Taiwan Statebuilding Party

The Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP; Chinese: 台灣基進; pinyin: Táiwān Jījìn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Ki-chìn) is a political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The party was established in 2016 as Taiwan Radical Wings.^[4] The party is considered a rather close ally of the Democratic Progressive Party,^[8] while fighting to replace opposition parties whom TSP unilaterally claims as "not loyal to Taiwan",^[9] such as Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party. In the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election, TSP failed to gain any seat in the Legislative Yuan and lost its status as a national political party.

Taiwan Statebuilding Party 台灣基進
Chairperson	Wang Hsing-huan
Secretary	Vacant
Founded	15 May 2016 (2016-05-15)
Headquarters	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Ideology	Taiwanese independence[1] Progressivism (Taiwanese)[2] Radicalism[3][4] Anti-communism[5] Anti-imperialism[6]
National affiliation	Pan-Green Coalition[7]
Colours	Fire Brick
Legislative Yuan	0 / 113
Municipal mayors	0 / 6
Magistrates/mayors	0 / 16
Councilors	0 / 912
Township/city mayors	0 / 204
Website
https://statebuilding.tw/
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Founder and former chairperson, Chen Yi-chi.

TSP welcoming U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's delegation outside Grand Hyatt Taipei

History

As of 2018, the chairperson was Chen Yi-chi.^[10] In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election, the party won one seat, with Chen Po-wei becoming its first member of the Legislative Yuan.^[11] In October 2021, Chen became the first member of the Legislative Yuan to be successfully recalled, ending his term less than two years into office.^[12] Votes for Chen's recall numbered 77,899, against 73,433 opposing his recall. Votes supporting the recall topped 25% of the eligible electorate (73,744), with 51.72 percent voter turnout.^[13] Per Article 92 of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act [zh], Chen would be ineligible to run for the Legislative Yuan in Taichung's second district for the next four years.^[14] On 28 October 2021, he was officially dismissed from the Legislative Yuan.^[15]

Policies

TSP has been described as a left-wing,^[16] progressive^[2] and pro-Taiwanese independence party.^[1] It is part of the Taiwan independence Left,^[17][18] but has also been described as "far-right" by some media.^[19][20]

Structure

Chair

• Current Chair: Chen Yi-chi (since May 2016)

Secretary-General

• Current Secretary-General: Wang Hsing-huan (since September 2021)

Election results

Legislative elections

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Changes	Party leader	Status	President
2020	1 / 113	447,286	3.16%	1 seat	Chen Yi-chi	5th party	Tsai Ing-wen
2024	0 / 113	95,078	0.69%	0 seat	Chen Yi-chi	Did not represent	Lai Ching-te

Local elections

Election	Magistrates and mayors	Councillors	Township/city mayors	Township/city council representatives	Village chiefs	Party leader
2018 unified	0 / 22	0 / 912	0 / 204	1 / 2,148	0 / 7,744	Chen Yi-chi
2022 unified	0 / 22	2 / 910	0 / 204	0 / 2,139	0 / 7,748	Chen Yi-chi