# Taipei City Constituency 8

Taipei City Constituency VIII (Chinese: 臺北市第八選舉區; pinyin: Táiběi Shì Dì-bā Xuǎnjǔ Qū) includes all of Wenshan and part of Zhongzheng in southern Taipei. The district was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts.

## Current district

* Wenshan
* Zhongzheng: 2 sub-districts
** Gutting: 6 urban villages
*** Hedi, Dingdong, Yingxue, Banxi, Wangxi, Yingpu
** Gongguan: 4 urban villages
*** Shuiyuan, Linxing, Wensheng, Fushui

## Legislators

| Representative | Party | Party | Dates | Notes |
| Lai Shyh-bao | | Kuomintang | 2008– | Incumbent |

## Election results
### 2016

Legislative Election 2016: Taipei City Constituency VIII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Kuomintang | Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) | 83,931 | 49.69 |
| | Independent | Lee Ching-yuan (李慶元) | 60,459 | 35.80 |
| | SDP | Miao Boya (苗博雅) | 21,084 | 12.48 |
| | Independent | Fang Jingjun (方景鈞) | 1,540 | 0.91 |
| | Independent | Lai Shusheng (賴樹聲) | 1,071 | 0.63 |
| | Independent | Chen Rusheng (陳如聖) | 808 | 0.48 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23,472 | 13.89 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 168,893 | 97.99 |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3,469 | 2.01 |
| | Kuomintang hold | Kuomintang hold | Swing | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 172,362 | 68.30 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 252,360 | |

### 2020

Legislative Election 2020: Taipei City Constituency VIII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Kuomintang | Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) | 96,377 | 49.98 | 0.29 |
| | DPP | Joshua J. S. Ruan (阮昭雄) | 67,470 | 34.99 | New |
| | TPP | Chang Hsing-song (張幸松) | 12,111 | 6.28 | New |
| | Taiwan Animal Protection Party | Hua Pei-jun (華珮君) | 7,660 | 3.97 | New |
| | Statebuilding | Yan Ming-wei (顏銘緯) | 4,330 | 2.25 | New |
| | Green | Ko Shih-ling (柯士翎) | 2,024 | 1.05 | New |
| | Independent | Peng Tzu-hsuan (彭子軒) | 1,324 | 0.69 | New |
| | Independent | Lee Wen (李文) | 1,064 | 0.55 | New |
| | Formosa Alliance | Hsiao Hsiao-ling (蕭曉玲) | 474 | 0.25 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28,907 | 14.99 | 1.10 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 192,834 | 98.51 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,920 | 1.49 | |
| | Kuomintang hold | Kuomintang hold | Swing | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 195,754 | 76.96 | 8.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 254,363 | | |

### 2024

Legislative Election 2024: Taipei City Constituency VIII :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Kuomintang | Lai Shyh-Bao (賴士葆) | 87,099 | 47.46 | 2.52 |
| | DPP | Wang Min-Sheng (王閔生) | 59,490 | 32.42 | 2.57 |
| | TPP | Jang Chyi-Lu (張其祿) | 28,335 | 15.44 | 9.16 |
| | Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party | Lai Sharon (賴宣任) | 6,374 | 3.47 | New |
| | Taiwan Renewal Party | Liu Peiling (劉佩玲) | 1,122 | 0.61 | New |
| | Independent | Hsia Wan-Lang (夏萬浪) | 761 | 0.41 | New |
| | Independent | Chang Wei-Shyue (張維學) | 201 | 0.11 | New |
| | Revival of the Chinese Alliance | Hu Chih-Chuang (胡之壯) | 136 | 0.07 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 27,609 | 15.04 | 0.05 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 183,518 | 98.59 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 2,630 | 1.41 | |
| | Kuomintang hold | Kuomintang hold | Swing | 0.03 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 186,148 | 74.96 | 2.00 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 248,318 | | |