Kaohsiung City Constituency 3

Kaohsiung City Constituency 3
Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)	Zuoying, Nanzih
Electorate	314,457 (2024 election)
Current constituency
Created	2008 (As Kaohsiung City 1) 2010 (current name)
Party	DPP
Member	Lee Po-yi

Kaohsiung City Constituency 3 (Chinese: 高雄市第三選舉區) is one of the 73 regional constituencies represented in the Legislative Yuan, the national legislature of Taiwan. It was created in 2008 (as Kaohsiung City 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 Lee Po-yi of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2024.

Legislators

Election		Legislator	Party
	2008 - 2016	Huang Chao-shun	Kuomintang
	2016 - 2024	Liu Shih-fang	Democratic Progressive Party
	2024	Lee Po-yi	Democratic Progressive Party

Election results

2008

2008 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 1

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Huang Chao-shun	Kuomintang	92,417	58.30
	Yao Wen-chih	Democratic Progressive Party	65,266	41.17
	Chien Hui-ying	Civil Party	841	0.53
Total			158,524	100.00
Valid votes			158,524	98.94
Invalid/blank votes			1,705	1.06
Total votes			160,229	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			256,225	62.53
Majority			27,151	17.13
	Kuomintang win (new seat)
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2012

* denotes the incumbent representative

2012 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 3

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Huang Chao-shun	Kuomintang	101,055	48.72	9.58
	Lin Ying-jung	Democratic Progressive Party	95,617	46.10	4.93
	Li Chien-nan	People First Party	7,296	3.52	NEW
	Lin Chen-yang	Green Party Taiwan	3,448	1.66	NEW
Total			207,416	100.00	–
Valid votes			207,416	99.06
Invalid/blank votes			1,961	0.94
Total votes			209,377	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			273,788	76.47
Majority			5,438	2.62
	Kuomintang hold
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2016

2016 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 3

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Liu Shih-fang	Democratic Progressive Party	102,255	53.51	7.41
	Chang Hsien-yao	Kuomintang	73,792	38.61	10.11
	Liang Pei-chen	Faith and Hope League	11,546	6.04	NEW
	Liu Shu-fang	Independent	1,935	1.01	NEW
	Chuang Ming-hsien	Taiwan Constitution Association	1,583	0.83	NEW
Total			191,111	100.00	–
Valid votes			191,111	98.54
Invalid/blank votes			2,834	1.46
Total votes			193,945	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			289,344	67.03
Majority			28,463	14.9
	Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang
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2020

* denotes the incumbent representative

2020 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 3

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Liu Shih-fang*	Democratic Progressive Party	102,300	43.75	9.76
	Huang Chao-shun	Kuomintang	87,665	37.49	1.12
	Kuo Hsin-cheng	Independent	24,277	10.38	NEW
	Chuang Yi-liang	Taiwan People's Party	12,099	5.17	NEW
	Su Po-ting	People First Party	3,138	1.34	NEW
	Tang Jinn-chuan	Independent	1,288	0.55	NEW
	Chang Yu-hsuan	Formosa Alliance	1,237	0.53	NEW
	Liu Shu-fang	Taiwan Independence Party	939	0.40	0.61
	Cheng Pin-chuan	Congress Party Alliance	412	0.18	NEW
	Li Kuo-chiu-lan	Interfaith Union	319	0.14	NEW
	Wang Kuei-hsiung	Revive China Alliance	155	0.07	NEW
Total			233,829	100.00	–
Valid votes			233,829	98.75
Invalid/blank votes			2,958	1.25
Total votes			236,787	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			304,481	77.77
Majority			14,635	6.36
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2024

* denotes the incumbent representative

2024 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 3

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lee Po-yi	Democratic Progressive Party	108,184	49.06	5.31
	Li Mei-jhen	Kuomintang	101,513	46.03	8.54
	Kuo Hsi	Taiwan Mahjong Biggest Party	7,147	3.24	NEW
	Chen Chuan-lin	Independent	2,549	1.16	NEW
	Chang Cheng-ta	Independent	1,121	0.51	NEW
Total			220,514	100.00	–
Valid votes			220,514	98.09
Invalid/blank votes			4,285	1.91
Total votes			224,799	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			314,457	71.49
Majority			6,671	3.03
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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