Kaohsiung City Constituency 1
Constituency of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan
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Kaohsiung City Constituency 1 (Chinese: 高雄市第一選舉區) 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 1) 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 Chiu Yi-ying of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2012.[1]
District(s)Taoyuan, Namasia, Jiasian, Liouguei, Shanlin, Neimen, Cishan, Meinong, Maolin, Alian, Tianliao, Yanchao, Dashe, Dashu
Electorate217,467 (2024 election)
Created2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 1)
2010 (current name)
2010 (current name)
PartyDPP
| Kaohsiung City Constituency 1 | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan | |
| |
| District(s) | Taoyuan, Namasia, Jiasian, Liouguei, Shanlin, Neimen, Cishan, Meinong, Maolin, Alian, Tianliao, Yanchao, Dashe, Dashu |
| Electorate | 217,467 (2024 election) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 1) 2010 (current name) |
| Party | DPP |
| Member | Chiu Yi-ying[1] |
Legislators
| Election | Legislator | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 - 2012 | Chung Shao-ho | Kuomintang | |
| 2012 | Chiu Yi-ying | Democratic Progressive Party | |
Election results
2008[a]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chung Shao-ho | Kuomintang | 72,309 | 53.56 | |
| Yen Wen-chung | Democratic Progressive Party | 61,679 | 45.68 | |
| Chiang Chia-sheng | Civil Party | 1,025 | 0.76 | |
| Total | 135,013 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 135,013 | 98.38 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,229 | 1.62 | ||
| Total votes | 137,242 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 222,141 | 61.78 | ||
| Majority | 10,603 | 7.88 | ||
| Kuomintang win (new seat) | ||||
| Source: [2] | ||||
2012
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Yi-ying | Democratic Progressive Party | 89,913 | 54.31 |  8.63 | |
| Chung Shao-ho* | Kuomintang | 75,627 | 45.69 |  7.87 | |
| Total | 165,540 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 165,540 | 98.66 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,251 | 1.34 | |||
| Total votes | 167,791 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 223,797 | 74.97 | |||
| Majority | 14,286 | 8.62 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||
2016
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Yi-ying* | Democratic Progressive Party | 87,432 | 59.02 | 4.71 | |
| Chung Yi-chung | Kuomintang | 58,689 | 39.62 | 6.07 | |
| Chuang Ting-hsin | Peace Dove Alliance Party | 1,346 | 0.91 | NEW | |
| Liu Tzu-lin | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | 669 | 0.45 | NEW | |
| Total | 148,136 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 148,136 | 98.22 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,683 | 1.78 | |||
| Total votes | 150,819 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 224,630 | 67.14 | |||
| Majority | 28,743 | 19.4 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3][4] | |||||
2020
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Yi-ying* | Democratic Progressive Party | 91,561 | 55.92 | 3.10 | |
| Wang Lingjiao | Kuomintang | 55,373 | 33.82 | 5.80 | |
| Lo Ting-cheng | Taiwan People's Party | 10,661 | 6.51 | NEW | |
| Huang Xiujing | People First Party | 5,443 | 3.32 | NEW | |
| Yen Yang-ching | Labor Party | 704 | 0.43 | NEW | |
| Total | 163,742 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 163,742 | 98.21 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,989 | 1.79 | |||
| Total votes | 166,731 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 222,799 | 74.83 | |||
| Majority | 36,188 | 22.1 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||
2024
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Yi-ying* | Democratic Progressive Party | 79,567 | 54.67 | 1.25 | |
| Lin Yidi | Independent (Kuomintang-affiliated) | 42,219 | 29.01 | 4.81 | |
| Tseng Lin-yi | Taiwan People's Party | 22,169 | 15.23 | 8.72 | |
| Liu Chengzhi | People's Union Party | 1,596 | 1.10 | NEW | |
| Total | 145,551 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 145,551 | 97.91 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,100 | 2.09 | |||
| Total votes | 148,651 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 217,467 | 68.36 | |||
| Majority | 37,348 | 25.66 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||