1964 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 April 1964, the fifth nation-wide elections in post-war Taiwan, electing all 21 mayors of cities and magistrates of counties with a four-year tenure. Fuchien Province, then under military administration, was not up for election.

1964 Taiwanese local elections
26 April 1964 (1964-04-26)
All 21 mayors/magistrates of cities, counties
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chiang Kai-shek Hsiang Kou-fu
and others
Party Kuomintang Democratic Socialist
Mayors/
Magistrates		 17 1
Change 2
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Li Huang None
Party Youth Independent
Mayors/
Magistrates		 1 2
Change 1 1
  Kuomintang
  China Democratic Socialist Party
  Young China Party
  Independents
  Not up for election (Yangmingshan, Fuchien)

This is the first local election since the leading liberal figures were detained after Lei Chen and others of the Free China Journal attempted to form an opposition party. The ruling Kuomintang (or nationalist, KMT) suffered minor defeat, losing two magisterial or mayoral seat while keeping 17. Taipei and Tainan were won by Tangwai candidates, while China Democratic Socialist Party (CDSP) and Young China Party (YCP) each secured one administrative division.

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