Taipei mayoral candidate Huang Shanshan also announced her defeat, saying, “Although the result is not as expected, I believe we will get out of the election.” It has led to a correct path, which is rational, pragmatic and scientific.”
[19:20] The results of the Miaoli county magistrate vote were released. Zhong Dongjin, who broke away from the Kuomintang and ran as a non-party member, won the victory, ending the 70-year local ruling power of the Kuomintang in Miaoli County.
The non-party candidate Zhong Dongjin has more than 100,000 votes, leading the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Xu Dingzhen by more than 30,000 votes, and has declared himself elected.
The Kuomintang candidate Xie Fuhong announced his defeat more than an hour after the counting of votes.
[19:10] In the Hsinchu mayoral election, Shen Huihong, the protagonist of "Papers" and supported by the former mayor Lin Zhijian, announced her defeat, thanking the voters for their support.
Chen Shih-chung, the Democratic Progressive Party's mayoral candidate for Taipei, declared himself defeated.
The picture shows that Chen Shizhong couldn't help but hide his face when he mentioned the people affected by the epidemic prevention at the pre-election night meeting.
("United Daily News")
Chen Shih-chung, the Democratic Progressive Party's mayoral candidate for Taipei, declared himself defeated.
(ETtoday News Cloud)
【19:08】Chen Shih-chung, candidate for Taipei mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party, declared himself defeated.
Chen Shizhong arrived at the campaign headquarters in the evening, and said to the people at the scene that he "disappointed everyone and hoped that everyone would sincerely wish Jiang Wan'an."
Chen Shizhong said that he had called Jiang Wan'an and told the public that he did not work hard enough, and he wanted to extend his deepest apology.
Chen Shizhong said to himself that running for mayor is an incredible journey. Friends from the campaign headquarters accompanied him through the most memorable 100 days in his life. The enthusiastic supporters are very grateful and sorry. He will remember it in his heart for the rest of his life. Thank you for accompanying him to fight this battle .
Finally, Chen Shizhong hoped that after the election, "I hope that starting tomorrow, we will smear and attack the results of epidemic prevention, and end with the end of the election." He also asked the supporters at the scene to continue to support Tsai Ing-wen. This is the end of the election disputes, stop confrontation, "God bless Taiwan, God bless Taipei".
At the ballot counting site of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shizhong's campaign headquarters, supporters couldn't hide their disappointment due to the low number of votes.
("United Daily News")
【19:05】Taoyuan green space turns blue sky!
In the Taoyuan City election, KMT candidate Zhang Shanzheng beat DPP candidate Zheng Yunpeng by more than 100,000 votes. Earlier, Zhang Shanzheng's campaign headquarters posted a thank-you ticket and declared himself the mayor of Taoyuan.
【19:00】Taiwan’s local election results are in progress one after another. The Taipei Mayor election, which has attracted much attention, is in Tianyuli, Shilin District, which is known as the “Octopus Lane” indicator. Jiang Wanan received 1,873 votes, while Chen Shizhong and Huang Shanshan received 1,565 and 1,070 votes respectively.
The residents of Tianyuli in Taipei City have supporters from different parties, and the population structure is equivalent to a "little Taipei". In addition, the results of the balloting over the years, and the results of the Taipei mayoral election are all within 1% of the error.
The Kuomintang Jiang Wanan continued to lead in the Taipei mayoral election.
(Jiang Wanan Facebook)
[18:25] Counting of ballots is still going on, but the defeat of the DPP has been decided, and local county and city governments may retreat to southern Taiwan. Tainan City, which was originally considered to be dominated by the DPP, is also beyond public opinion. , the Kuomintang candidate Xie Longjie is clinging to the number of votes, and the DPP candidate Huang Weizhe is fighting for re-election.
Gao Jiayu, a Taipei City Legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party, attended a political discussion program in the evening. Regarding the unexpectedly fierce battle in Tainan, he bluntly said that "the flanking cyber army went out to attack others everywhere before the election." Voters, young people have a big influence.
Gao Jiayu criticized these flankers for thinking that they could overwhelm other voices, resulting in only one voice in the party, becoming one voice, and at the end of the expedition, only their own people huddled together to keep warm, which is "the stratosphere feels good about itself."
Gao Jiayu sighed that many seniors in the party left one after another, making the DPP smaller and smaller.
Gao Jiayu, a member of the Taipei City Legislative Party from the Democratic Progressive Party, attended a political commentary program in the evening. Regarding the unexpectedly fierce fighting in Tainan, he bluntly said that "the flanking cyber army is going to attack others everywhere before the election."
(Gao Jiayu Facebook)
【18:10】Keelung City, which had been evaluated as a stalemate before the election, was steadily led by KMT candidate Xie Guoliang shortly after the counting of votes, while DPP candidate Cai Shiyi continued to lag behind.
The total voting population in Keelung this year was 307,913, with a turnout rate of 58.3%, the lowest in history, and the threshold for being elected mayor was 89,756 votes.
As of 18:10, KMT Keelung mayor candidate Xie Guoliang had won more than 90,000 votes and declared himself elected.
Tsai will also go to the campaign headquarters later in the day.
KMT Keelung mayor candidate Xie Guoliang announced his election.
(Xie Guoliang campaign office)
[18:00] Taiwan’s local elections ended at 4:00 pm. Two hours after the counting of the votes, the votes of the counties and cities became clearer. The Progressive Party only maintains the lead in the two municipalities of Tainan and Kaohsiung, as well as five counties and cities including Chiayi County, Pingtung County, and Penghu County on the outer island, and it is almost a foregone conclusion to retreat to southern Taiwan.
Jiang Wanan, the KMT's presidential candidate for Taipei, held a ballot-counting event.
("United Daily News")
[16:35] Taiwan elections are being counted. Shanshan Huang, a non-party candidate for mayor of Taipei, posted on Facebook after counting the ballots, saying, "Thank you great citizens" and invited everyone to participate in the balloting night.
There are also many Huang Shanshan fans leaving messages in the message area to cheer.
Huang Shanshan posted a post on her Facebook fan page, calling out, "Tonight, please come to the night of voting for the great citizens! Free souls have created a free city. Today, everyone has made great contributions to Taiwan's democracy!" "Thank you to every citizen who went out to vote and thought about the future of the city, and welcome everyone to her campaign headquarters to witness the future together.
Huang Shanshan, who is running for mayor of Taipei without party affiliation, posted on Facebook, "Thank you great citizens."
(Facebook)
[16:30] Taiwan's nine-in-one election ended at 4:00 p.m. local time, and the voting and counting operations began immediately.
Regarding the counting of votes for the election of six municipalities directly under the central government, as of 16:30, the counting of votes for the mayor of Taipei was stalemate. According to the actual counting of votes by various Taiwan media, Chen Shizhong, who represented the Democratic Progressive Party, and Jiang Wanan, the Kuomintang, were leading each other.
Tainan City and Kaohsiung City, which are regarded as the votes of the Democratic Progressive Party, are maintained by the current mayors Huang Weizhe and Chen Qimai.
As for the KMT, Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei City, and Lu Xiuyan, the mayor of Taichung City, who are fighting for re-election, are steadily leading the DPP candidates. In the Taoyuan mayor election, where the battle is stalemate, Zhang Shanzheng, who is running on behalf of the KMT, is ahead of the DPP candidate Zheng Yunpeng.
[15:13] Gou Taiming, the founder of Hon Hai Group, went to vote at the polling office of Dongmen Elementary School in Taipei in the morning and was interviewed by the media. He said he was in a good mood and said that the people are concerned about the election results today, hoping to meet the expectations of the people, which is what he said As the saying goes, "Evil can never prevail against good."
However, Guo Taiming appeared alone at the polling office today. He explained that his wife Zeng Xinying's household registration has been moved to Xinyi Road in Taipei City, and his household registration is kept in the most memorable house, which is Qijiacuo. Today, the two voted separately.
KMT chairman Zhu Lilun was questioned for violating the election strike law when he was wearing a KMT coat while he was voting with Taoyuan mayoral candidate Zhang Shanzheng.
(United News Network)
[14:20] KMT chairman Zhu Lilun accompanied Taoyuan mayor candidate Zhang Shanzheng to vote in the morning and returned to his hometown Bade to vote.
A Facebook page "I'm from Zhongli" found that the jacket Zhu Lilun wore when voting was printed with "KMT" (KMT), and questioned the violation of the electoral strike law. He may be fined NT$500,000 to NT$50 million.
It is reported that Article 65, Item 1, Subparagraph 3 of Taiwan’s Election and Strike Law stipulates that if during the voting period, the clothing or items of a specific political party or candidate are worn or marked on the ballot counting place, and the personnel at the venue refuse to listen to the request to leave, they will face criminal charges. punishment.
However, since Zhu Lilun was not stopped by the election officials at the moment, whether there is criminal responsibility has sparked controversy.
[12:03] Zheng Wencan, the mayor of the DPP Taoyuan, went to the place of household registration and his alma mater Bade Da'an Elementary School to vote in the morning. After voting, he took a group photo with seven brothers and sisters who attended together.
When interviewed by Taiwan media, Zheng Wencan also encouraged everyone to vote enthusiastically.
Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan took a photo with brothers and sisters who went to vote together. Taiwan media said they looked alike.
(United News Network)
[9:30] KMT Taipei Mayor candidate Jiang Wanan appeared at the polling station of Dazhi Yongan Elementary School in a gray sweater at about 9:30 in the morning, and voted in about 5 minutes.
He told the media present that he was very relaxed, and he was very moved and grateful for the friends who braved the wind and rain to come to the pre-election night the day before.
He also thanked his wife for accompanying him in the rain yesterday, and when he went out this morning, the other party specially said "Come on" to him.
[9:20] Gao Hongan, the Hsinchu mayoral candidate of the People's Party who has received much attention due to her doctoral dissertation being accused of plagiarism before the election, arrived at the Fenggongli polling station in Hsinchu City to vote. The last mile, the feeling of getting things done.
【9:00】President Tsai Ing-wen appeared at the polling place of her domicile to vote at Xiulang Elementary School in Yonghe District, New Taipei City, and made a speech 30 meters outside the polling place after voting.
She called on everyone to vote enthusiastically to determine the future, regardless of the weather, and remember to vote for the 18-year-old constitutional amendment.
When asked how she was feeling, she said she was fine, emphasizing that this is a critical moment for Taiwan.
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[9:00] Former President Chen Shui-bian, wearing a red shirt and walking on crutches, went to vote at the polling station of the Tainan City Health Bureau next to his residence. He seemed in good spirits and encouraged everyone to vote enthusiastically.
Some media at the scene wanted to ask him about his views on the 2024 presidential election, but he smiled and waved his hands and refused, without any further response.
【8:30】Chen Shih-chung, a candidate for mayor of Taipei from the Democratic Progressive Party, was wearing a gray short-sleeved top and went to the polling station with his second son, Chen Yanan.
After voting, he said in an interview that he woke up in a good mood in the morning and slept well. He voted with a relaxed mood.
Regarding the planning before billing, he admits that these few hours are quite difficult, and he sleeps as long as he can, maybe reading some news is the most important thing.
[8:00] Voting officially begins.
Executive President Su Zhenchang and his wife Zhan Xiuling went to the balloting office of Yulin National High School in Shulin District, New Taipei City to vote. Su Zhenchang said that it is a very happy thing for Taiwan to have the right to vote. Please come out and vote.
In addition, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe and his wife, Chen Peiqi, went to the Jin Mau Girls' Middle School to cast their sacred votes. Ke said that he had a normal heart, and the public only needed to judge rationally. "We still believe in the wisdom of the voters."
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