Lee Yi-ting () is a Taiwanese politician.

Political career

Both Lee and fellow

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 ...

member

Kang Shih-ju Kang Shih-ju (; born 16 January 1964) is a Taiwanese politician. Political career Kang chose to run as an independent in the January 2008 legislative elections, after losing the Kuomintang nomination to Lee Yi-ting. After Lee was charged with el ...

planned to run in the January 2008 legislative elections, and the party chose to back Lee. He was elected to the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

in January 2008, defeating

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a Taiwanese nationalist and centre-left political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Controlling both the Republic of China presidency and the unicameral Legislative Yuan, it is the majori ...

incumbent Tu Wen-ching. A few weeks after the election, the Miaoli District Prosecutors Office charged Lee with vote buying. The Taichung bench of the Taiwan High Court upheld the ruling of the Miaoli District Court in December, annulling Lee's electoral victory. By-elections were scheduled for 14 March 2009, and the

named Lee's wife Chen Luan-ing as its candidate. She lost to Kang Shih-ju, a candidate who had left the KMT to plan an independent campaign.

References

Living people Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan Members of the 7th Legislative Yuan Miaoli County Members of the Legislative Yuan Taiwanese politicians convicted of fraud Year of birth missing (living people) {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub