Green Party Taiwan
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Green Party Taiwan
台灣綠黨 Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng |
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| Founded | 25 January 1996 |
| Headquarters | 6F, No. 28, Beiping E. Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan |
| Ideology |
Green politics Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Greens Federation |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Yuan |
0 / 113
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| Local councillors |
2 / 906
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| Website | |
| greenparty.org.tw | |
The Green Party Taiwan (Chinese: 台灣綠黨; pinyin: Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng; Taiwanese: Tâi-ôan Le̍k Tóng) is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwan nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition, the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation and participates in the Global Greens.
In 1996, Green Party Taiwan’s Kao Meng-ting was elected to the National Assembly. However, he left the party in 1997.
In the 2008 legislative election, the Green Party of Taiwan formed a red-green coalition with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.
In the 2012 legislative election, Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature, this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan. Its best showing is in Ponso no Tao where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong antinuclear stance.
In the 2014 local elections, the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the Taoyuan City council and Jay Chou to the Hsinchu County Council.
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