Taiwanese municipal elections, 2006

Taiwanese municipal elections, 2006

← 2002 9 December 2006 2010 →
2 Municipal Mayors, 96 Municipal Councilmen
First party Second party   Leader Ma Ying-jeou Chen Shui-bian Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Leader since July 27, 2005 May 20, 2000 (President) Seats won 1 (Mayors) 41 (Councilmen) 1 (Mayors) 33 (Councilmen) Popular vote 1,070,388 (Mayors) 828,265 (Councilmen) 905,286 (Mayors) 623,091 (Councilmen) Percentage 52.11% (Mayors) 40.77% (Councilmen) 44.08% (Mayors) 30.67% (Councilmen)
Results:   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Divisions did not take part in this election.

The Taiwanese municipal elections of 2006, or more commonly known as the Taipei and Kaohsiung elections of 2006 (Chinese: 2006年北高選戰), was held on Saturday, December 9, 2006, to elect the mayors, councilmen and ward chiefs of the special-municipalities — Kaohsiung and Taipei administered directly under the central government of Taiwan.

Hau Lung-pin of the opposition party Kuomintang was elected Mayor of Taipei City, defeating the main opponent, Frank Hsieh of the governing Democratic Progressive Party.

Chen Chu of DPP was elected mayor of Kaohsiung, defeating the major rival, Kuomintang's Huang Chun-ying.

Huang contested the result, claiming that there had been voting irregularities and Chen had violated election law by holding press conferences and rallies well after the lawful time limit, and attacked him during this time period with unconfirmed information. Huang also filed the twin "Annulment of Election Result" and "Annulment of Election" lawsuits with Kaohsiung District Court on the same day Chen was proclaimed Mayor-Elected. Subsequently, the court ordered a complete recount of the votes, starting on March 12, 2007 and completed six days later on March 18. The result of the recount would be used as evidences in the lawsuits.

On June 15 the Kaohsiung District Court reached the decision to annulled the results of the Kaohsiung City Mayor Election, while dismissing the "Annulment of Election" lawsuit. Chen had since filed the appeal to the decision of "Annulment of Election Result", while Huang also filed the appeal to the decision of "Annulment of Election" lawsuit. On November 16, 2007, the High Court overturned the earlier decision and validated Chen's election victory, which was a final decision that could not be further appealed.