2009 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 2009 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, councillors in county/city councils, and mayors of townships and county-administered cities, known as the three-in-one elections (Chinese: 三合一選舉). The elections were not held in the special municipalities of Kaohsiung and Taipei as well as the counties and cities that were set to be reform as special municipalities in 2010, including Taipei County, Taichung County, Taichung City, Tainan County, Tainan City, or Kaohsiung County. The new formed municipalities has their elections in 2010.

2009 Taiwanese local elections

5 December 2009 (2009-12-05)

17 magistrates/mayors and others
Registered7,051,039
Turnout63.34% 2.87 pp
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen
Party Kuomintang DPP
Leader since 17 October 2009 20 May 2008
Last election 11 seats, 49.80% 3 seats, 38.19%
Seats won 12 4
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 2,094,518 1,982,914
Percentage 47.88% 45.32%
Swing 1.93 pp 7.13 pp
Councillors 289 128
Township/city mayors 121 34

Elected magistrate/mayor party by seat
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