
The qualification review of candidates for the election of township mayors, representatives, and village chiefs in Nantou County has been completed. All 32 township mayors are qualified, and a total of 8 township representatives and village chiefs have been disqualified for violating Article 26 of the Election and Recall Law.
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The Nantou County Election Committee held a committee meeting to review the qualifications of candidates for local public office elections.
Those who have registered as candidates for mayors of towns and villages in Nantou County will be reviewed by the Nantou County Election Committee and found to be qualified and can participate in the lottery on the 23rd.
After reviewing the qualifications of the candidates for the election of township mayors, township city representatives, and village chiefs in Nantou County, the County Election Committee held a committee meeting today and found that 8 candidates are not qualified and will not be able to participate in the lottery on the 23rd. The 4 township representatives and village chiefs who are not qualified are all incompatible with the provisions of Article 26 of the Election and Strike Law, that is, those who have been convicted of fraud, drugs, firearms, etc. and have been sentenced or suspended are not allowed to run.
The 2026 local public office elections include candidate qualifications for township mayors, township and city representatives, and village chiefs. The Nantou County Election Committee held its 413th committee meeting today to review the candidate qualifications for these elections in the county. The election committee pointed out that a total of 32 people were registered for township mayors. After review, all 32 people met the requirements. Candidate qualifications; A total of 251 township citizen representatives applied for registration. After review, 247 people met the candidate qualifications, and 4 people were not qualified, namely: Chen Junyi from the third constituency of Lugu Township, Chen Meijuan from the first constituency of Zhongliao Township, Huang Wenxiong from the second constituency of Yuchi Township, and Wu Shimin from the second constituency of Xindai.
For the village head part, a total of 535 people applied for registration. After review, 531 people met the candidate qualifications, and 4 people did not meet the qualifications, namely: Pan Qirong, candidate for Beimeili chief of Puli Town, Lin Jinbao, candidate for Guilin chief of Zhushan Town, Chen Yongrong, candidate for Beigang Village Chief of Guoxing Township, and Zhuo Shanglong, candidate for Delugu Village Chief of Renai Township.
Because only one person, Pan Qirong, was registered for the election of the North Meili Chief of Puli Town, but his qualifications were not met, he made up the registration on the 12th and 13th, and one person registered and met the qualifications.
The Nantou County Election Committee reviewed the candidacy of township citizen representatives and village chiefs in the county and found that a total of 8 people were not qualified.
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