Republic of China local elections, 2009

Taiwanese local election, 2009

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Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Popular vote 2,094,518 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 1,920,086 (County and City Councilmen) 1,865,159 (Township Chiefs) 1,982,914 (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 1,067,010 (County and City Councilmen) 765,816 (Township Chiefs) Percentage 47.88% (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 43.94% (County and City Councilmen) 48.82% (Township Chiefs) 45.32% (County Magistrates and City Mayors) 24.42% (County and City Councilmen) 20.04% (Township Chiefs)
The results of the county magistrates and city mayoral elections::   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent (Pan-blue coalition)   Municipalities, Counties, and Cities that did not take part in this election.

The Taiwanese local elections of 2009, or more commonly known as the Taiwan three-in-one elections of 2009 (Chinese: 2009年臺灣年三合一選舉; pinyin: 2009 Nián Táiwān Nián Sān Hé Yī Xuǎnjǔ), was held on Saturday, December 5, 2009, to elect magistrates of counties, mayors of provincial cities, members of county and city councils, and heads of townships and county-administered cities. The elections were not held in the special municipalities of Kaohsiung and Taipei as well as the counties and cities that were set to be reform as special municipalities in 2010, including Taipei County, Taichung County, Taichung City, Tainan County, Tainan City, or Kaohsiung County. The new formed municipalities has their elections in 2010.

In the elections held for the 17 posts of county magistrates and city mayors, the Kuomintang (KMT) won control of 12 Counties and Cities, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won control of 4 Counties, while the remaining county, Hualien, was won by an independent candidate. The DPP won 1,982,914 votes, or 45.32 percent, which was a substantial increase from its 41.95 percent in the 2005 elections. On the other hand, the KMT received 2,094,518 votes, or 47.87 percent, which was less than the 50.96 percent it won in the 2005 elections of 23 county magistrates and city mayors.