The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election () was held on 17 January 2015 in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.

History

The election was called after

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei fro ...

resigned from the Kuomintang Chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the

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held on 29 November 2014. Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and

Lee Hsin Lee Hsin (; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the Taipei City Council from 1998 to his death in 2017. He could speak fluent Mandarin Chinese and Hokkien. Political career In 1993, he followed Yok Mu-mi ...

, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.

Eric Chu Eric Chu Li-luan (; born on 7 June 1961) is a Taiwanese politician. He was born into a political family with strong Kuomintang (KMT) ties, and served as Vice Premier of the Republic of China, under Premier Wu Den-yih. Prior to this, Chu served ...

, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections, was the only officially confirmed candidate.

Result

Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes.

Reactions

* Democratic Progressive Party -

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sent congratulatory flowers and a message to KMT headquarters after the polls closed. The message read, in part, "heavy responsibilities, long road ahead." *

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- General Secretary

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congratulated Chu immediately after the election. He expressed that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could continue adhering the

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and oppose Taiwan independence to push for the peaceful development of

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2015 elections in Taiwan

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History

Result

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See also

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