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KMT, DPP each claim 130 city councilor
seats
DEAD HEAT:Although the pan-green camp dominates the city
council in Tainan, the pan-blue camp controls all the councils in the four other
special municipalities
By Shelley Huang / Staff Reporter
Chen Chih-chung, independent candidate for
Greater Kaohsiung City councilor and son of former president Chen Shui-bian,
waves to supporters yesterday. Chen amassed 32,947 votes, the highest number of
votes of any Greater Kaohsiung city council candidate in yesterday’s election.
PHOTO: CHANG CHUNG-YI, TAIPEI TIMES
Elections yesterday to select a total of 314 city councilors
in Taipei, Sinbei, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung ended in a tie between the
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), with
each winning 130 seats.
Non-partisan or independent candidates garnered 45 seats in the five city
councils, while the pro-unification New Party won three seats — all in Taipei
City — the People First Party (PFP), another pan-blue party, won four. The
pan-green, pro-independence Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) took two seats.
Overall, 2,642,846 ballots (35.34 percent) were cast for the DPP, while
2,889,210 (38.63 percent) were cast for the KMT.
The pan-green camp dominates the city council in Tainan, while the pan-blue camp
controls the northern, central and southern city councils in Taipei, Sinbei
City, Greater Taichung and Greater Kaohsiung.
GRAPHIC: TT
Taipei City Council
For the Taipei City Council, the KMT remains the biggest party, while the
pan-blue camp retains a majority, with 10 seats more than the pan-green camp.
The KMT holds 31 of the 62 seats in Taipei City Council, while the DPP, which
nominated 30 candidates, got 23 candidates elected. The New Party and PFP won
three and two seats respectively, while the TSU took one seat. The final two
seats in the Taipei City Council will be held by independents. The pan-green
Constitution Promotion Union did not win any seats.
Green Party Taiwan convener Pan Han-sheng (潘翰聲), who ran as a candidate for
Taipai’s Songshan (松山) and Xinyi (信義) districts, failed to win a seat, obtaining
only 4,984 votes (2.15 percent). Green Party Taiwan stands for environmental
protection and sustainability and is neither pan-green nor pan-blue.
Sinbei City Council
Of the 66 seats in the Sinbei City Council, the KMT was the biggest party with
30 seas, while the DPP came in second at 28. The rest of the eight seats were
taken by independents.
Notably, city councilor candidate Chen Hung-yuan (陳鴻源) won a seat on the city
council with 20,854 votes (16.65 percent), the third-highest of all eight
candidates in his district, but the lowest among all KMT candidates there. Sean
Lien (連勝文), former vice president Lien Chan’s (連戰) son, was shot at Chen’s rally
on Friday night.
Taichung City Council
The KMT won a slight victory by taking 27 of the 63 seats in the -Taichung City
Council, while the DPP took 24. The pan-blue camp holds only one more seat than
the pan-green camp, while independents hold 10 seats.
Tainan City Council
The DPP won a large victory by taking 27 of the 57 Tainan City Council seats,
while the KMT took 13. The other 17 seats were taken by independents.
Kaohsiung City CounciL
Of the 66 Kaohsiung City Council seats, the KMT won 29 while the DPP took 28.
The pan-blue camp holds two more seats than the pan-greens, while independents
occupy eight seats.
Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) son, won 32,947
votes (16.84 percent). Winning the highest -number of votes in his district,
Chen Chih-chung ran as an independent candidate in 10th electoral district of
Cianjhen (前鎮) and Siaogang (小港), against four candidates nominated by the DPP,
four from the KMT and six others.
Cheng Hsin-chu (鄭新助), who ran as an independent candidate in Kaohsiung as a
supporter of former president Chen Shui-bian, won a seat on the council with
18,283 votes (9.66 percent).
Former KMT Kaohsiung City councilor Huang Shao-ting (黃紹庭), who ran as an
independent candidate, won only 10,268 votes (6.87 percent), the lowest of eight
candidates in his riding, which includes Cianjin (前金), Sinsing (新興) and Lingya
(苓雅) districts. Huang’s election victory in 2006 was annulled because of his
holding US citizenship during his term.
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