1981 Taiwanese local elections

1981 11 14 y 1981 Taiwanese local elections Taiwan legislative All 19 mayors/magistrates of cities, counties 1977 1977 Taiwanese local elections 1985 1985 Taiwanese local elections 74.94% 第7任總統蔣經國先生玉照.jpg Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang Mayors/Magistrates 15 4 Change 1981ROCCounty.svg #2fa8e1 Kuomintangblack Independentsb9b9b9 Not up for election (Special municipalities of Taipei, Kaohsiung) 59.13% 3,367,758 None Independent politician 40.56% 2,310,150Local elections were held in Taiwan on 14 November 1981, electing 19 magistrates and mayors in the country, 77 members of the Taiwan Provincial Council, and members of the Taipei and Kaohsiung City Council. The local poll is the first since the crackdown on the Tangwai movement. The result was largely the same with the last, with the ruling party maintaining control over 19 administrative divisions, and the opposition kept Yilan, Changhua, Pingtung, and Tainan City. Provincial election Kuomintang Independents 59 18 8146652 5703957 156471 KMTIndTurnout (%)Taipei County8264.96Yilan County1170.88Taoyuan County3375.01Hsinchu County374.06Miaoli County2174.67Taichung County4278.23Changhua County679.43Nantou County2173.48Yunlin County3163.20Chiayi County3166.91Tainan County3274.06Kaohsiung County4177.95Pingtung County4176.38Taitung County161.38Hualien County159.24Penghu County159.53Keelung City1167.65Taichung City374.42Tainan City2174.64Mountain Indigenous272.89Plains Indigenous (North)164.70Plains Indigenous (South)162.62 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 Lin Fong-cheng Kuomintang 558263 24548 1269420 Independent Independent Kuomintang 174715 37726 29158 陳進炮 李華京 陳化義 Keelung Mayor of Keelung 張春熙 Kuomintang 76651 3751 198533 Independent Independent 44069 9577 張金鐘 林培鈞 Yilan After 30 years in power, Kuomintang was hit by scandals of bribery and case-for-office in Yilan. Kuomintang nominated 李讚成 to run for office after he submitted nomination form just five minutes before the deadline, despite his repeated refusal beforehand.財團法人台灣研究基金會執筆小組 人民的力量：蘭陽平原的雨月四十八天 玉山社 2006 978-986-7375-87-2:205 However divisions within the Kuomintang remained unsolved.:207 The opposition Tangwai sent Chen Ding-nan after negotiations that saw his main rival You Si-kun agreed to run for Provincial Councillor instead, widely seen as a less challenging poll.:207-9 Nevertheless, Chen unexpectedly defeated the ruling party and became the first non-KMT magistrate of Yilan in three decades. The nationalists would only regain the leadership in Taipei 25 years later when Chen, who returned after being urged by the Democratic Progressive Party, failed to save the losing party in Yilan.Magistrate of Yilan Chen Ding-nan Independent 90389 3206 251500 Kuomintang Independent 82117 2939 李讚成 許仁修 Taoyuan Magistrate of Taoyuan Hsu Hung-chih Kuomintang 255763 10279 583060 Independent Independent 162567 8272 呂傳勝 李思志 Hsinchu Magistrate of Hsinchu Chen Chin-hsing Kuomintang 146768 6789 366219 Independent Kuomintang Independent 88500 14744 13326 Fan Chen-tsung 劉榭燻 蔡維邦 Miaoli Magistrate of Miaoli Hsieh Chin-ting Kuomintang 95063 6135 310074 Kuomintang Independent Independent 80666 22915 15933 江聰仁 張鏡明 張榮顯 黃昌文 Independent 10409 Taichung Magistrate of Taichung 陳庚金 Kuomintang 249097 14753 565340 Independent Independent 169851 8171 陳正中 鄭炳照Incumbent Tangwai mayor Tzeng Wen-po (曾文坡) faced challenge from KMT-supported Lin Po-jung (林柏榕) and another Tangwai colleague 劉文雄. After a "smear" campaign by the Kuomintang exposing his nightclub life,邱 家洪 暗房政治－林柏榕幕僚長政壇回憶錄 日臻出版社 1995 957-8882-19-X Tzeng failed to win a second term, while Lin garnered additional support from local factions.Mayor of Taichung Lin Po-jung Kuomintang 137174 5820 335084 Independent Independent Kuomintang 63076 35544 7670 Tzeng Wen-po 劉文雄 謝介銘 Changhua A fierce party primary with 14 hopefuls aiming for the party's nomination forced the party headquarter to nominate 陳伯村, friend of Vice President Hsieh Tung-min who worked in the Provincial Government and unaffiliated to any of the powerful local factions.余 立言 1981-08-12 沉兩「村」/浮一「城」——彰化縣長選戰評析 縱橫 縱橫月刊雜誌社 2 4 41–44 George Huang, who failed to win the magistrate in the last election, represented the Tangwai after he was considered to be well known in the county, despite facing some criticisms of "fake opposition". Huang Shun-hsing, the main foe of George Huang and former Taitung Magistrate, agreed to support him as an act of courtesy.康 寧祥 台灣，打拼 康寧祥回憶錄 允晨出版 2014 2nd The grievance by the local factions and the uninspiring performance by Kuomintang's incumbent magistrate boosted Huang's support. The independent eventually defeated the KMT's nominee, the first in 12 years.Magistrate of Changhua George Huang Independent 270520 15673 655622 Kuomintang 234488 陳伯村 Nantou Kuomintang put up Wu Den-yih's name for Nantou's poll. The Taipei City Councillor ranked eighth in the party's primary, thus prompting 楊國平, who won the primary, to resign from the party and join the race. Supported by the opposition, 楊國平 was nonetheless unable to block Wu after losing the race, receiving around 40% of votes. Wu embarked on his triumphant political journey, leading him to the vice-presidency.Magistrate of Nantou Wu Den-yih Kuomintang 130322 5130 300126 Independent 84932 楊國平 Yunlin Magistrate of Yunlin Hsu Wen-tsu Kuomintang 157453 7971 447926 Independent 117638 黃蔴 Chiayi Magistrate of Chiayi 涂德錡 Kuomintang 215539 11386 477744 Independent Young China Party 74270 17612 林麗蓮 吳光耀 Tainan Yang Pao-fa (楊寶發), the nationalist's incumbent magistrate, was apparently uninterested in re-election initially. He changed his mind after his rumoured promotion to the party headquarter was lost. Lee Ya-chiao (李雅樵), who was determined to represent the party in the upcoming election, came second in the party primary by a small margin.陳 延輝 台南縣派系興起與政黨政治的確立 蕭 晉源 秀威資訊科技 2005 978-986-7263-26-1:75-81 As the party settled on Yang's nomination, Lee's supporters urged Lee to ran in the election. He at last accepted the invitation by the party to become a county official as compensation.:82,85 Two months before the election, Tainan was hit by downpour by typhoon. Without any rescue and food supply for two days, residents of the most affected regions denounced the local government for their slow response,:89 harming the support of the incumbent. On the other hand, Tangwai endorsed 蔡四結 who left the party before the election.:93-4 Although unable to challenge Yang, he outranked the incumbent in the hard-hit township,1981-11-22 縣長鳴謝賜票怎料場面冷落 7 聯合報 demonstrating the anger by the public.Magistrate of Tainan Yang Pao-fa Kuomintang 215662 13198 568587 Independent 189172 蔡四結Su Nan-cheng, the incumbent mayor of Tainan, was seen as a shifting figure between the Kuomintang and Tangwai after he inclined towards the ruling party and denounced the liberals in the Kaohsiung crackdown. During his first four years of office he enjoyed well reputation for efficient governance. Kuomintang decided against endorsing any hopefuls and allowed open race. Tangwai also did not send anyone to challenge the incumbent. Scandals including alleged bribery and collusion between Su and the KMT did little to damage the incumbent's re-election hope. Sweeping 77% of ballots, Su became the first Tainan Mayor to start a second term of office. He rejoined the party in the next year under Chiang Ching-kuo's directive.Mayor of Tainan Su Nan-cheng Independent 190588 3173 335141 Kuomintang Kuomintang Kuomintang 34294 11391 10704 王奕棋 林永發 林三和 Kaohsiung Local party in Kaohsiung supported Deputy Speaker Tsai Ming-yao from the local "white faction" to hold the city's seat. Tangwai was represented by Yu Chen Yueh-ying, with the backing of opposition heavyweight Yu Teng-fa. During the governance of KMT, the size of electorate in the county surged significantly, one of the towns saw its franchise expanded by a half.余陳 月瑛 余陳月瑛回憶錄 時報文化出版 1996 After voting ended, televised live of vote counting abruptly suspended for a while. Mrs. Yu, who was originally leading Tsai by more than 20,000 votes, was narrowly defeated eventually. Yu Teng-fa, outraged by the fraudulent result, blamed himself for not doing the best while supervising the vote count.彭 瑞金 臺灣野生的政治家：余登發 時報文化出版 1995 957-13-1824-8Magistrate of Kaohsiung Tsai Ming-yao Kuomintang 212726 8214 557579 Independent Independent 209109 4390 Yu Chen Yueh-ying 陳進昌 Pingtung Chiou Lien-hui, member of the Tangwai after leaving the party four years ago, was serving as Provincial Councillor, but decided to run for Pingtung Magistrate after refusing Province Chairman's offer in government.謝進仁、吳德育〈認識黨外候選人〉，《八十年代》，第三卷第四期，總號第十六期。1981年11月號。臺北：亞洲人雜誌社。頁20-38。 Due to the demographic in the county, Hokkien community was by convention considered to be the rightful holder of the leadership with the Hakka deputising.〈邱連輝的魅力在那裏？——屏東縣長選戰的回顧〉，李鳴元，《縱橫》月刊，第二卷第四期。1981年8月12日。臺北：縱橫月刊雜誌社。頁49-52。 Kuomintang therefore nominated Hokkien 陳恒盛, while Chiou was, on the other hand, questioned for endorsing Hakka in the previous election.台灣時報社集體採訪. 《選壇風雲錄》. 台灣時報社. 1981年8月初版. Kuomintang was allegedly attempting to instigate hatred against Hakka to gather more votes, as 陳恒盛 repeatedly highlighted the importance of Hokkien's unity in canvassing. In spite of the Hokkien–Hakka bitter relations, Chiou beat KMT after rallying support from some of the Hokkien and some from the Kuomintang.Magistrate of Pingtung Chiou Lien-hui Independent 186925 9619 507170 Kuomintang Independent Independent 166168 14273 7388 陳恒盛 陳榮宗 林忠嘉 李慶和 Independent 2966 Taitung Facing resentment from some of the local factions for favouring the rivalry factions, Chiang Sheng-ai (蔣聖愛), the incumbent, was re-elected but with three quarters of votes only. Some 25% went to political outsider 屠耀生, a taxi driver, regarded as no-confidence ballots against Chiang.Magistrate of Taitung Chiang Sheng-ai Kuomintang 69813 3878 154422 Kuomintang 22980 屠耀生 Hualian Magistrate of Hualian 吳水雲 Kuomintang 119980 5697 204359 Penghu Magistrate of Taitung 謝有溫 Kuomintang 33104 1482 58104Source: References Category:1981 elections in Asia