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

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]

• Taichung City Constituency I: Dajia, Daan, Waipu, Qingshui, Wuqi
• Taichung City Constituency II:^[a] Shalu, Longjing, Dadu, Wuri, Wufeng
• Taichung City Constituency III: Houli, Shengang, Daya, Tanzi
• Taichung City Constituency IV:^[b] Xitun, Nantun
• Taichung City Constituency V:^[c] Beitun, North
• Taichung City Constituency VI:^[d] South, East, Central, West
• Taichung City Constituency VII:^[e] Taiping, Dali^[f]
• Taichung City Constituency VIII:^[g] Fengyuan, Shigang, Dongshi, Xinshe, Heping

Legislators

  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

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

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

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

2019 By-election

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

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

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

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.