Kaohsiung City Constituency 2
Constituency of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan
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Kaohsiung City Constituency 2 (Chinese: 高雄市第二選舉區) 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 2) 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 Chih-wei of the Democratic Progressive Party since 2012.[1]
Electorate263,401 (2024 election)
Created2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 2)
2010 (current name)
2010 (current name)
PartyDPP
| Kaohsiung City Constituency 2 | |
|---|---|
| Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan | |
 | |
| District(s) | Qieding, Hunei, Lujhu, Yong'an, Gangshan, Mituo, Zihguan, Ciaotou |
| Electorate | 263,401 (2024 election) |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2008 (as Kaohsiung County Constituency 2) 2010 (current name) |
| Party | DPP |
| Member | Chiu Chih-wei[1] |
Legislators
| Election | Legislator | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 - 2012 | Lin Yi-shih | Kuomintang | |
| 2012 | Chiu Chih-wei | Democratic Progressive Party | |
Election results
2008[a]
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lin Yi-shih | Kuomintang | 84,659 | 55.27 | |
| Yu Cheng-hsien | Democratic Progressive Party | 65,257 | 42.61 | |
| Liu Cheng-wei | Taiwan Farmers' Party | 3,250 | 2.12 | |
| Total | 153,166 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 153,166 | 97.91 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,274 | 2.09 | ||
| Total votes | 156,440 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 242,349 | 64.55 | ||
| Majority | 19,402 | 12.66 | ||
| Kuomintang win | ||||
| Source: [2] | ||||
2012
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Chih-wei | Democratic Progressive Party | 96,818 | 50.42 |  7.81 | |
| Lin Yi-shih* | Kuomintang | 92,902 | 48.38 |  6.89 | |
| Hsieh Chang-li | Independent | 2,301 | 1.20 | NEW | |
| Total | 192,021 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 192,021 | 98.72 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,494 | 1.28 | |||
| Total votes | 194,515 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 249,535 | 77.95 | |||
| Majority | 3,916 | 2.04 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party gain from Kuomintang | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||
2016
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Chih-wei* | Democratic Progressive Party | 110,819 | 63.24 | 12.82 | |
| Huang Yun-han | Kuomintang | 61,186 | 34.91 | 13.47 | |
| Li Pai-jung | Trees Party | 1,733 | 0.99 | NEW | |
| Tseng Ying-feng | Free Taiwan Party | 881 | 0.50 | NEW | |
| Huang Chin-ling | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | 628 | 0.36 | NEW | |
| Total | 175,247 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 175,247 | 98.16 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,292 | 1.84 | |||
| Total votes | 178,539 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 256,424 | 69.63 | |||
| Majority | 49,633 | 28.33 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||
2020
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Chih-wei* | Democratic Progressive Party | 126,469 | 63.17 | 0.07 | |
| Huang Yun-han | Kuomintang | 70,867 | 35.40 | 0.49 | |
| Li Pai-jung | Taiwan Renewal Party | 2,871 | 1.43 | NEW | |
| Total | 200,207 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 200,207 | 98.11 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,848 | 1.89 | |||
| Total votes | 204,055 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 260,269 | 78.40 | |||
| Majority | 55,602 | 27.77 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||
2024
* denotes the incumbent representative
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiu Chih-wei* | Democratic Progressive Party | 117,992 | 63.38 | 0.21 | |
| Huang Yunhan | Kuomintang | 68,168 | 36.62 | 1.22 | |
| Total | 186,160 | 100.00 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 186,160 | 97.43 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,920 | 2.57 | |||
| Total votes | 191,080 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 263,401 | 72.54 | |||
| Majority | 49,824 | 26.76 | |||
| Democratic Progressive Party hold | |||||
| Source: [3] | |||||