# 2001–02 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 1 December 2001 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, on 26 January 2002 to elect councillors in county/city councils and mayors of townships and cities, on 8 June 2002 to elect representatives in township/city councils and village chiefs (all except in Taipei City), and on 7 December 2002 to elect mayors and councillors of special municipalities.

## Magistrate/mayor elections in counties/cities

Taiwanese county magistrates and city mayoral elections, 2001 :
| County/City | Winning Candidate | Party |
| Changhua County | Wong Chin-chu | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Chiayi City | Chen Li-chen | Independent |
| Chiayi County | Chen Ming-wen | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Hsinchu City | Lin Junq-tzer | Kuomintang |
| Hsinchu County | Cheng Yung-chin | Kuomintang |
| Hualien County | Chang Fu-hsing | Kuomintang |
| Kaohsiung County | Yang Chiu-hsing | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Keelung City | Hsu Tsai-li | Kuomintang |
| Kinmen County | Lee Chu-feng | New Party |
| Lienchiang County | Chen Hsueh-sheng | People First Party |
| Miaoli County | Fu Hsueh-peng | Independent |
| Nantou County | Lin Tsung-nan | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Penghu County | Lai Feng-wei | Kuomintang |
| Pingtung County | Su Jia-chyuan | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Taichung City | Jason Hu | Kuomintang |
| Taichung County | Huang Chung-sheng (黃仲生) | Kuomintang |
| Tainan City | Hsu Tain-tsair | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Tainan County | Su Huan-chih | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Taipei County | Su Tseng-chang | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Taitung County | Hsu Ching-yuan | People First Party |
| Taoyuan County | Eric Chu | Kuomintang |
| Yilan County | Liu Shou-ch'eng | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Yunlin County | Chang Jung-wei (張榮味) | Kuomintang |

## Mayor elections in special municipalities

The election was administered directly under the central government of Taiwan. Mayor candidates for the Kuomintang were elected in Taipei, while candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party were elected in Kaohsiung.

### Taipei City

Results of Past Taipei Municipal Mayoral Elections :
| Year | Winning Candidate | Political Party |
| 1994 | Chen Shui-bian | Democratic Progressive Party |
| 1998 | Ma Ying-jeou | Kuomintang |
Results :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Kuomintang | 2 | Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) | 873,102 | 64.11% | |
| | Democratic Progressive Party | 1 | Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) | 488,811 | 35.89% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 1,374,862 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 70.61% | 70.61% | 70.61% |

### Kaohsiung City

Results of Past Kaohsiung Municipal Mayoral Elections :
| Year | Winning Candidate | Political Party |
| 1994 | Wu Den-yih | Kuomintang |
| 1998 | Hsieh Chang-ting | Democratic Progressive Party |
Results :
| Party | Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Percentage |
| | Democratic Progressive Party | 5 | Hsieh Chang-ting (謝長廷) | 386,384 | 50.04% | |
| | Kuomintang | 4 | Huang Jun-ying (黃俊英) | 361,546 | 46.82% | |
| | Independent | 2 | Chang Po-ya (張博雅) | 13,479 | 1.75% | |
| | Independent | 1 | Shih Ming-te (施明德) | 8,750 | 1.13% | |
| | Independent | 3 | Huang Tian-sheng (黃天生) | 1,998 | 0.26% | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 779,911 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | 71.38% | 71.38% | 71.38% |