2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election

2015 by-election in Taiwan November 2021 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election Naval Jack of the Republic of China.svg by-election no 2013 Kuomintang chairmanship election 2013 2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election 2016 17 January 2015 56.34% VOA chinese KMT candidate Eric Chu 13May10 300.jpg Eric Chu 000099 196,065 100% Chairman Wu Den-yih (acting) Eric Chu The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (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. History 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.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) http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201412100028.aspx?q=KMT%20to%20elect%20new%20chairman%20Jan.%2017 8 September 2015 Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.Chung Lawrence 12 December 2014 New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1661463/taiwanese-mayor-eric-chu-hopes-revive-ailing-kuomintang-next-chairman 1 January 2016 Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections,Shih Hsiu-chuan 13 December 2014 Eric Chu puts hand up for KMT role Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2014/12/13/2003606611 8 September 2015 was the only officially confirmed candidate.Huang Kelven Low Y.F. 13 December 2014 New Taipei mayor to run uncontested in KMT chair election Central News Agency (Taiwan) http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201412130017.aspx?q=New%20Taipei%20mayor%20to%20run%20uncontested%20in%20KMT%20chair%20election 8 September 2015 Result Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes,Chyan Amy 18 January 2015 99.61% of votes name Chu KMT chair China Post https://chinapost.nownews.com/20150118-57238 https://web.archive.org/web/20210918173428/https://chinapost.nownews.com/20150118-57238 dead 18 September 2021 8 September 2015 beating the previous record in 2001. Kuomintang Eric Chu 196065 765 349374 Apple Dailyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150402133307/http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150117/543890/1/%E6%9C%B1%E7%AB%8B%E5%80%AB%E6%8B%BF%E4%B8%8B9%E6%88%909%E8%B6%85%E9%AB%98%E5%BE%97%E7%A5%A8%E7%8E%87%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E9%BB%A8%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD/ 2015-04-02 2015-01-17 http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/new/20150117/543890/1/%E6%9C%B1%E7%AB%8B%E5%80%AB%E6%8B%BF%E4%B8%8B9%E6%88%909%E8%B6%85%E9%AB%98%E5%BE%97%E7%A5%A8%E7%8E%87%E7%95%B6%E9%81%B8%E9%BB%A8%E4%B8%BB%E5%B8%AD/ 朱立倫拿下9成9超高得票率當選黨主席 Apple Daily Reactions 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." 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.Wen Kuei-hsiang Liu Claudia Wu Lilian 17 January 2015 Eric Chu elected Kuomintang chairman (update) Central News Agency (Taiwan) http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201501170027.aspx?q=Eric%20Chu%20elected%20Kuomintang%20chairman 8 September 2015 See also Elections in the Republic of China List of leaders of the Kuomintang References Category:2015 elections in Taiwan Kuomintang 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election Category:Single-candidate elections