1957 Taiwanese local elections

Elections in Taiwan 1957 4 21 y 1957 Taiwanese local elections Taiwan legislative All 21 mayors/magistrates of cities, counties 1954 1954 Taiwanese local elections 1960 1960 Taiwanese local elections File:蔣中正總統玉照.png Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang None Independent politician Mayors/Magistrates 20 1 Change 1 1 File:1957ROCCounty.svg #2fa8e1 Kuomintangblack Independentsb9b9b9 Not up for election (Yangmingshan, Fuchien) 65.38% 3.47pp 34.62% 3.47pp Local elections were held in Taiwan on 21 April 1957, the third nation-wide elections in post-war Taiwan, electing all 21 mayors of cities and magistrates of counties with a three-year tenure. Fuchien Province, then under military administration, was not up for election. Election for Provisional Taiwan Provincial Council was held alongside the local elections to elect 66 councillors. The ruling Kuomintang (or nationalist, KMT) retained control of 20 administrative divisions, flipping two from Tangwai movement, leaving the opposition with Tainan City only after defeating the nationalist candidate. Widespread election frauds were reported, while the struggle between local factions in different regions continued. Summary The list below shows the statistics of party membership of candidates standing in the election. Coloured box refers to the party membership of elected mayor or magistrate. +KMTCDSPYouthIndTaipei County1Taipei City1 2Keelung City11Yilan County11Taoyuan County11Hsinchu County11Miaoli County11Taichung County11Taichung City11Changhua County11Nantou County11Yunlin County11Chiayi County1 1Tainan County11Tainan City 11Kaohsiung County11Kaohsiung City11Pingtung County1Hualien County11Taitung County11Penghu County1 Detailed results Taipei Magistrate of Taipei 戴德發 Kuomintang 229413 12606 362849 續修臺北縣志·卷七·選舉志 Seeking re-election, Mayor Henry Kao stood against KMT-nominated Huang Chi-jui (黃啟瑞). According to students of National Taiwan Normal University, only Huang was invited to give a speech.李 壬癸 八十自述：珍惜臺灣南島語言的人 中央研究院近代史研究所 2017 978-986-05-2861-9 Taipei 41 During vote counting, multiple electricity outage fueled suspicions over election fraud, and the number of invalid ballots reached 8,000, nearly all were in favour of Kao.開放歷史－歷史元來如此：不公的地方選舉 http://www.rti.org.tw/m/program/focus/?recordId=4804 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180306022822/http://www.rti.org.tw/m/program/focus/?recordId=4804 2018-03-06 2023-04-10 Radio Taiwan International zh-TW As a result, Huang captured the capital for the ruling party with around 59% of valid votes. Kao responded with "gentleman doesn't care about results as justice shall prevail", "I rather lose with honour than win with disgrace".Central Daily News, 1957-04-22, p.3 Mayor of Taipei Huang Chi-jui Kuomintang 176238 Henry Kao Independent 121508 林清安 Independent 1559 8363 376870 臺北市志·卷三·政制志選舉篇 黃 振超 1987 255, 257 Keelung Mayor of Keelung 謝貫一 Kuomintang 38613 諸寶恆 Independent 4534 13882 96995 基隆市志·卷三·政治志選舉篇 邱 智信 2001 31 Yilan Magistrate of Yilan 甘阿炎 Kuomintang 64171 陳旺全 Independent 2816 46437 142239 臺灣省地方自治誌要 臺灣省地方自治誌要編輯委員會 1966 Taichung 418 Taoyuan Magistrate of Taoyuan 張芳燮 Kuomintang 88439 曹成金 Independent 3538 53583 187440 Hsinchu After incumbent magistrate Chu Sheng-chi (朱盛淇) supported rival of the Kuomintang in 1955 election for Speaker of the County Council, Chu was not nominated by the party for re-election. Magistrate of Hsinchu 鄒滌之 Kuomintang 88534 鄭鴻源 Independent 66953 3616 188780 新竹縣志續修（民國四十一年至八十年）·卷四·政事志 周 浩治 2008 550–551 Miaoli Magistrate of Miaoli 劉定國 Kuomintang 81494 何允文 Independent 56542 3596 179845 Taichung Lin He-nien (林鶴年), former Taichung Magistrate, was again nominated by the Kuomintang. Clashes between local factions continued, with "Lin faction" supporting Lin and "Chen faction" supporting Yang Chi-chen (楊基振) from Tangwai. Opposition accused election frauds as strongholds of Yang experienced electricity outrage at night during vote counting, leaving polling stations with staff only.吳 乃德 百年追求：臺灣民主運動的故事 卷二 自由的挫敗 衛城出版 2013 978-986-89626-4-4 134, 147 Magistrate of Taichung Lin He-nien Kuomintang 111620 Yang Chi-chen 66188 Independent 5844 243159 Mayor of Taichung Lin Chin-piao Kuomintang 47273 何春木 Independent 33453 2815 111368 Changhua This year's election was the repetition of 1954's between incumbent Chen Hsi-ching from the KMT and Shih Hsi-hsun from Tangwai, after Chen again secured party nomination. Some of Shih's supporters were arrested during election rally, angering residents to protest outside the police station, while Kuomintang smeared Shih with personal attacks. On the election day, frauds such as blackouts and village chiefs voting on behalf of villagers that were reported in last election occurred again. Eventually Shih only received around 42% of votes, lower than the expected 140,000 and was defeated.王 燈岸 磺溪壹老人 玉山社 2018 978-986-294-214-7 王 鏡玲 276–311 Chen Hsi-ching Kuomintang 143884 Shih Hsi-hsun Independent 106273 8815 351807 Magistrate of Changhua Nantou Magistrate of Nantou 洪樵榕 Kuomintang 75994 蔡瑞水 Independent 48138 3707 158461 南投縣志·卷二·政事志 黃 耀能 陳 哲三 吳 金標 1997 392 Yunlin Wang Yin-kuei (王吟貴), ex-speaker of Yunlin County Council, ran for Young China Party and as a Tangwai candidate, fighting against Lin Chin-sheng, nominated by the KMT to stage a political comeback. As Wang was more popular than Lin, the local party announced from the local administration that towns with high turnout and support rate for Lin would receive government subsidies. The local KMT also launched smearing campaign against the rivalry, claiming Wang "stirred troubles", "divided the community", and "publicly assaulted the governance".1957-04-20 雲縣長競選趨白熱化 國民黨助選活動迭違反選舉法令 已普遍引起縣民非議 3 公論報 The defamatory speeches and vote-buying acts, although suspected of breaking election laws, were not penalised by the authorities. On the election day, it was reported that staff at polling station marked the ballot paper in favour of Lin on behalf of a blind despite the elector insisted on voting for Wang. Lin eventually defeated Wang by a landslide. Magistrate of Yunlin Lin Chin-seng Kuomintang 132145 Wang Yin-kuei 75229 Young China Party 6029 263296 Chiayi Magistrate of Chiayi 黃宗焜 Kuomintang 109475 李茂松 93104 5278 278452 Independent Tainan Magistrate of Tainan 胡龍寶 Kuomintang 178248 吳拜 Independent 81579 6211 314893 In Tainan City, Yeh Ting-kuei (葉廷珪) completed a political revenge, being elected to the mayorship again and as the only independent winner of this election after leaving the KMT before the election. His friendliness to grassroot community is believed the crucial factor of his victory.蘇 南成 大頭市長蘇南成 2014 42 Mayor of Tainan 楊請 Kuomintang 44001 Yeh Ting-kuei Independent 62056 2715 129624 臺南市志·卷九·選舉志 王 振惠 游 醒民 1979 181–182 Kaohsiung With the unresolved disputes between two powerful local factions, Kuomintang nominated Chen Chi-hsing (陳皆興), an obscure councillor as the candidate. The two factions therefore turned to Yu Teng-fa, who was convinced to prevent an uncontested election.彭 瑞金 台灣野生的政治家：余登發 時報出版 1995 978-986-294-133-1 98–99, 104–105 Irregularities were reported after around 200 voters of one constituency discovered their ballots had been cast by others, who in turn demanded explanation despite police's threats. Results revealed that only two constituents out of 1,063 did not vote. Yu was also defeated unexpectedly. Following the defeat, Yu filed petition to dispute the election results, which was obstructed by agents of KMT as voters attempted to testify at court. Officials at polling stations were accused by Yu of rigging the election by fingerprinting on the electoral roll "like playing the piano" to get the ballot papers.臺灣時報社 政海浮沉錄 臺灣時報社 1977 147 Nevertheless, the court only convicted two staff members and decided not to charge the others. The court further rejected annulling the results on the basis that "one polling station is not enough to impact the election result". The verdict effectively blocked any vote re-count proposed by Tangwai in the next thirty years. Kuomintang, therefore, was mocked by the public when insisting elections were "honest, fair, and open" for "flagrant in vote-rigging, transparent in ballot-stuffing, and impartial in vote-buying". Magistrate of Kaohsiung Chen Chi-hsing Kuomintang 118255 Yu Teng-fa 69650 Independent 5986 244923 臺灣省地方自治誌要 1966 Taichung 臺灣省地方自治誌要編輯委員會 415 Meanwhile, in Kaohsiung City, the Kuomintang was divided between sending incumbent mayor Hsieh Cheng-chiang (謝掙強) and City Council Speaker Chen Wu-chang (陳武璋). Chen at last secured party nomination. For the Tangwai camp, two leading potential candidates reached an agreement, with Yang Chin-hu (楊金虎), delegate of National Assembly, running in mayoral election with CDSP's nomination,1957-03-29 民社黨昨公布參加競選名單 中華日報 while Li Yuan-chan (李源棧), a City Councillor, compete for the seat in Taiwan Provincial Council. With the support from most of the local factions, Chan easily defeated Yang.王 御風 高雄社會領導階層的變遷（1920～1960） 玉山社 2013 978-986-294-062-4 412 Mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Wu-chang Kuomintang 86409 Yang Chin-hu China Democratic Socialist Party 47138 2787 168907 重修高雄市志·卷二·民政志 高雄市政府 1990 162 Pingtung Magistrate of Pingtung 林石城 Kuomintang 179099 14419 253091 Hualien Magistrate of Hualien 胡子萍 Kuomintang 60087 徐輝國 Independent 24703 2769 101876 Taitung Magistrate of Taitung 黃拓榮 Kuomintang 53659 黃忠 Independent 10780 2716 77698 臺東縣史·政事篇 顏 志光 2001 239 Penghu Magistrate of Penghu Lee Yu-lin Kuomintang 32434 772 39881 References 中華民國選舉概況 中央選舉委員會 1984 zh-tw 劉 寧顏 重修臺灣省通志 臺灣省文獻委員會 1993 卷八．職官志第一冊-文職表篇 Category:1957 elections in Asia Category:1957 in Taiwan Category:April 1957 in Asia