Kaohsiung City Constituency 4

Kaohsiung City Constituency 4
Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)	Renwu District, Niaosong District, Daliao District, Linyuan District
Electorate	270,354 (2024 election)
Current constituency
Created	2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 3) 2010 (current name)
Party	DPP
Member	Lin Tai-hua

Kaohsiung City Constituency 4 (Chinese: 高雄市第四選舉區) 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 3) 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 Lin Tai-hua of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2011.

Legislators

Election		Legislator	Party
	2008 - 2011	Chen Chi-yu	Democratic Progressive Party
	2011	Lin Tai-hua	Democratic Progressive Party

Election results

2008

2008 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung County 3

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chen Chi-yu	Democratic Progressive Party	55,848	45.14
	Wu Kuang-hsun	Kuomintang	53,205	43.00
	Hsu Ching-huang	Independent	13,158	10.64
	Chien Hung-te	Taiwan Farmers' Party	996	0.81
	Huang Hsien-nan	Independent	317	0.26
	Chien Chia-hung	Independent	199	0.16
Total			123,723	100.00
Valid votes			123,723	98.29
Invalid/blank votes			2,158	1.71
Total votes			125,881	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			217,808	57.79
Majority			2,643	2.14
	Democratic Progressive Party win (new seat)
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2011 by-election

2011 Legislative Yuan by-election: Kaohsiung 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lin Tai-hua	Democratic Progressive Party	53,833	69.69	24.55
	Hsu Ching-huang	Kuomintang	23,409	30.31	12.69
Total			77,242	100.00	–
Valid votes			77,242	99.37
Invalid/blank votes			488	0.63
Total votes			77,730	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			228,805	33.97
Majority			52,927	30.86
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2012

* denotes the incumbent representative

2012 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lin Tai-hua*	Democratic Progressive Party	111,188	64.82	4.87
	Chiou Yu-shiuan	Kuomintang	58,261	33.96	3.65
	Huang Hsien-nan	Independent	2,090	1.22	NEW
Total			171,539	100.00	–
Valid votes			171,539	98.47
Invalid/blank votes			2,665	1.53
Total votes			174,204	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			233,078	74.74
Majority			52,927	30.86
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2016

* denotes the incumbent representative

2016 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lin Tai-hua*	Democratic Progressive Party	122,722	75.53	10.71
	Kuo Lun-hao	Kuomintang	37,711	23.21	10.75
	Lin Chun-yang	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	2,040	1.26	NEW
Total			162,473	100.00	–
Valid votes			162,473	97.68
Invalid/blank votes			3,864	2.32
Total votes			166,337	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			248,774	66.86
Majority			61,445	31.2
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2020

* denotes the incumbent representative

2020 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lin Tai-hua*	Democratic Progressive Party	118,219	60.03	15.5
	Hsu Ching-huang	Kuomintang	56,774	28.83	5.62
	Chou Kai-lun	Independent	11,102	5.64	NEW
	Huang Chao-cheng	Taiwan Renewal Party	10,323	5.24	NEW
	Sun Peng-yi	Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party	500	0.25	NEW
Total			196,918	100.00	–
Valid votes			196,918	97.66
Invalid/blank votes			4,719	2.34
Total votes			201,637	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			261,093	77.23
Majority			61,445	31.2
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2024

* denotes the incumbent representative

2024 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%	+/–
	Lin Tai-hua*	Democratic Progressive Party	121,001	65.31	5.28
	Chen Jo-tsui	Kuomintang	64,261	34.69	5.86
Total			185,262	100.00	–
Valid votes			185,262	96.96
Invalid/blank votes			5,802	3.04
Total votes			191,064	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			270,354	70.67
Majority			56,740	30.62
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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