Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2015

Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2015
17 January 2015
Turnout 56.34%
 
Nominee Eric Chu
Popular vote 196,065
Percentage 99.61%
Chairman before election

Ma Ying-jeou
Wu Den-yih (acting)

 Elected Chairman

Eric Chu

The Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2015 (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the fifth 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.[1] Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.[2][3] Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections,[3] was the only officially confirmed candidate.[4]

Result

Candidate Total votes cast Percentage of vote
Eric Chu 196,065 99.61%
Voter turnout 56.34%

Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes, setting a new KMT record for percentage of votes won.[5]

Reactions

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Chung, Lawrence (12 December 2014). "New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu to run for Kuomintang chairman". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 Shih, Hsiu-chuan (13 December 2014). "Eric Chu puts hand up for KMT role". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Huang, Kelven; Low, Y.F. (13 December 2014). "New Taipei mayor to run uncontested in KMT chair election". Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. 1 2 Chyan, Amy (18 January 2015). "99.61% of votes name Chu KMT chair". China Post. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Liu, Claudia; Wu, Lilian (17 January 2015). "Eric Chu elected Kuomintang chairman (update)". Central News Agency. Retrieved 8 September 2015.


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