Local elections were held in Taiwan on 1 December 2001 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, on 26 January 2002 to elect councillors in county/city councils and mayors of townships and cities, on 8 June 2002 to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs (all except in Taipei City), and on 7 December 2002 to elect mayors and councillors of special municipalities.[2]

Quick Facts 25 magistrates/mayors and others, Registered ...
2001–02 Taiwanese local elections

 1998 1 December 2001 – 7 December 2002 (2001-12-01 2002-12-07)[a][1] 2005 

25 magistrates/mayors and others[b]
Registered15,875,304
Turnout67.30% Decrease 1.52 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Lien Chan Frank Hsieh
Party Kuomintang DPP
Leader since 20 March 2000 20 April 2000
Last election 9 seats, 43.95% 13 seats, 44.14%
Seats won 10 10
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 3
Popular vote 4,184,865 4,674,904
Percentage 39.75% 44.40%
Swing Decrease 4.21 pp Increase 0.26 pp
Councillors 412 178
Township/city mayors 195 28

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader James Soong Hau Lung-pin
Party People First New
Leader since 31 March 2000 March 2000
Last election Did not stand[c] 0 seats, 1.60%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 197,707 834,956
Percentage 1.88% 7.93%
Swing New party Increase 6.33 pp
Councillors 64 8
Township/city mayors 4 0

Elected magistrate/mayor party by seat
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Magistrate/mayor elections in counties/cities

Mayor elections in special municipalities

The election was administered directly under the central government of Taiwan. Mayor candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in Taipei, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung.

Taipei City

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Ma Ying-jeou
Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year Winning CandidatePolitical Party
1994Chen Shui-bianDemocratic Progressive Party
1998Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang
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Results
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang 2 Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) 873,102 64.11%
Democratic Progressive Party 1 Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) 488,811 35.89%
Total 1,374,862 100.00%
Voter turnout 70.61%
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Kaohsiung City

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Frank Hsieh
Results of Past Kaohsiung Municipal Mayoral Elections
Year Winning CandidatePolitical Party
1994Wu Den-yih Kuomintang
1998Hsieh Chang-tingDemocratic Progressive Party
More information Party, # ...
Results
Party # Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Progressive Party 5 Hsieh Chang-ting (謝長廷) 386,384 50.04%
Kuomintang 4 Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英) 361,546 46.82%
Independent 2 Chang Po-ya (張博雅) 13,479 1.75%
Independent 1 Shih Ming-te (施明德) 8,750 1.13%
Independent 3 Huang Tian-sheng (黃天生) 1,998 0.26%
Total 779,911 100.00%
Voter turnout 71.38%
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Notes

    • 2001-12-01: magistrates of counties and mayors of cities
    • 2002-01-26: councillors in county/city councils and mayors of township/cities
    • 2002-06-08: representatives in township/city councils and villages chiefs (all except in Taipei City)
    • 2002-12-07: mayors and councillors of special municipalities
    • 993 councillors
    • 319 township/city mayors
    • 3,717 township/city council representatives
    • 7,360 village chiefs (all except in Taipei City)
    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
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