Legislative Yuan constituencies in Taichung City

Taichung City electoral constituencies (Chinese: 臺中市選舉區) consist of 8 single-member constituencies, each represented by a member of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan.

Current constituencies

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Map of Taichung's legislative districts

Some constituencies were renamed in 2010 as a result of the merger of Taichung County. Some adjustments were made in 2019.[1]

Legislators

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  Kuomintang    Democratic Progressive Party   Non-Partisan Solidarity Union   New Power Party   Taiwan Statebuilding Party   Independent

Election I II III IV V VI VII VIII
2008
7th
Liu Chuan-chung Yen Ching-piao Yang Chiung-ying Tsai Chin-lung Lu Shiow-yen
(2008-2018)1
Daniel Huang Chiang Lien-fu Shyu Jong-shyong
2012
8th
Tsai Chi-chang Lin Chia-lung
(2012-2014)2
Ho Hsin-chun Johnny Chiang
2014 Huang Kuo-shu3
2016
9th
Yen Kuan-heng Hung Tzu-yung Chang Liao Wan-chien
2019 Shen Chih-hwei
2020
10th
Chen Po-wei (recalled) Yang Chiung-ying Chuang Ching-Cheng
2022 Lin Ching-yi
2024
11th
Yen Kuan-heng Liao Wei-hsiang Huang Chien-hao Lo Ting-wei

[1]Lu Shiow-yen resigned in 2018 to focus on her Taichung mayoral election campaign.[2]

[2]Lin Chia-lung resigned in 2014 to focus on his Taichung mayoral election campaign.

[3]Huang Kuo-shu resigned from the DDP in October 2021 after reports surfaced that he worked as a Kuomintang informant in his 20s.[3]

Election results

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2019 By-election

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2019 By-election[4]
  Elected Runner-up
Incumbent Constituency Candidate Party Votes (%) Candidate Party Votes (%)
Kuomintang
Lu Shiow-yen
V Shen Chih-hwei   Kuomintang 57.78% Wang Yi-chuan DPP 38.62%

2016

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2016 legislative election[5]
  Elected Runner-up
Incumbent Constituency Candidate Party Votes (%) Candidate Party Votes (%)
DPP
Tsai Chi-chang
I Tsai Chi-chang   DPP 60.14% Yen Chiu-yueh Kuomintang 37.99%
NPSU
Yen Ching-piao
II Yen Kuan-heng   Kuomintang 46.65% Chen Shih-kai DPP 43.71%
Kuomintang
Yang Chiung-ying
III Hung Tzu-yung   New Power Party 53.87% Yang Chiung-ying Kuomintang 45.16%
Kuomintang
Tsai Chin-lung
IV Chang Liao Wan-chien   DPP 52.77% Tsai Chin-lung Kuomintang 36.77%
Kuomintang
Lu Shiow-yen
V Lu Shiow-yen   Kuomintang 51.52% Liu Kuo-lung TSU 39.96%
DPP
Huang Kuo-shu
VI Huang Kuo-shu   DPP 55.74% Shen Chih-hwei Kuomintang 40.54%
DPP
Ho Hsin-chun
VII Ho Hsin-chun   DPP 63.07% Lai Yi-huang Kuomintang 35.05%
Kuomintang
Johnny Chiang
VIII Johnny Chiang   Kuomintang 49.62% Hsieh Zhi-chong DPP 48.60%

Notes

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  1. ^ Also included two villages of Dali prior to 2019
  2. ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency I
  3. ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency II
  4. ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency III
  5. ^ Formerly Taichung County Constituency IV
  6. ^ Two districts in Constituency II prior to 2019
  7. ^ Formerly Taichung County Constituency V

References

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  1. ^ "《台中》立委第7選區調整 東湖里、西湖里重回大里 - 地方". 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "KMT lawmaker Lu Shiow-yen resigns to focus on Taichung mayoral race - Focus Taiwan".
  3. ^ Tang, Tsai-hsin; Hetherington, William (2021-10-18). "DPP lawmaker admits being a KMT informant". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. ^ "中選會選舉資料庫網站". db.cec.gov.tw. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  5. ^ "中選會選舉資料庫網站". db.cec.gov.tw. Retrieved 2019-01-15.