# 2018 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held on 24 November 2018 in Taiwan, 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. Polling stations were open from 08:00 to 16:00 on the election day.
The elections resulted in a substantial defeat for the DPP. The DPP previously held 13 of 22 municipalities and counties, but won only 6 in this election due to widespread public distrust, a de facto vote of no confidence on President Tsai's Administration, both politically (relations with China), economically (agriculture, tourism), and socially (pollution, labor laws, wages), which were reflected in the series of referendum results. The KMT won back executive control of 7 municipalities and counties from the DPP, while Ko Wen-je won his re-election for Taipei mayor.

## Background

This local election was seen as the first test for the incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen since assuming office in May 2016. The Central Election Commission opened election registration to candidates on 27 August 2018.
The Democratic Progressive Party has won the popular vote against the Kuomintang in all of the last three elections. This trend has continued in the 2016 elections, where the Democratic Progressive Party won a majority in the Legislative Yuan with 68 seats and the presidency.

## Results summary

Elected magistrates/mayors and council composition in the 2018 Taiwanese local election :
| Subdivision | Magistrate/mayor | Magistrate/mayor | Magistrate/mayor | Magistrate/mayor | Council | Council | Council | Council | Council | Council | Council |
| Subdivision | Party result | Party result | Elect | Elect | First party | First party | Seats | Second party | Second party | Seats | Total seats |
| New Taipei City | | Kuomintang hold | | Hou You-yi | | Kuomintang | 33 7 | | DPP | 25 7 | 66 |
| Taipei City | | Independent hold | | Ko Wen-je | | Kuomintang | 29 1 | | DPP | 19 8 | 63 |
| Taoyuan City | | DPP hold | | Cheng Wen-tsan | | Kuomintang | 32 3 | | DPP | 18 2 | 63 |
| Taichung City | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lu Shiow-yen | | Kuomintang | 32 4 | | DPP | 25 2 | 65 |
| Tainan City | | DPP hold | | Huang Wei-cher | | DPP | 25 3 | | Kuomintang | 16 | 57 |
| Kaohsiung City | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Han Kuo-yu | | Kuomintang | 33 9 | | DPP | 25 8 | 66 |
| Yilan County | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lin Zi-miao | | Kuomintang | 13 2 | | DPP | 8 4 | 34 |
| Hsinchu County | | Kuomintang hold | | Yang Wen-ke | | Kuomintang | 19 2 | | DPP | 2 | 36 |
| Miaoli County | | Kuomintang hold | | Hsu Yao-chang | | Kuomintang | 14 5 | | DPP | 4 | 38 |
| Changhua County | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Wang Huei-mei | | Kuomintang | 28 4 | | DPP | 12 5 | 54 |
| Nantou County | | Kuomintang hold | | Lin Ming-chen | | Kuomintang | 17 | | DPP | 8 | 37 |
| Yunlin County | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Chang Li-shan | | DPP | 12 1 | | Kuomintang | 7 | 43 |
| Chiayi County | | DPP hold | | Weng Chang-liang | | DPP | 17 1 | | Kuomintang | 9 | 37 |
| Pingtung County | | DPP hold | | Pan Men-an | | Kuomintang | 17 2 | | DPP | 15 3 | 55 |
| Taitung County | | Kuomintang hold | | Rao Ching-ling | | Kuomintang | 21 1 | | DPP | 1 | 30 |
| Hualien County | | Kuomintang gain from independent | | Hsu Chen-wei | | Kuomintang | 18 2 | | DPP | 3 3 | 33 |
| Penghu County | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lai Feng-wei | | Kuomintang | 4 4 | | DPP | 3 1 | 19 |
| Keelung City | | DPP hold | | Lin Yu-chang | | Kuomintang | 16 2 | | DPP | 6 4 | 31 |
| Hsinchu City | | DPP hold | | Lin Chih-chien | | Kuomintang | 15 | | DPP | 6 1 | 34 |
| Chiayi City | | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Huang Min-hui | | Kuomintang | 5 1 | | DPP | 4 1 | 23 |
| Kinmen County | | Kuomintang gain from independent | | Yang Cheng-wu | | Kuomintang | 9 6 | | For Public Good Party | 1 1 | 19 |
| Lienchiang County | | Kuomintang hold | | Liu Cheng-ying | | Kuomintang | 7 1 | | None | — | 9 |

## Magistrate and mayor elections
### Opinion polls

2018 Taiwan magistrate/mayor elections nationwide opinion poll :
| Poll organization | Date completed | KMT | DPP | Others | Ind |
| TPOF | 2018-11-08 | 33.9% | 24.2% | － | 14.9% |
| Trend Survey | 2018-11-06 | 36.4% | 25.9% | 0.8% | 15.2% |
| Taiwan Brain Trust | 2018-07-28 | 29.5% | 38.6% | 0.4% | 10.5% |

### Results

| Subdivision | Electorate | Turnout (%) | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Runner-up | Map |
| Subdivision | Electorate | Turnout (%) | Name | Name | Votes | % | Name | Name | Votes | % | Map |
| New Taipei City | 3,264,128 | 62.46 | | Hou You-yi | 1,165,130 | 57.15 | | Su Tseng-chang | 873,692 | 42.85 | |
| Taipei City | 2,164,155 | 65.37 | | Ko Wen-je | 580,820 | 41.05 | | Ting Shou-chung | 577,566 | 40.82 | |
| Taoyuan City | 1,732,591 | 59.63 | | Cheng Wen-tsan | 552,330 | 53.46 | | Apollo Chen | 407,234 | 39.42 | |
| Taichung City | 2,213,789 | 66.12 | | Lu Shiow-yen | 827,996 | 56.57 | | Lin Chia-lung | 619,855 | 42.35 | |
| Tainan City | 1,546,862 | 62.49 | | Huang Wei-cher | 367,518 | 38.02 | | Kao Su-po | 312,874 | 32.37 | |
| Kaohsiung City | 2,281,338 | 72.63 | | Han Kuo-yu | 892,545 | 53.87 | | Chen Chi-mai | 742,239 | 44.80 | |
| Yilan County | 373,510 | 66.97 | | Lin Zi-miao | 123,767 | 49.48 | | Chen Ou-po | 95,609 | 38.23 | |
| Hsinchu County | 427,652 | 66.03 | | Yang Wen-ke | 107,877 | 38.20 | | Hsu Hsin-ying | 91,190 | 32.29 | |
| Miaoli County | 446,507 | 68.17 | | Hsu Yao-chang | 175,756 | 57.74 | | Hsu Ting-zhen | 112,704 | 37.03 | |
| Changhua County | 1,031,222 | 68.89 | | Wang Huei-mei | 377,795 | 53.18 | | Wei Ming-ku | 283,269 | 39.87 | |
| Nantou County | 413,222 | 70.87 | | Lin Ming-chen | 195,385 | 66.72 | | Hung Kuo-hao | 97,460 | 33.28 | |
| Yunlin County | 565,078 | 69.29 | | Chang Li-shan | 210,770 | 53.82 | | Lee Chin-yung | 163,325 | 41.72 | |
| Chiayi County | 428,649 | 66.52 | | Weng Chang-liang | 145,288 | 50.95 | | Wu Yu-jen | 84,243 | 29.54 | |
| Pingtung County | 689,393 | 68.20 | | Pan Men-an | 262,809 | 55.90 | | Su Ching-chuan | 197,518 | 42.01 | |
| Taitung County | 179,706 | 66.51 | | Rao Ching-ling | 70,577 | 59.05 | | Liu Chao-hao | 44,264 | 37.04 | |
| Hualien County | 268,817 | 63.09 | | Hsu Chen-wei | 121,297 | 71.52 | | Liu Siao-Mei | 43,879 | 25.87 | |
| Penghu County | 86,603 | 61.10 | | Lai Feng-wei | 20,570 | 38.87 | | Chen Kuang-fu | 17,347 | 32.78 | |
| Keelung City | 309,428 | 60.98 | | Lin Yu-chang | 102,167 | 54.14 | | Hsieh Li-kung | 86,529 | 45.86 | |
| Hsinchu City | 338,323 | 64.17 | | Lin Chih-chien | 107,612 | 49.57 | | Hsu Ming-tsai | 60,508 | 27.87 | |
| Chiayi City | 212,843 | 66.81 | | Huang Min-hui | 58,558 | 41.18 | | Twu Shiing-jer | 56,256 | 39.56 | |
| Kinmen County | 117,913 | 41.75 | | Yang Cheng-wu | 23,520 | 47.48 | | Chen Fu-hai | 22,719 | 46.15 | |
| Lienchiang County | 10,773 | 68.76 | | Liu Cheng-ying | 4,861 | 65.62 | | Chu Hsiu-chen | 1,284 | 17.33 | |

## Councillor elections
### Nominations

| Province | County | Members | KMT | DPP | TSU | PFP | NP | New Power Party | IND/Other |
| IND/Other ||
| Taipei | Taipei | 63 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 48 |
| New Taipei | New Taipei | 66 | 36 | 36 | | | 3 | 6 | 41 |
| Taoyuan | Taoyuan | 63 | 38 | 34 | | 3 | | 2 | 53 |
| Taichung | Taichung | 65 | 37 | 36 | | 3 | | 4 | 51 |
| Tainan | Tainan | 57 | 22 | 37 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 49 |
| Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung | 66 | 37 | 38 | 3 | 3 | | 3 | 48 |
| Taiwan Province |
| Taiwan Province | Keelung | 31 | 19 | 15 | | 6 | | 1 | 19 |
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 34 | 16 | 18 | | 1 | | 3 | 36 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu | 34 | 20 | 12 | | 1 | | 4 | 36 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 36 | 27 | 7 | | | | 1 | 49 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 38 | 18 | 10 | | | | 2 | 42 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 54 | 29 | 26 | | | | 1 | 32 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 37 | 20 | 13 | | | | | 29 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 43 | 10 | 20 | 1 | | | 2 | 42 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi | 23 | 8 | 8 | 2 | | | 1 | 24 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 37 | 9 | 22 | | | | | 30 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 33 | 33 | 9 | | | | 2 | 25 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 30 | 29 | 4 | | 2 | | 2 | 30 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 55 | 32 | 30 | 1 | | | | 43 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 19 | 4 | 4 | | | | 1 | 30 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 19 | 10 | 1 | | 2 | | | 22 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 9 | 10 | | | | | | 3 |
| Total | Total | 912 | 497 | 407 | 10 | 26 | 10 | 41 | 777 |

#### Opinion polls

2018 Municipal Councillor & County Councillor Nationwide Polls :
| Poll source | Date of completion | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Others | Independent | Lead |
| Taiwan Think Tank | April 1, 2018 | 28.5% | 33.6% | － | 4.9% | 5.1% |
| Taiwan Brain Trust | July 28, 2018 | 29.9% | 22.9% | － | 3.6% | 7% |
| New Power Party | September 5, 2018 | 25.2% | 23.6% | 12.1% | － | 1.6% |
| Taipei |||||||
| China Times | June 4, 2018 | 39.4% | 16.6% | － | － | 22.8% |
| Trends | July 16, 2018 | 27.1% | 14.1% | 7.1% | 3.9% | 13% |
| CM Media Archived 2017-02-20 at the Wayback Machine | July 26, 2018 | 35% | 16.2% | 12.7% | － | 18.8% |
| Formosa | October 12, 2018 | 28.5% | 16.3% | 5.6% | － | 12.2% |
| Taichung |||||||
| CM Media | July 31, 2018 | 27.7% | 21.3% | 16% | － | 6.4% |
| Kaohsiung |||||||
| CM Media | September 18, 2018 | 27.5% | 24.1% | 17.3% | － | 3.4% |
| Hsinchu City |||||||
| Taiwan Green Party | August 24, 2018 | 27.3% | 12.2% | 10.2% | － | 15.1% |
| Changhua County |||||||
| CM Media | October 16, 2018 | 32.5% | 17.8% | 14.9% | － | 14.7% |
| Chiayi City |||||||
| CM Media | September 5, 2018 | 25% | 24.7% | 16.8% | － | 0.3% |
| Yilan County |||||||
| CM Media | September 26, 2018 | 27% | 20.5% | 15.3% | － | 7.5% |

#### Results

| Province | County | Members | KMT | DPP | TSU | PFP | NP | New Power Party | IND/Other |
| IND/Other ||
| Taipei | Taipei | 63 | 29 | 19 | | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| New Taipei | New Taipei | 66 | 33 | 25 | | | | | 8 |
| Taoyuan | Taoyuan | 63 | 32 | 18 | | | | 1 | 12 |
| Taichung | Taichung | 65 | 32 | 25 | | 1 | | | 7 |
| Tainan | Tainan | 57 | 16 | 25 | 1 | | | 1 | 14 |
| Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung | 66 | 33 | 25 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 |
| County and Non-Municipal |
| County and Non-Municipal | Keelung | 31 | 16 | 6 | | 2 | | 1 | 6 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Yilan County | 34 | 13 | 8 | | 1 | | | 12 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Hsinchu | 34 | 15 | 6 | | | | 3 | 10 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Hsinchu County | 36 | 19 | 2 | | | | 1 | 14 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Miaoli County | 38 | 14 | 4 | | | | 2 | 18 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Changhua County | 54 | 28 | 12 | | | | 1 | 13 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Nantou County | 37 | 17 | 8 | | | | | 12 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Yunlin County | 43 | 7 | 12 | 1 | | | 1 | 22 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Chiayi | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | | | 0 | 13 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Chiayi County | 37 | 9 | 17 | | | | | 11 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Hualien County | 33 | 18 | 3 | | | | | 12 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Taitung County | 30 | 21 | 1 | | 1 | | | 7 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Pingtung County | 55 | 17 | 15 | 1 | | | | 22 |
| County and Non-Municipal | Penghu County | 19 | 4 | 3 | | | | | 12 |
| Offshore | Kinmen County | 19 | 9 | | | | | | 10 |
| Offshore | Lienchiang County | 9 | 7 | | | | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 912 | 394 | 238 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 249 |
Speaker/Deputy Speaker election :
| Special municipality | Special municipality | Speaker (Party) | Deputy Speaker (Party) |
| Province | County | Speaker (Party) | Deputy Speaker (Party) |
| Taipei | Taipei | Chen Chin-hsiang(Kuomintang) | Yeh Lin-chuang(Kuomintang) |
| New Taipei | New Taipei | Chiang Ken-huang(Kuomintang) | Chen Hung-yuan(Kuomintang) |
| Taoyuan | Taoyuan | Ciou Yi-sheng(Kuomintang) | Li Hsiao-chung(Kuomintang) |
| Taichung | Taichung | Chang Qing-chao(Kuomintang) | Yen Li-ming(Kuomintang) |
| Tainan | Tainan | Kuo Hsin-liang（Independent） | Lin Bing-li（Independent） |
| Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung | Xu Kun-yuan(Kuomintang) | Liu Shu-mei(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Keelung | Tsai Wang-lien(Kuomintang) | Jonathan Lin(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | Chang Chien-rong(Kuomintang) | Chen Han-chung（Independent） |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | Chang Zhen-rong(Kuomintang) | Wang Bing-han(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu | Xu Xiu-rui(Kuomintang) | Yu Pang-yen(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | Chung Tung-chin(Kuomintang) | Li Wen-bin(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | Hsieh Dien-lin(Kuomintang) | Hsu Yuan-luan(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | He Sheng-feng(Kuomintang) | Pan Yi-quan(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | Shen Chung-lung(Kuomintang) | Su Chun-hao(Democratic Progressive Party) |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | Chang Ming-ta(Democratic Progressive Party) | Chen Yu-yueh(Democratic Progressive Party) |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi | Zhuang Feng-an（Independent） | Su Tse-feng（Independent） |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | Chou Tien-lun(Kuomintang) | Lu Wen-jui(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | Wu Hsiu-hua(Kuomintang) | Lin Tsung-han(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | Zhang Jun(Kuomintang) | Pan Yueh-Hsia(Kuomintang) |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | Liu Chen Zhao-ling(Kuomintang) | Chen Shuang-chuan(Kuomintang) |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | Hung Yun-dian(Kuomintang) | Chou Tzu-chieh（Independent） |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | Chang Yung-chiang(Kuomintang) | Chou Jui-kuo(Kuomintang) |

## Township/city mayor elections
### Nominations

| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Free Taiwan Party | Others | Independent |
| Independent ||
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 12 | 11 | 10 | | | 11 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 13 | 14 | 1 | | | 22 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 18 | 13 | 2 | | | 29 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 26 | 19 | 19 | | | 44 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 13 | 13 | 6 | | | 19 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 20 | 5 | 18 | | | 32 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 18 | 2 | 14 | | | 19 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 33 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 16 | 13 | 3 | | | 27 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 13 | 17 | 2 | | | 13 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | 7 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 6 | 8 | | | 1 | 10 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| New Taipei City（Wulai District） | New Taipei City（Wulai District） | 1 | | | | | 4 |
| Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 |
| Taichung（Heping District） | Taichung（Heping District） | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 |
| Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | 3 | 2 | | | | 7 |
| Total | Total | 204 | 139 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 304 |
| Note: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. Other parties include: Youth Party: 1 candidate in Kinmen County. Taiwan Advance Party: One candidate in Pingtung County. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election. ||||||||

### Results

| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Others | Independent |
| Independent ||
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 12 | 8 | 3 | | 1 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 13 | 10 | 0 | | 3 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 18 | 10 | | | 8 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 26 | 9 | 7 | | 10 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 13 | 4 | 2 | | 7 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 20 | 1 | 9 | | 10 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 18 | 0 | 7 | | 11 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 33 | 8 | 7 | | 18 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 16 | 9 | 1 | | 6 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 13 | 12 | | | 1 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 6 | 2 | | | 4 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 6 | 3 | | | 3 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 4 | 4 | | | |
| New Taipei City（Wulai District） | New Taipei City（Wulai District） | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Taichung（Heping District） | Taichung（Heping District） | 1 | | | | 1 |
| Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | 3 | 2 | | | 1 |
| Total | Total | 204 | 83 | 40 | 2 | 79 |
| Note: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election. |||||||

## Township/city council elections
### Nominations

| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Labor Party | Trees Party | People's First Party | New Power Party | Others | Independent |
| Independent ||
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 131 | 49 | 37 | | | | 2 | | 143 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 142 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 187 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 193 | 17 | 6 | | | | | | 295 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 317 | 47 | 85 | | | | | | 385 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 163 | 43 | 5 | | | | | | 208 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 228 | 15 | 45 | | | | | | 293 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 193 | 19 | 6 | | | | | | 247 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 334 | 55 | 53 | | | | | 2 | 420 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 136 | 59 | 6 | | | | 2 | | 169 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 142 | 92 | 8 | | | | | 1 | 143 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 51 | 4 | 3 | | 7 | | | | 75 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 47 | 20 | | | | | | 4 | 41 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | 13 |
| New Taipei City（Wulai District） | New Taipei City（Wulai District） | 7 | | | | | | | | 13 |
| Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | 11 | 4 | | | | | | | 21 |
| Taichung（Heping District） | Taichung（Heping District） | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | 12 |
| Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | 21 | 5 | | | | | | | 37 |
| Total | Total | 2,149 | 523 | 259 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2,702 |
| 註: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election. |||||||||||

#### Results

| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Others | Independent |
| Independent ||
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 131 | 37 | 26 | | 68 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 142 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 89 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 193 | 11 | 2 | | 180 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 317 | 38 | 39 | | 240 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 163 | 34 | 2 | | 127 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 228 | 13 | 28 | | 187 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 193 | 11 | 6 | | 176 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 334 | 43 | 39 | | 252 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 136 | 42 | 3 | | 91 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 142 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 73 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 51 | 3 | 1 | | 47 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 47 | 17 | | 2 | 28 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 21 | 13 | | | 8 |
| New Taipei City（Wulai District） | New Taipei City（Wulai District） | 7 | | | | 7 |
| Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | Taoyuan（Fuxing District） | 11 | 4 | | | 7 |
| Taichung（Heping District） | Taichung（Heping District） | 11 | 5 | | | 6 |
| Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | Kaohsiung（Maolin District, Taoyuan District, Namasia District） | 21 | 3 | | | 18 |
| Total | Total | 2,149 | 390 | 151 | 4 | 1,604 |
| 註: The results of the election are subject to the Republic of China Central Election Commission. The color of each municipality, county, and city is based on the party with the highest vote in the current election. |||||||

## Village chief elections
### Nominations

| Special municipality | Special municipality | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | People First Party | TSU | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | People's Democratic Party | New Power Party | Green Party Taiwan | Others | Independent |
| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | People First Party | TSU | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | People's Democratic Party | New Power Party | Green Party Taiwan | Others | Independent |
| Taipei | Taipei | 456 | 282 | 63 | | | | 3 | | | 13 | 576 |
| New Taipei | New Taipei | 1,032 | 300 | 41 | | | 4 | 1 | 1 | | 9 | 1,491 |
| Taoyuan | Taoyuan | 504 | 132 | 3 | | | | | | | 7 | 844 |
| Taichung | Taichung | 625 | 139 | 79 | | | | | | | 4 | 1,023 |
| Tainan | Tainan | 649 | 64 | 115 | | | | | | | | 1,217 |
| Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung | 891 | 173 | 218 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1,320 |
| Taiwan Province | Keelung City | 157 | 33 | 4 | | | | 1 | | | | 258 |
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 233 | 38 | 8 | | | | | 1 | | | 401 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 192 | 77 | | 1 | | | | | | | 318 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu City | 122 | 20 | | | | | | | 1 | | 209 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 275 | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | 509 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 589 | 38 | 11 | | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1,067 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 262 | 55 | 4 | | | | | | | | 469 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 391 | 11 | | | | | | | | 1 | 739 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 357 | 8 | | | | | | | | 1 | 631 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi City | 84 | 20 | 2 | | | | | | | | 128 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 463 | 54 | 6 | | | 1 | | | | | 815 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 147 | 70 | 5 | 1 | | | | 1 | | 1 | 251 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 176 | 138 | 2 | | | | | | | | 248 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 96 | 17 | 2 | | | | | | | | 173 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 37 | 17 | | | | | | | | 1 | 68 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 22 | 23 | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Total | Total | 7,760 | 1,720 | 563 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 12,768 |

### Results

| Special municipality | Special municipality | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | People First Party | New Power Party | People's Democratic Front | Others | Independent |
| Province | County | Members | Kuomintang | Democratic Progressive Party | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | People First Party | New Power Party | People's Democratic Front | Others | Independent |
| Taipei | Taipei | 456 | 216 | 35 | | | | 1 | | 204 |
| New Taipei | New Taipei | 1029 | 234 | 27 | 1 | | 1 | | | 766 |
| Taoyuan | Taoyuan | 504 | 90 | 2 | | | | | 2 | 410 |
| Taichung | Taichung | 624 | 107 | 18 | | | | | | 499 |
| Tainan | Tainan | 649 | 42 | 53 | | | | | | 554 |
| Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung | 887 | 123 | 130 | | | | | | 634 |
| Taiwan Province | Keelung City | 157 | 21 | 2 | | | | | | 134 |
| Taiwan Province | Yilan County | 233 | 23 | 5 | | | | | | 205 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu County | 192 | 42 | | | | | | | 150 |
| Taiwan Province | Hsinchu City | 121 | 14 | | | | | | | 107 |
| Taiwan Province | Miaoli County | 274 | 4 | | | | | | 1 | 269 |
| Taiwan Province | Changhua County | 589 | 28 | 6 | | | | | | 555 |
| Taiwan Province | Nantou County | 262 | 36 | 1 | | | | | | 225 |
| Taiwan Province | Yunlin County | 390 | 5 | | | | | | | 385 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi County | 356 | 6 | | | | | | | 350 |
| Taiwan Province | Chiayi City | 84 | 16 | 1 | | | | | | 67 |
| Taiwan Province | Pingtung County | 461 | 32 | 3 | | | | | | 426 |
| Taiwan Province | Taitung County | 147 | 42 | 1 | | 1 | | | 1 | 102 |
| Taiwan Province | Hualien County | 175 | 103 | 1 | | | | | | 71 |
| Taiwan Province | Penghu County | 95 | 10 | | | | | | | 85 |
| Fujian Province | Kinmen County | 37 | 6 | | | | | | | 31 |
| Fujian Province | Lienchiang County | 22 | 20 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Total | Total | 7,760 | 1,120 | 285 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6,231 |

## Aftermath

President Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairperson for the Democratic Progressive Party; Premier William Lai also unilaterally announced his resignation on Facebook ; his resignation was approved in 2019. The DPP secretary general Hung Yao-fu and Secretary-General to the President Chen Chu also announced their resignations. Following the elections, the Taiwanese foreign minister claimed that China had meddled in the elections.
Defector and self-proclaimed former spy William Wang claimed that the government of China had successfully supported candidates in the 2018 Taiwanese local elections.