The major political parties on Wednesday announced a slew of candidates for the January legislative elections, mostly in areas outside Taipei.
Following a meeting of its Central Executive Committee, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) named Chen Chun-yu (陳俊宇), head of its Yilan chapter, to run in that county; Keelung City Councilor Cheng Wen-ting (鄭文婷) as its candidate in that city; Hualien County Councilor Chang Mei-hui (張美慧) for that county; and Lii Wen (李問), head of the party’s Lienchiang County Chapter, to carry the DPP flag there.
Chen would be running against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Yilan County Councilor Joy Huang (黃琤婷) and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Chen Wan-hui (陳琬惠), while Cheng is to come up against KMT Keelung City Councilor Lin Pei-hsiang (林沛祥).
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times
Chang is to face KMT Legislator Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁), and Lii would square off against KMT Legislator Chen Hsueh-sheng (陳雪生).
Following a meeting of its Central Standing Committee on Wednesday, the KMT nominated Huwei Township (虎尾) Mayor Ting Hsueh-chung (丁學忠) as its candidate in Yunlin County’s First Electoral District; Yunlin Meat Market deputy general manager Chiu Liang-yueh (邱良閱) to run in the county’s Second Electoral District; and Lu Hsien-yi (盧縣一), a physician at Pingtung County’s Wutai Township (霧台) Public Health Office, as one of its candidates in the highland indigenous electoral district.
Ting would be running against DPP Legislator Su Chih-fen (蘇治芬), Chiu would face DPP Legislator Liu Chien-kuo (劉建國) and Lu would compete against DPP Legislator Wu Li-hua (伍麗華).
The TPP also on Wednesday nominated Legislator Lai Hsiang-ling (賴香伶) as its candidate for Taoyuan’s Fifth Electoral District, and Legislator Chiu Chen-yuan (邱臣遠) for New Taipei City’s Eighth Electoral District.
Chiu would face the KMT’s Chang Chih-lun (張智倫) and the DPP’s Wu Cheng (吳崢), while Lai would be vying against KMT Legislator Lu Yu-ling (呂玉玲) and DPP Taoyuan City Councilor Liu Jen-chao (劉仁照) for a legislative seat.
The DPP and KMT had earlier put forth most of their candidates for the cities and counties in Taiwan, including Taipei, ahead of the elections that are scheduled for Jan. 13 next year.
The TPP has named only five legislative candidates so far.
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