Lowland Aborigine Constituency

The Lowland Aborigine constituency (Chinese: 平地原住民選舉區; pinyin: Píngdì Yuán Zhùmín Xuǎnjǔ Qū) is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s.^[1] Predecessors to both the Lowland and Highland Aborigine districts were established in 1994.^[2] Since 2008 the Lowland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan. At its peak between 1998 and 2004, the constituency sent four members to the Legislative Yuan.

Lowland Aborigine district
Multi-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
Electorate	Taiwanese Plains Aborigines
Current constituency
Created	2008
Member(s)	Huang Jen (2024–) Sra Kacaw (2012–) Chen Ying (2016–)

The district is dominated by the Amis ethnic group, with only one legislator (Chen Ying) ever elected from the Puyuma ethnic group.

Legislators

Election	Representative		Representative		Representative		Representative
1980		Lin Tung-hung (Amis) Kuomintang
1983		Yang Chuan-kwang (Amis) Maysang Kalimud Kuomintang
1986		Tsai Chung-han (Amis) Safulo Kacaw Lalanges Kuomintang
1989				Chuang Chin-sheng (Amis) Kuomintang
1992						Kao Wei-he (Amis) Takapu Kuomintang
1995						Chang Jen-hsiang (Amis) Kuomintang
1998		Tsai Chung-han (Amis) Safulo Kacaw Lalanges Independent		Yang Jen-fu (Amis) Kuomintang				Lin Cheng-er (Amis) Kuomintang
2001		Liao Kuo-tung (Amis) Sufin Siluko Kuomintang						Lin Cheng-er (Amis) People First Party
2004						Chen Ying (Puyuma) Asenay Daliyalrep Democratic Progressive Party
2008						Lin Cheng-er (Amis) People First Party
2012				Jen Tian-tsair (Amis) Sra Kacaw Kuomintang
2016						Chen Ying (Puyuma) Asenay Daliyalrep Democratic Progressive Party
2020
2024		Huang Jen (Amis) Kin Cyang Kuomintang

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Lowland Aborigine Constituency ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kuomintang	Sra Kacaw	45,242	38.00
	DPP	Chen Ying	27,431	23.04
	Kuomintang	Huang Jen	20,087	16.87
	Independent	Zhen Zheng Zong	9,823	8.25
	Independent	Gao Meizhu	6,928	5.82
	Independent	Chung Jen‧Da Lu Sih	5,148	4.32
	Independent	Wu Jian Zhi Ka Fei Ge	2,486	2.09
	Taiwan Renewal Party	KoLon	1,055	0.89
	New	Mikagkag Lifuk	863	0.72
Total valid votes			119,063
	Kuomintang hold		Swing
	DPP hold		Swing
	Kuomintang hold		Swing

References

1. Hale, Erin (8 January 2020). "'Always campaign time': Why Taiwan's indigenous people back KMT". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
2. Gerber, Abraham (10 April 2016). "Campaigners pan empty Aboriginal legislative seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
3. "11th Legislative Election Result" (Legislator). Taiwan Central Election Commission (中央選舉委員會). Retrieved 16 January 2024.