Republic of China municipal elections, 2010

Taiwanese municipal election, 2010

2006 ← 27 November 2010 → 2014

Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Popular vote 2,369,052 (Municipal Mayors) 2,890,154 (Municipal Councilmen) 2,344,255 (Ward Chiefs) 3,772,373 (Municipal Mayors) 2,643,828 (Municipal Councilmen) 476,088 (Ward Chiefs) Percentage 44.54% (Municipal Mayors) 38.63% (Municipal Councilmen) 32.99% (Ward Chiefs) 49.87% (Municipal Mayors) 35.34% (Municipal Councilmen) 6.7% (Ward Chiefs)

Results:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Divisions did not take part in this election.

The Taiwanese municipal elections of 2010, commonly known as the Taiwan metropolitan elections of 2010 (Chinese: 2010年臺灣五都選舉), was held on Saturday, November 27, 2010, to elect the mayors, councilmen and ward chiefs of the five special-municipalities — Kaohsiung, New Taipei, Taichung, Tainan and Taipei administered directly under the central government of Taiwan. Mayoral candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in New Taipei, Taipei, and Taichung, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung and Tainan. On the eve of the election, Sean Lien, son of former Vice President Chan Lien, was shot in face when he was campaigning for a Kuomintang New Taipei councillor candidate.

As the capital of Taiwan, Taipei functions as the economic and political centre of Taiwan, and is currently the largest city of Taiwan. Due to the great allocation of resources to Taipei, the Municipal Mayoral position of Taipei is of extreme strategic importance within the political arena, and has always been a fiercely contested position. Because two directly elected Municipal Mayors of Taipei, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou, were elected the Presidents in 2000 and 2008 respectively, the position has been widely speculated to be a "first-step" towards the Presidential Office.