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2016 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election

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To be considered eligible for the election itself, all candidates must have collected the signatures of three percent of the Kuomintang membership, a cutoff of 9,600 in 2016, by 21 February. Lin Rong-te dropped out of the election on 17 February, four days before the petition deadline. The four
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became the first to complete the process. Yok Mu-ming did not file his proposed candidacy, as he had been barred from doing so by the KMT the previous day. Central Advisory Committee member Chou Kai-lun filed the required documentation, but did not pay the fee, nullifying his candidacy. On 27
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remaining candidates submitted petitions and registered for the election on 22 February. On 26 February, the party confirmed that every candidate had reached the signature threshold required to validate their candidacy. The election was held on 26 March 2016.
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polled in the single digits with 5.42% and 4.83% of the vote, respectively. With the electoral victory Hung became the first elected chairwoman of the party since its establishment.
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was rejected because he had not yet served on the party's Central Committee. On 29 January, Chen Ming-yi withdrew his candidacy.
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Turnout was 41.61% of 337,351 voters, the lowest turnout since the party began directly electing its leader in 2001.
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The party leadership by-election was called after Kuomintang presidential candidate
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won the election outright with 56.16% of the vote in the first round. Acting chair
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history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.
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The registration period for the election began on 26 January.
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Liu, Claudia; Lu, Hsin-hui; Wu, Lilian (26 March 2016).
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finished second at 33.02% while Taipei City councilor
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Index

2016 Kuomintang chairmanship election

2015
2017


Hung Hsiu-chu
Huang Min-hui


Lee Hsin
Apollo Chen

Hung Hsiu-chu
Huang Min-hui
Huang Min-hui
Hung Hsiu-chu
Chinese
Taiwan
Kuomintang
Eric Chu
2016 election
Democratic Progressive Party
Tsai Ing-wen
a year prior
Hung Hsiu-chu
Hau Lung-pin
Apollo Chen
New Party
Yok Mu-ming

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