2022 Taiwanese local elections

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2022 Taiwanese local elections

← 2018 26 November – 18 December 2022 (2022-11-26 – 2022-12-18)[1][2] 2026 →
22 magistrates/mayors and others[a]
First party Second party Third party   Leader Eric Chu Tsai Ing-wen Ko Wen-je Party Kuomintang DPP TPP Leader since 5 October 2021 20 May 2020 6 August 2019 Last election 15 seats 6 seats New party Seats before 14[b] 6[d] 1[e] Seats won 14 5 2[f] Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 5,761,851[c] 4,776,258[c] 534,848[c] Percentage 50.14%[c] 41.57%[c] 4.65%[c] Swing 1.35 pp 2.41 pp 4.65 pp Councillors 367 277 14 Councillors change 27 39 14
KMT hold      DPP hold      TPP hold      IND hold      KMT gain      DPP gain      TPP gain      IND gain

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 26 November and 18 December 2022 to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of village (borough) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term. The election was held alongside the 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum.

The election resulted in a big loss for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party as all the mayoral and magisterial political candidates in the north were defeated. Tsai Ing-wen, the incumbent President of the Republic of China, resigned as party head after the poll, triggering a by-election for the position.

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