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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 KMT wins 52 legislative seats, DPP bags 51 and TPP eight
THREE AT LARGE: Only the DPP, KMT and TPP crossed the threshold to receive legislator-at-large seats, with the DPP and KMT each winning 13 and the TPP eight
By Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter
No party won a majority of legislative seats in yesterday’s elections, with the Democratic Progressive Party （DPP） taking 51 seats and the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） taking 52 seats.
During the campaign, the DPP vowed to secure more than half of the Legislative Yuan’s 113 seats, while Taiwan People’s Party （TPP） Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je （柯文哲） said that his party aimed to grab at least 10 seats. Neither met their goals.
None of the TPP’s candidates won seats in regional legislative elections.
The KMT and the DPP both won in 36 electoral districts, but the DPP won all eight of Kaohsiung’s districts, as well as the six districts in Tainan.
Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie （黃捷） — who joined the DPP last year and was nominated for Kaohsiung’s sixth electoral district after DPP Legislator Chao Tian-lin （趙天麟） dropped out of the race due to an extramarital affair — upset KMT Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Mei-ya （陳美雅）.
In Taipei’s fourth electoral district （Nangang-Neihu）, DPP Legislator Kao Chia-yu （高嘉瑜）, who in the previous legislative elections became the first DPP candidate to snatch a victory from the KMT in the district, failed to retain her seat, losing to KMT challenger Lee Yen-hsiu （李彥秀）.
Taipei City Councilor Hsu Chiao-hsin （徐巧芯） — who secured the KMT’s nomination in Taipei’s seventh electoral district （Xinyi-Southern Songshan）, stopping incumbent KMT Legislator Alex Fai （費鴻泰） from running for a sixth consecutive time — beat DPP Taipei City Councilor Hsu Shu-hua （許淑華）.
DPP Legislator Lai Pin-yu （賴品妤） pulled off a surprise victory in 2020, but failed to keep her seat in New Taipei City’s 12th electoral district, losing to New Taipei City Councilor Liao Hsien-hsiang （廖先翔） of the KMT.
KMT Legislator Ma Wen-chun （馬文君） reclaimed her seat in Nantou County’s first electoral district for the fifth consecutive time, despite being accused of leaking confidential files concerning the Indigenous Defense Submarine program and illegally occupying public land. She beat Nantou County Councilor Tsai Ming-hsuan （蔡銘軒） of the DPP.
Taitung incumbent DPP Legislator Liu Chao-hao （劉櫂豪）, who ran as an independent after losing the party primary to Lai Kun-cheng （賴坤成）, lost to KMT challenger Huang Chien-pin （黃建賓）.
Former KMT legislator Yen Kuan-heng （顏寬恆） — accused by his opponent, DPP Legislator Lin Ching-yi （林靜儀）, of corruption and dishonest property declarations — won in Taichung’s second electoral district.
TPP Legislator Tsai Pi-ru’s （蔡壁如）, running in Taichung’s first electoral district, was touted as an exemplary case of KMT-TPP cooperation, gathering support from KMT heavyweights such as Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen （盧秀燕）. Tsai lost to Deputy Legislative Speaker Tsai Chi-chang （蔡其昌） of the DPP.
The KMT’s Sean Liao （廖偉翔）, another candidate endorsed by both the KMT and TPP, beat incumbent DPP Legislator Chang Liao Wan-chien （張廖萬堅） to win Taichung’s first electoral district.
Among the 16 parties that submitted legislator-at-large candidate lists, only three — the DPP, the KMT and the TPP — crossed the 5-percentage-point threshold to be awarded seats in the legislature.
A total of 13 candidates on the DPP’s legislator-at-large candidate list secured seats with the party’s 36.16 percent of party votes.
The KMT received 13 seats through 34.58 percent of party votes, while the TPP won eight seats with 22.07 percent of party votes.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, second left, cheers after declaring victory at a rally in the city yesterday. Photo: CNA
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Ching-yi concedes in her legislative race for Taichung’s second district yesterday. Photo: Chen Chien-chih, Taipei Times
A poll worker hands ballots to a voter yesterday. Photo: CNA
