{
  "id": "2026-taiwanese-local-elections",
  "title": "2026 Taiwanese local elections",
  "lang": "en",
  "source_lang": "en",
  "summary": "Taiwan’s local elections scheduled for November 28, 2026, will elect mayors, magistrates, councillors, and other local officials in the “nine-in-one” electoral cycle.",
  "category": "society",
  "subcategory": "politics",
  "type": "event",
  "aliases": [
    "2026 Taiwan local elections",
    "2026 nine-in-one elections"
  ],
  "generated_at": "2026-10-14",
  "model": "gpt-6.1-sol",
  "url": "https://aiwiki.page/en/2026-taiwanese-local-elections/",
  "translations": {
    "zh-Hans": {
      "url": "https://aiwiki.page/zh/2026-taiwanese-local-elections/",
      "json": "https://aiwiki.page/zh/2026-taiwanese-local-elections.json"
    }
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "",
      "text": "The 2026 Taiwanese local elections are scheduled to take place in Taiwan on November 28, 2026, to elect local executive officials and representatives. Commonly called the nine-in-one elections, they encompass nine categories of public office rather than nine ballots for every voter. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that 11,051 positions would be contested. As of October 14, 2026, voting had not taken place and no election results were available. (focustaiwan.tw)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Offices and geographical scope",
      "text": "The elections include the mayors of the six special municipalities and the magistrates or mayors of the other sixteen counties and cities, alongside their respective councils. The six special municipalities are Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. Together, the municipal and county-level executive contests account for 22 offices. (en.wikipedia.org)\n\nThe nine categories are:\n\nCategory | Office\nSpecial-municipality executives | Mayors\nSpecial-municipality councils | Councillors\nCounty and city executives | County magistrates and city mayors\nCounty and city councils | Councillors\nTownship-level executives | Township and county-administered city mayors\nTownship-level representative bodies | Township and county-administered city representatives\nVillage-level administration | Village and borough chiefs\nMountain indigenous districts in special municipalities | District chiefs\nMountain indigenous district representative bodies | District representatives\n\nThese categories reflect different levels and forms of local administration. The offices appearing on an individual voter’s ballots depend on the voter’s registered locality and applicable electoral qualifications; not every category exists in every locality. The elections do not elect the president or members of the national legislature. (law.cec.gov.tw)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Administration and timetable",
      "text": "The CEC supervises the elections in conjunction with municipal and county or city election commissions. Township-level and indigenous-district contests are administered through the relevant local commissions under the statutory allocation of responsibilities. (law.cec.gov.tw)\n\nThe election timetable includes the following milestones:\n\n- August 20, 2026: issuance of the election announcement.\n- August 31–September 4, 2026: candidate registration.\n- November 28, 2026: voting and vote counting.\n\nRegistration is followed by examination of candidate qualifications and subsequent publication of the official candidate lists. Registration therefore does not, by itself, establish final eligibility to stand. (cec.gov.tw)\n\nIn its August announcement, the CEC estimated an electorate of approximately 19.65 million, including about 600,000 first-time voters. It planned for 8,906 electoral districts and 18,244 polling stations. These figures described preparations before polling day, not turnout or final vote totals. (focustaiwan.tw)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Electoral rules",
      "text": "The elections are governed principally by the Public Officials Election and Recall Act. The law provides for direct elections by secret ballot and sets the voting age at 20. Eligibility also depends on residence requirements tied to household registration, generally including four months’ continuous residence in the relevant electoral area. (law.cec.gov.tw)\n\nSingle-office contests generally elect the candidate receiving the most votes. Multi-member representative contests use single non-transferable voting: each elector votes for one candidate, while several candidates can be elected in the same district. Statutory provisions concerning women’s representation can affect which candidates receive seats. Separate minimum-vote rules apply in certain uncontested or undersubscribed elections. (law.cec.gov.tw)\n\nThe statutory campaign period varies by office: fifteen days for special-municipality mayoral elections, ten days for most other executive and municipal or county council contests, and five days for township-level representatives, indigenous-district representatives, and village or borough chiefs. These legally defined periods are distinct from the broader political activity preceding them. (law.cec.gov.tw)"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    "taiwan",
    "taipei"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CEC announces Nov. 28 election of 11,051 local officials",
      "url": "https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202608200010"
    },
    {
      "title": "2026 Taiwanese local elections",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Taiwanese_local_elections"
    },
    {
      "title": "2026年中華民國地方公職人員選舉",
      "url": "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E5%85%AC%E8%81%B7%E4%BA%BA%E5%93%A1%E9%81%B8%E8%88%89"
    },
    {
      "title": "中選會委員會議討論通過115年地方公職人員選舉投票日及工作進行程序表",
      "url": "https://www.cec.gov.tw/central/article/61722"
    },
    {
      "title": "新竹縣選舉委員會第360次委員會議紀錄",
      "url": "https://web.cec.gov.tw/api/file/c5b7fceb-6f5f-4202-b140-e23ebdcb50a8.pdf"
    },
    {
      "title": "115年8月31日候選人登記概況",
      "url": "https://web.cec.gov.tw/central/article/64604"
    },
    {
      "title": "中央選舉委員會主管法規共用系統—公職人員選舉罷免法",
      "url": "https://law.cec.gov.tw/LawContent.aspx?KeyWord=%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%89%E9%87%91&id=GL000292"
    }
  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}