2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election

2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election
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Turnout41.83%
 
Nominee Chen Chi-mai Li Mei-jhen
Party DPP Kuomintang
Popular vote 671,804 248,478
Percentage 70.03% 25.90%
2020 Kaohsiung by-election results by district
Mayor before election

Yang Ming-jou (acting)
Independent

Elected mayor

Chen Chi-mai
DPP

The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election was held on 15 August 2020 following a successful recall attempt.[1] The registered candidates were Chen Chi-mai representing the Democratic Progressive Party, Li Mei-jhen representing the Kuomintang, and Wu Yi-jheng representing the Taiwan People's Party.[2] Chen Chi-mai won the by-election by a landslide margin with slightly over 70 percent of the votes.[3] He replaced acting mayor Yang Ming-jou on 24 August 2020.[4]

  1. ^ 黃欣柏 (12 June 2020). "高雄市長補選8/15舉行 本月20至24日受理候選人登記". Liberty Times Net (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ 王承中 (24 June 2020). "高雄市長補選3人登記 8/15投票" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "高雄市長補選即時開票 陳其邁67萬1804票當選" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Central News Agency. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ 侯文婷 (24 August 2020). "宣誓就職高雄市長 陳其邁：捲起袖子立刻上工[影]" (in Chinese). Taiwan. Central News Agency. Retrieved 18 January 2022.