1977 Taiwanese local elections

Elections 1977 11 19 y 1977 Taiwanese local elections Taiwan legislative All 20 mayors/magistrates of cities, counties 1973 1973 Taiwanese local elections 1981 1981 Taiwanese local elections 80.39% 第7任總統蔣經國先生玉照.jpg Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang Mayors/Magistrates 15 4 Change 1977ROCCounty.svg #2fa8e1 Kuomintangblack Independentsb9b9b9 Not up for election (Taipei) 70.44% 4,150,460 None Independent politician 29.56% 1,742,124 Local elections were held in Taiwan on 19 November 1977, electing 20 magistrates and mayors in the country, 77 members of the Taiwan Provincial Council, and members of the Taipei and Kaohsiung City Council. Seen as one of the most competitive local polls with crowded field of candidates, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) was especially focusing on the bitter races in Tainan City, and the counties of Kaohsiung, Nantou, and Taoyuan. The Kuomintang was accused of rigging the election in Taoyuan after the popular opposition was poised to fend off challenge by KMT's candidate, provoking widespread anger in the county and led to the crackdown on protest, later known as the Zhongli incident. Provincial election Kuomintang Independents 56 21 7713736 5939038 260180 KMTIndTurnout (%)Taipei County5276.50Yilan County1178.13Taoyuan County4184.23Hsinchu County2182.96Miaoli County2178.44Taichung County3285.62Changhua County4183.42Nantou County2179.15Yunlin County3275.53Chiayi County4175.77Tainan County4179.23Kaohsiung County4182.47Pingtung County3181.72Taitung County177.27Hualien County177.46Penghu County179.04Keelung City177.12Taichung City2181.55Tainan City2185.56Kaohsiung City3280.94Plains Indigenous (North)177.39Plains Indigenous (South)174.40Mountain Indigenous292.12 Source:中華民國選舉概況 中央選舉委員會 1984 Mayoral and magisterial elections Taipei Magistrate of Taipei 邵恩新 Kuomintang 519099 26431 944438 Independent Independent Independent 90491 68711 16023 廖銘義 李歸坵 盧霖 Keelung Mayor of Keelung 陳正雄 Kuomintang 77172 4427 182416 Independent Independent 54742 4097 張金鐘 陳榮強 Yilan Magistrate of Yilan 李鳳鳴 Kuomintang 151935 6048 221597 Independent 23496 許仁修 Taoyuan Provincial Councillor Hsu Hsin-liang expressed interest in Taoyuan poll, but was not nominated by the ruling Kuomintang for being critical of the government. Instead the party nominated 歐憲瑜, an official in the Ministry of Judicial Administration. Hsu nevertheless entered the race, and was subsequently expelled from the party a month before voting. October 2023 On the voting day, some ballot papers in Zhongli city were damaged by the poll workers. Voters reported to the police but was largely ignored. Worse still, the police escorted the officials. The furious public soon marched to the police station and demanded a recount. The confrontation, later known as Zhongli Incident, resulted in two deaths after being hit by police's bullet and teargas. It was regarded as the first mass demonstration against election manipulation by the authoritarian regime. Hsu was elected with a majority of around 90,000 votes. October 2023 Magistrate of Taoyuan Hsu Hsin-liang Independent 235946 10915 468950 Kuomintang 147851 歐憲瑜 Hsinchu Magistrate of Hsinchu 林保仁 Kuomintang 243458 36425 338616 Miaoli Magistrate of Miaoli 邱文光 Kuomintang 150224 9484 288745 Independent 66706 張榮顯 Taichung Magistrate of Taichung 陳孟鈴 Kuomintang 242740 30329 476224 Independent 134640 楊順隆Chen Tuan-tang, Kuomintang's incumbent Taichung Mayor, faced increasing attack over the bribery and financial mismanagement scandal of the city's government. The local "Chang faction" was also angered by Chen's decision to grant bus franchises, effectively ending the monopoly of transportation. Despite the local resistance, KMT chose Chen for re-election instead of the candidate from another powerful local tribe of Lai.泰石. 《選壇風雲《中南部》》. 長橋出版社. 1978年1月. For the Tangwai bloc, City Councillor Tzeng Wen-po (曾文坡) was selected after his rival gave way and ran for Provincial Councillor instead. Tzeng eventually won the election by surprise, with a mere 1,100 votes. The disappointment by the local factions was considered to be the major reason. However, there were accusations of fraud as Tzeng's campaign first anticipated a lead of 10,000 votes, and that the officials delayed the counting of several ballot boxes until Tangwai supporters blocked the city office and the outbreak of Zhongli Incident.黃煌雄. 《國民黨往何處去？》. 長橋出版社. 1978年11月.Mayor of Taichung Tzeng Wen-po Independent 119613 8090 320065 Kuomintang 118571 陳端堂 Changhua Magistrate of Changhua 吳榮興 Kuomintang 308333 25471 597260 Independent 164226 張春男 Nantou Magistrate of Nantou 劉裕猷 Kuomintang 207655 12626 277596 Yunlin Magistrate of Yunlin 林恒生 Kuomintang 173687 16384 425489 Independent 131163 黃蔴 Chiayi Magistrate of Chiayi 涂德錡 Kuomintang 221774 16162 451627 Independent 104393 謝明陽 Tainan A total of 13 hopefuls battled for Kuomintang's nomination, the most across the country, which included Yang Pao-fa (楊寶發), a minister in Taipei City administration and Lee Ya-chiao (李雅樵), the Provincial Councillor with the backing of local camps. Although Lee earned more popularity in the grassroots, Yang, a young and loyal party agent, was nominated by the party.陳延輝、蕭晉源. 《台南縣派系興起與政黨政治的確立》. 秀威資訊科技. 2005. 978-986-7263-26-1. While rumours said Lee and others might try to sabotage Yang's anticipated walkover, he was the only official candidate in the election. With the support from the "mountain faction" and the acquiescence from the "sea faction", Yang faced no significant obstacles and was elected in the unopposed race.Magistrate of Tainan Yang Pao-fa Kuomintang 386738 27055 522682Chang Li-tang (張麗堂) secured the party's nomination to run for re-election as Tainan Mayor, while the Tangwai was represented by Su Nan-cheng, stagging a re-run of the last election.林森榮. 《續修台南市志卷七選舉志 市長市議員選舉篇》. 臺南市政府. 1996年6月. Su was also supported by 蔡介雄, a Provincial Councillor who was no longer acquiesced his campaign for another term by the party because of his strong stance on social issues and as a tactic to split the opposition's vote.許春風發行. 《運河脈動－蔡介雄評傳》. 嘉鴻出版社. 1985年10月.張國堂. 《打拼為台灣 30年來民主運動在府城－關懷與期盼》. 1995年4月. Branded "democracy fighter", 蔡介雄 ran for re-election and backed Su in mayoral election. The two rallied for government-friendly and anti-KMT's support respectively. During the canvassing, KMT's local branch denounced Su as a separatist and communist, which was rebuked by the leading candidate and strengthened the anti-government sentiments. The one-party authorities also called on the soldier to vote for party's candidate.林瑞明日記，1977年11月17日。收於林瑞明，《少尉的兩個世界》，臺南：臺南市文化中心，1995年4月發行。頁22 Chang's team believed the victory is secured, but as vote counting progressed, the lead by Su became clearer. However sudden blackouts were reported in a dozen of voting booths with counting slowed down, a common practice for rigging the election. With the growing fury by the public, the power supply and vote counting later resumed, and Su's advantageous position was maintained. Su later said he resolutely demanded the authorities to abide the law and continue the vote counting, or face whatever consequences that may happen.Mayor of Tainan Su Nan-cheng Independent 131504 5940 293476 Kuomintang 113627 Chang Li-tang Kaohsiung Early results showed the election was too close to call with the independent 黃友仁 leading with around 4,000 votes only. As Kuomintang stronghold started counting the ballots, the Tangwai believed the defeat is imminent. Still, supporters of the opposition travelled to the stronghold to supervise the vote count to avoid any electoral fraud.周平德，〈選舉不公平不公正不公開〉，收於《講沒完的政見》，臺北：拓荒者出版社。1979年10月初版。頁115-116 At the end 黃友仁 beat Kuomintang with less than 2,000 votes, which prominent opposition figure Yu Teng-fa said the supervising was critical as it prevented the authorities from stuffing KMT's ballots.彭瑞金，《臺灣野生的政治家——余登發》，臺北：時報出版。2000年4月3日初版四刷。頁107。 Yu also believed the majority should be much larger, at 60,000-some votes.Magistrate of Kaohsiung 黃友仁 Independent 204782 15277 511905 Kuomintang 202116 王正和In the city of Kaohsiung, the incumbent 王玉雲 had his majority shrunk from more than ten thousand to around 4,000, most of those are from the strongholds such as relatives of soldier and civil servants.Mayor of Kaohsiung 王玉雲 Kuomintang 236984 12534 545555 Independent 191591 洪照男 Pingtung Magistrate of Pingtung 柯文福 Kuomintang 354231 27337 464382 Taitung Magistrate of Taitung Chiang Sheng-ai Kuomintang 107865 5355 145296 Hualian Magistrate of Hualian 吳水雲 Kuomintang 143353 5374 187969 Penghu Kuomintang Central Committee nominated 謝有溫 rather than a party official who was endorsed by the local party and the headquarter's nomination committee, after the Chief of Staff favoured 謝有溫 from the military due to the strategic location of Penghu.蔡明惠. 〈民主轉型中的澎湖地方政治生態〉 (PDF). 《選舉研究》. 2004-11,. 第十一卷第二期: 頁133–162 [2023-01-26]. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2023-01-26）.Magistrate of Taitung 謝有溫 Kuomintang 43047 2303 57361Source: References October 2023 Category:1977 elections in Asia