2015_Kuomintang_chairmanship_election
2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election
2015 by-election in Taiwan
The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.
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| Turnout | 56.34% | |||||||||||||
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The election was called after Ma Ying-jeou resigned from the Kuomintang chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the local elections held on 29 November 2014.[1] Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.[2][3] Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections,[3] was the only officially confirmed candidate.[4]
Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes,[5] beating the previous record in 2001.[6]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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| Eric Chu | Kuomintang | 196,065 | 100.00 | |
| Total | 196,065 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 196,065 | 99.61 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 765 | 0.39 | ||
| Total votes | 196,830 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 349,374 | 56.34 | ||
| Source: Apple Daily[6] | ||||
- Democratic Progressive Party - Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen sent congratulatory flowers and a message to KMT headquarters after the polls closed. The message read, in part, "heavy responsibilities, long road ahead."[5]
- General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping congratulated Chu immediately after the election. He expressed that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could continue adhering the 1992 Consensus and oppose Taiwan independence to push for the peaceful development of Cross-Strait relations.[7]
- Li-jung, Liu; Tseng, Ying-yu; Huang, Li-yun; Lee, Hsin-Yin (10 December 2014). "KMT to elect new chairman Jan. 17". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- Shih, Hsiu-chuan (13 December 2014). "Eric Chu puts hand up for KMT role". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Huang, Kelven; Low, Y.F. (13 December 2014). "New Taipei mayor to run uncontested in KMT chair election". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- Chyan, Amy (18 January 2015). "99.61% of votes name Chu KMT chair". China Post. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- "朱立倫拿下9成9超高得票率當選黨主席". Apple Daily. 17 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Claudia; Wu, Lilian (17 January 2015). "Eric Chu elected Kuomintang chairman (update)". Central News Agency (Taiwan). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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