[New post] Taiwan’s mid-term elections: Most politics is local, the KMT remains a force to be reckoned with, and the DPP needs to regroup

Adrian Chiu posted: " Written by Gerrit van der Wees. Image credit: 蔣萬安/ Facebook. On Saturday, November 26 2022, Taiwan held its "nine-in-one" mid-term elections for nine levels of local offices ranging from mayors and county magistrates in 22 cities and counties down " Taiwan Insight Taiwan's mid-term elections: Most politics is local, the KMT remains a force to be reckoned with, and the DPP needs to regroup Adrian Chiu Nov 30 Written by Gerrit van der Wees. The main indicator of how well the parties did, was the number of city mayor and county magistrate positions they gained or lost: the ruling DPP went down from their current number of seven positions to five, while the opposition KMT went down from their current number of 14 to 13, with two of the remaining seats going to independents, and one, Hsinchu City, to the Taiwan People's Party of Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je. In one location, Chiayi City, the election had to be postponed until December 18 because of the death of a mayoral candidate. Read more of this post Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Taiwan Insight. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://taiwaninsight.org/2022/11/30/taiwans-mid-term-elections-most-politics-is-local-the-kmt-remains-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-and-the-dpp-needs-to-regroup/ Powered by WordPress.com