2026 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections will be held in Taiwan on 28 November 2026 to elect county magistrates (city mayors), county (city) councilors, township mayors, township councilors and chiefs of villages (boroughs) in 6 municipalities and 16 counties (cities). Elected officials would serve a four-year term.

Background

The Democratic Progressive Party discussed candidate nomination procedures for the 2026 elections at the party congress held in June 2025.[1] In October 2025, the party named Wang Mei-hui its candidate for the Chiayi mayoralty, Chen Ying for the Taitung County magistracy, and Ho Hsin-chun for Mayor of Taichung.[2] The following month, the DPP formally nominated Su Chiao-hui for Mayor of New Taipei and Chen Pin-an for the Miaoli County magistracy.[3]

On 9 September 2025, the New Power Party, Taiwan Statebuilding Party, Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party and Green Party Taiwan announced that their leaders, Claire Wang, Wang Hsing-huan, Lin Shih-han, and Joyance Wang, respectively, had formed an electoral coalition for the local election.[4] The coalition was formally branded as the Taiwan Go Go Front in December 2025.[5]

The Kuomintang held its leadership election in October 2025. During her campaign, the winning candidate Cheng Li-wun indicated she would continue the KMT–TPP coalition, respect local decisions about candidacies and back incumbents for reelection. If the Taiwan People's Party and the Kuomintang nominated candidates for the same local office, a cross-party primary would be held to determine the best candidate.[6] Public discussions about an electoral coalition between the two parties began in November 2025.[7]

On 14 October 2025, the National Security Bureau reported to the legislature that election security measures had entered the planning stage, earlier than in previous election cycles.[8] On 31 October 2025, the Central Election Commission formally scheduled the elections for 28 November 2026.[9]

References

  1. ^ Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Wu, Kuan-hsien (27 June 2025). "DPP national congress to discuss 2026 election nomination rules". Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Candidate roll call". Taipei Times. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  3. ^ Yeh, Su-ping; Hsiao, Hsu-chen (26 November 2025). "DPP names its candidates for New Taipei, Miaoli County local elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 December 2025. Republished as: "DPP names its candidates for New Taipei, Miaoli local elections". Taipei Times. 27 November 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  4. ^ Wang, Yang-yu; Wu, Kuan-hsien (9 September 2025). "Taiwan's smaller parties form alliance for 2026 local elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 10 September 2025. Republished as: "Independence-leaning parties form an alliance". Taipei Times. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  5. ^ Chen, Chun-hua; Wu, Kuan-hsien (16 December 2025). "Progressive parties formally launch 2026 election alliance". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  6. ^ Yang, Chun-Chieh (20 October 2025). "Cheng Li-wun Elected KMT Chair Amid Three Major Challenges". CommonWealth Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  7. ^ Liu, Kuan-ting; Kuo, Chien-shen; Yeh, Su-ping; Mazzetta, Matthew (19 November 2025). "KMT, TPP leaders meet to discuss possible electoral collaboration". Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  8. ^ Wu, Che-yu; Shan, Shelley (15 October 2025). "NSB moves to foil China poll meddling". Taipei Times. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  9. ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Ko, Lin (31 October 2025). "Nov. 28 set as voting day for Taiwan's 2026 local elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 October 2025. Republished as: "Nov. 28 set as voting day for Taiwan's 2026 local elections". Taipei Times. 31 October 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
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