The Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP; zh, t=台灣基進, p=Táiwān Jījìn, poj=Tâi-oân Ki-chìn) is a political party 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 no ...

. The party was established in 2016 as Taiwan Radical Wings. The party is considered a close ally of the

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 majorit ...

History

As of 2018, the chairperson was

Chen Yi-chi Chen Yi-chi (; born 27 August 1972) is a Taiwanese politician who was a co-founder and the first chairperson of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party The Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP; zh, t=台灣基進, p=Táiwān Jījìn, poj=Tâi-oân K ...

. In the 2020 legislative elections in Taiwan, the party won one seat, with

Chen Po-wei Chen Po-wei (; born 10 July 1985) is a Taiwanese politician. He was the first ever Taiwan Statebuilding Party candidate to be elected to the Legislative Yuan, defeating Kuomintang incumbent Yen Kuan-heng in the 2020 Taiwanese legislative elec ...

becoming its first member of 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 October 2021, Chen became the first member of the Legislative Yuan to be successfully recalled, ending his term less than two years into office. Votes for Chen's recall numbered 77,899, against 73,433 opposing his recall. Votes supporting the recall topped 25% of the eligible electorate (73,744), with 51.72 percent voter turnout. Per Article 92 of the , Chen will be ineligible to run for the Legislative Yuan in Taichung's second district for the next four years. On 28 October 2021, he was officially dismissed from the Legislative Yuan.

Policies

TSP was once described as a left-wing, progressive and pro-independence party.

Structure

Chair

* Current Chair:

(since May 2016)

Secretary-General

* Current Secretary-General: Wang Hsing-huan (since September 2021)

Election results

Legislative elections

Local elections

References

External links

* Political parties established in 2016 Taiwanese nationalist political parties Pro-independence parties Feminist parties Anti-communist parties Left-wing nationalist parties Progressive parties in Taiwan Identity politics in Taiwan Radical parties Taiwan independence movement {{Taiwan-party-stub