2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election

The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.

2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
17 January 2015
Turnout56.34%
 
Nominee Eric Chu
Popular vote 196,065
Percentage 100%
Chairman before election

Wu Den-yih (acting)

 Elected Chairman

Eric Chu

History

The election was called after Ma Ying-jeou resigned from the Kuomintang chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the local elections held on 29 November 2014.[1] Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.[2][3] Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections,[3] was the only officially confirmed candidate.[4]

Result

Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes,[5] beating the previous record in 2001.[6]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Eric ChuKuomintang196,065100.00
Total196,065100.00
Valid votes196,06599.61
Invalid/blank votes7650.39
Total votes196,830100.00
Registered voters/turnout349,37456.34
Source: Apple Daily[6]

Reactions

See also

References
  1. Li-jung, Liu; Tseng, Ying-yu; Huang, Li-yun; Lee, Hsin-Yin (10 December 2014). "KMT to elect new chairman Jan. 17". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (13 December 2014). "Eric Chu puts hand up for KMT role". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. Huang, Kelven; Low, Y.F. (13 December 2014). "New Taipei mayor to run uncontested in KMT chair election". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. Chyan, Amy (18 January 2015). "99.61% of votes name Chu KMT chair". China Post. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. "朱立倫拿下9成9超高得票率當選黨主席". Apple Daily. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  7. Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Claudia; Wu, Lilian (17 January 2015). "Eric Chu elected Kuomintang chairman (update)". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.


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