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Green Party Taiwan[I] is a political partyinTaiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwanese nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition, the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation and participates in the Global Greens.
Green Party Taiwan
台灣綠黨
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| Chairperson | Qiu Bai-wei Lin Qu-jing |
| Founded | 25 January 1996 |
| Headquarters | 4F-7, No. 35, Shaoxing North Street, Zhongzheng, Taipei[1] |
| Membership | 400 |
| Ideology | Green politics Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Centre-lefttoleft-wing |
| National affiliation | Pan-Green Coalition |
| Regional affiliation | Asia Pacific Greens Federation |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Colours | Green |
| Legislative Yuan |
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| Municipal mayors |
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| Magistrates/mayors |
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| Councilors |
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| Township/city mayors |
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| Traditional Chinese | 台灣綠黨 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台湾绿党 | ||||||||||||||||
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Much of the 400-strong membership are affiliated with the non-governmental organisation sector of Taiwanese society, as well as from academia and the youth community.[2]
In 1996, Green Party Taiwan’s Kao Meng-ting was elected to the National Assembly. However, he left the party in 1997.
In the 2008 legislative election, the Green Party of Taiwan formed a red-green coalition with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.
In the 2012 legislative election, Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature, this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan.[3] Its best showing is in Ponso no Tao where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong antinuclear stance.
In the 2014 local elections, the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the Taoyuan City council and Jay Chou to the Hsinchu County Council.[4]
In the 2016 general election, the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-left Social Democratic Party[5] and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot.[6] The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote without winning any seats.[7]
In the 2020 legislative election, the Green Party nominated five young professionals, including famed psychologist Cheng Hui-wen and party founder Kao Cheng-yan.[8] They got 2.4% of the votes and did not win any seats. They were the second largest party that didn’t win a seat.[9]
In the 2022 local election, the party won only one seat. Liu Chong-hsian [zh] was elected to the Hsinchu City Council.[10]
The Green Party nominated Taiwan's first transgender legislative candidate, Abbygail ET Wu (吳伊婷), in the 2024 election cycle. The party won 117,298 votes (0.85%), not enough to seat any candidate named on the Green Party list.[11]
On March 30, 2024, Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party.[12] This leaves the party with no members holding public office.
The Green Party averages around 3% of total votes cast in metropolitan urban areas, with support in rural areas, such as Orchid Island, as high as 35.8%.[2]
| Election | Mayors & Magistrates |
Councils | Third-level Municipal heads |
Third-level Municipal councils |
Fourth-level Village heads |
Election Leader |
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| 2018 unified |
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3 / 912
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1 / 2,148
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0 / 7,744
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Wang Hao-yu |
| 2022 unified |
0 / 22
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1 / 910
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0 / 204
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0 / 2,139
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0 / 7,748
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Yu Hsiao-ching |
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