Kaohsiung City Constituency 2

Kaohsiung City Constituency 2
Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)	Qieding, Hunei, Lujhu, Yong'an, Gangshan, Mituo, Zihguan, Ciaotou
Electorate	263,401 (2024 election)
Current constituency
Created	2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 2) 2010 (current name)
Party	DPP
Member	Chiu Chih-wei

Kaohsiung City Constituency 2 (Chinese: 高雄市第二選舉區) 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 2) 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 Chih-wei of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2012.

Legislators

Election		Legislator	Party
	2008 - 2012	Lin Yi-shih	Kuomintang
	2012	Chiu Chih-wei	Democratic Progressive Party

Electoral results

2008

2008 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung County 2

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Lin Yi-shih	Kuomintang	84,659	55.27
	Yu Cheng-hsien	Democratic Progressive Party	65,257	42.61
	Liu Cheng-wei	Taiwan Farmers' Party	3,250	2.12
Total			153,166	100.00
Valid votes			153,166	97.91
Invalid/blank votes			3,274	2.09
Total votes			156,440	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			242,349	64.55
Majority			19,402	12.66
	Kuomintang win
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2012

* denotes the incumbent representative

2012 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 2

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Chiu Chih-wei	Democratic Progressive Party	96,818	50.42	7.81
	Lin Yi-shih*	Kuomintang	92,902	48.38	6.89
	Hsieh Chang-li	Independent	2,301	1.20	NEW
Total			192,021	100.00	–
Valid votes			192,021	98.72
Invalid/blank votes			2,494	1.28
Total votes			194,515	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			249,535	77.95
Majority			3,916	2.04
	Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang
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2016

* denotes the incumbent representative

2016 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 2

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Chiu Chih-wei*	Democratic Progressive Party	110,819	63.24	12.82
	Huang Yun-han	Kuomintang	61,186	34.91	13.47
	Li Pai-jung	Trees Party	1,733	0.99	NEW
	Tseng Ying-feng	Free Taiwan Party	881	0.50	NEW
	Huang Chin-ling	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	628	0.36	NEW
Total			175,247	100.00	–
Valid votes			175,247	98.16
Invalid/blank votes			3,292	1.84
Total votes			178,539	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			256,424	69.63
Majority			49,633	28.33
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2020

* denotes the incumbent representative

2020 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 2

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Chiu Chih-wei*	Democratic Progressive Party	126,469	63.17	0.07
	Huang Yun-han	Kuomintang	70,867	35.40	0.49
	Li Pai-jung	Taiwan Renewal Party	2,871	1.43	NEW
Total			200,207	100.00	–
Valid votes			200,207	98.11
Invalid/blank votes			3,848	1.89
Total votes			204,055	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			260,269	78.40
Majority			55,602	27.77
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2024

* denotes the incumbent representative

2024 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 2

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Chiu Chih-wei*	Democratic Progressive Party	117,992	63.38	0.21
	Huang Yunhan	Kuomintang	68,168	36.62	1.22
Total			186,160	100.00	–
Valid votes			186,160	97.43
Invalid/blank votes			4,920	2.57
Total votes			191,080	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			263,401	72.54
Majority			49,824	26.76
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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