Kaohsiung City Constituency 1

Kaohsiung City Constituency 1
Single-member constituency
for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)Taoyuan, Namasia, Jiasian, Liouguei, Shanlin, Neimen, Cishan, Meinong, Maolin, Alian, Tianliao, Yanchao, Dashe, Dashu
Electorate217,467 (2024 election)
Current constituency
Created2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 1)
2010 (current name)
PartyDPP
MemberChiu Yi-ying[1]

Kaohsiung City Constituency 1 (Chinese: 高雄市第一選舉區) is one of the 73 regional constituencies represented in the Legislative Yuan, the national legislature of Taiwan. It was created in 2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 1) following a series of constitutional reforms, and elects one legislator, through first-past-the-post voting, to the Legislative Yuan. It has been represented by Chiu Yi-ying of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2012.[1]

Legislators

ElectionLegislator Party
2008 - 2012 Chung Shao-ho Kuomintang
2012 Chiu Yi-ying Democratic Progressive Party

Electoral Results

2008[a]

2008 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung County 1
CandidatePartyVotes%
Chung Shao-hoKuomintang72,30953.56
Yen Wen-chungDemocratic Progressive Party61,67945.68
Chiang Chia-shengCivil Party1,0250.76
Total135,013100.00
Valid votes135,01398.38
Invalid/blank votes2,2291.62
Total votes137,242100.00
Registered voters/turnout222,14161.78
Majority10,6037.88
Kuomintang win (new seat)
Source: [2]

2012

* denotes the incumbent representative

2012 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 1
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Chiu Yi-yingDemocratic Progressive Party89,91354.31Increase 8.63
Chung Shao-ho*Kuomintang75,62745.69Decrease 7.87
Total165,540100.00–
Valid votes165,54098.66
Invalid/blank votes2,2511.34
Total votes167,791100.00
Registered voters/turnout223,79774.97
Majority14,2868.62
Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang
Source: [3]

2016

* denotes the incumbent representative

2016 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 1
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Chiu Yi-ying*Democratic Progressive Party87,43259.02Increase 4.71
Chung Yi-chungKuomintang58,68939.62Decrease 6.07
Chuang Ting-hsinPeace Dove Alliance Party1,3460.91NEW
Liu Tzu-linChinese Unification Promotion Party6690.45NEW
Total148,136100.00–
Valid votes148,13698.22
Invalid/blank votes2,6831.78
Total votes150,819100.00
Registered voters/turnout224,63067.14
Majority28,74319.4
Democratic Progressive Party hold
Source: [3][4]

2020

* denotes the incumbent representative

2020 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 1
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Chiu Yi-ying*Democratic Progressive Party91,56155.92Decrease 3.10
Wang LingjiaoKuomintang55,37333.82Decrease 5.80
Lo Ting-chengTaiwan People's Party10,6616.51NEW
Huang XiujingPeople First Party5,4433.32NEW
Yen Yang-chingLabor Party7040.43NEW
Total163,742100.00–
Valid votes163,74298.21
Invalid/blank votes2,9891.79
Total votes166,731100.00
Registered voters/turnout222,79974.83
Majority36,18822.1
Democratic Progressive Party hold
Source: [3]

2024

* denotes the incumbent representative

2024 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 1
CandidatePartyVotes%+/–
Chiu Yi-ying*Democratic Progressive Party79,56754.67Decrease 1.25
Lin YidiIndependent (Kuomintang-affiliated)42,21929.01Decrease 4.81
Tseng Lin-yiTaiwan People's Party22,16915.23Increase 8.72
Liu ChengzhiPeople's Union Party1,5961.10NEW
Total145,551100.00–
Valid votes145,55197.91
Invalid/blank votes3,1002.09
Total votes148,651100.00
Registered voters/turnout217,46768.36
Majority37,34825.66
Democratic Progressive Party hold
Source: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Legislative Yuan - Chiu, Yi-ying". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Kaohsiung County". Taiwan Votes Data Explorer. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Kaohsiung City". Taiwan Votes Data Explorer. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "區域立法委員選舉 高雄市 第1選舉區 候選人得票數" (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2016-01-19.
  1. ↑ Named Kaohsiung County Constituency 1, boundaries unchanged