Kaohsiung City Constituency 7

Kaohsiung City Constituency 7
Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)	Fengshan District
Electorate	293,502 (2024 election)
Current constituency
Created	2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 4) 2010 (as Kaohsiung City Constituency 8) 2020 (current name)
Party	DPP
Member	Hsu Chih-chieh

Kaohsiung City Constituency 7 (Chinese: 高雄市第七選舉區) 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 4) 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 Hsu Chih-chieh of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2012.

Legislators

Election		Legislator	Party
	2008	Chiang Lin-chun	Kuomintang
	2012	Hsu Chih-chieh	Democratic Progressive Party

Election results

2008

2008 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung County 4

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chiang Lin-chun	Kuomintang	74,062	50.23
	Lin Tai-hua	Democratic Progressive Party	71,450	48.46
	Wu Lung-chieh	Taiwan Solidarity Union	1,095	0.74
	Yang Tung-chieh	Taiwan Farmers' Party	377	0.26
	Chang Mei-hsien	Civil Party	266	0.18
	Chen Ming-cheng	Third Society Party	204	0.14
Total			147,454	100.00
Valid votes			147,454	98.87
Invalid/blank votes			1,690	1.13
Total votes			149,144	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			253,525	58.83
Majority			2,612	1.77
	Kuomintang win (new seat)
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2012

* denotes the incumbent representative

2012 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 8

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hsu Chih-chieh	Democratic Progressive Party	104,292	51.97
	Chiang Lin-chun*	Kuomintang	90,186	44.94
	Cheng Fu-hua	Independent	3,069	1.53
	Lin Ching-yuan	Independent	2,370	1.18
	Huang Chien-fu	People Union Party	777	0.39
Total			200,694	100.00
Valid votes			200,694	98.78
Invalid/blank votes			2,479	1.22
Total votes			203,173	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			266,958	76.11
Majority			14,106	7.03
	Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang
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2016

* denotes the incumbent representative

2016 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 8

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hsu Chih-chieh*	Democratic Progressive Party	110,276	59.13
	Huang Hsi-wen	Kuomintang	58,967	31.62
	Chen Han-ku	New Power Party	9,681	5.19
	Chang Yu-hua	People's Democratic Front	2,476	1.33
	Liu I-hsiung	Military, Civil Servants and Teachers Alliance Party	2,136	1.15
	Ma Kai-ni	Social Welfare Party	1,637	0.88
	Wang Ting-hsuan	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	1,315	0.71
Total			186,488	100.00
Valid votes			186,488	98.14
Invalid/blank votes			3,537	1.86
Total votes			190,025	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			281,637	67.47
Majority			51,309	27.51
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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2020

* denotes the incumbent representative

2020 Taiwanese legislative election: Kaohsiung 7

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Hsu Chih-chieh*	Democratic Progressive Party	114,998	51.10
	Li Ya-ching	Kuomintang	86,127	38.27
	Chen Hui-min	New Power Party	17,466	7.76
	Chin Shih-yen	People First Party	3,920	1.74
	Lin Chieh-cheng	Independent	1,405	0.62
	Yeh Feng-chiang	Independent	822	0.37
	Wu Ching-mu	Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party	296	0.13
Total			225,034	100.00
Valid votes			225,034	98.78
Invalid/blank votes			2,771	1.22
Total votes			227,805	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			290,775	78.34
Majority			28,871	12.83
	Democratic Progressive Party hold
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