1951 Miaoli magisterial by-election

1951 Miaoli magisterial by-election Taiwan presidential no 8–29 July 1951 1950–51 Taiwanese local elections 1951 1954 Taiwanese local elections 1954 67.52% (final round) 100px 100px Lai Shun-sheng Kuomintang Li Pai-pin Independent 75,608 25,162 Popular vote(Final round) 75.03% Percentage 24.97% Magistrate Liu Ting-kuo (annulled) Kuomintang Kuomintang Lai Shun-sheng A by-election for Magistrate of Miaoli County, Taiwan was held in July 1951 following the annulled result for general election. Following three rounds of voting, the ruling Kuomintang was confirmed to have held the seat. Background thumb|Miaoli County in Taiwan Miaoli County held the first-ever direct election on 1 April 1951,1951-03-31 苗栗縣首屆民選縣長，明舉行投票選舉 5 臺灣民聲日報 with Liu Ting-kuo (劉定國) elected as the first magistrate. On 1 May Liu assumed office on the inauguration ceremony,1951-05-02 苗栗新竹新舊縣長昨日舉行移接典禮 3 臺灣民聲日報 while the election result was under challenge by defeated Huang Yun-chin (黃運金) and two other voters on the grounds that Liu was a serving military officer. Taiwan High Court ruled on 2 May in favour of Huang and that Liu was unduly elected. With the election result annulled, Liu, in office for only one day, became the first disqualified local leader due to election petition.1951-05-03 苗栗縣長劉定國高院判當選無效 4 臺灣民聲日報 https://das.nlpi.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/ccd=qlKW8k/record?r1=59&h1=0 Ex-magistrate Teng Chung-yen (鄧仲演) became the interim magistrate following the appointment by the chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government.1951-05-05 民政廳訓令吊銷劉定國當選證書 4 臺灣民聲日報 Discontent with the verdict, supporters of Liu campaigned for reinstating Liu. Letters were written to President Chiang Kai-shek, Premier Chen Cheng, and to the Legislative Yuan, arguing his candidacy was approved by the authorities beforehand and hence the officials should be responsible, instead of ousting Liu.1951-05-06 擁護劉定國選民具呈蔣總統，請准劉氏接任履職 4 臺灣民聲日報1951-05-16 劉定國被判當選無效，縣民上書立院予解釋 4 臺灣民聲日報 Liu also appealed to the court, believing the judge cited legal requirements that had not finished parliamentary proceedings.1951-06-12 劉定國受判當選無効，請求再審訴狀全文 5 臺灣民聲日報 Under the electoral laws, a by-election shall be held within thirty days after the vacancy occurred. Taiwan Government then announced the by-election to be held on 8 July 1951.1951-05-06 苗栗縣長重行複選，決定七月八日舉行 5 臺灣民聲日報 Despite wishing to run again for the office,1951-03-31 苗栗縣長再選揭開序幕，劉定國領簽署書 4 臺灣民聲日報 Liu was not enlisted amongst the seven official candidates of the by-election.1951-07-05 苗栗縣長候選人政見 4 臺灣民聲日報 Result With a turnout at around 38.7%, a re-run was triggered as the threshold was not met. The rainy weather and the busy farming season were said to have discouraged the voting.1951-07-09 苗栗縣長未選出，投票率甚低僅三成八，由黃焜發李白斌複選 4 臺灣民聲日報 Voters again returned to the polling station on 22 July,1951-07-22 苗栗縣長今天重選，雲林臺南複選鄉鎮長 4 臺灣民聲日報 which eventually saw a larger turnout at over 60% following official's urge to vote.1951-07-23 苗栗縣長昨重選投票率六成以上，前二名李白濱賴順生舉行複選，嘉、南、雲複選鄉鎮長 4 臺灣民聲日報 The top two candidates entered the second round held on 29 July.1951-07-29 苗栗縣長今天複選，李白濱賴順生逐鹿 4 臺灣民聲日報 Lai Shun-sheng (賴順生) from the ruling Kuomintang was elected,1951-07-30 苗栗縣長順利產生賴順生當選，投票率達六成七以上 4 臺灣民聲日報 although falling behind in the two previous rounds of voting as Li Pai-pin (李白濱), from the Young China Party who ran as an independent, was forced to withdraw under pressure from the government. He was later appointed as an advisor to the Taiwan Government as compensation. 1951 Miaoli magisterial by-election(invalid due to low turnout) 黃焜發 Independent 13644 Li Pai-pin Independent 12063 Lai Shun-sheng Kuomintang 11570 黃發盛 Independent 9776 邱克修 Independent 5030 張子斌 Independent 4569 楊日恩 Independent 571 151756 1485 1951 Miaoli magisterial by-election 黃焜發 Independent 29111 Li Pai-pin Independent 30275 25162 Lai Shun-sheng Kuomintang 29145 75608 黃發盛 Independent 3211 邱克修 Independent 2117 張子斌 Independent 2080 楊日恩 Independent 1237 151756 151756 2395 1698 References Category:1951 elections in Asia