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]

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

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
IncumbentConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes (%)CandidatePartyVotes (%)
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
IncumbentConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes (%)CandidatePartyVotes (%)
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.
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