Registration for Taichung City Council members ends, explosions in multi-district elections lead to a melee between veterans and newcomers

The registration for the 5th Taichung City Councilor election has closed. This term, because many veterans will not be re-elected, there are many new candidates, plus 6 seats nominated by the People's Party, and former city councilors are running for re-election. There has been an explosion of candidates in many constituencies. Veterans and newcomers are fighting in a chaotic battle. Beitun, Southeast District, Houfeng, Taiping, Dali Wufeng, and Tanyashen are constituencies that green, blue and white do not dare to take lightly.

Beitun District has the largest population in the city, with the most intermediate voters. There are particularly many candidates in previous elections. This time, one seat has been added, and 7 seats are to be elected, presenting a fierce situation of 13 to 7. The Kuomintang nominated the current Shen Youlian and Lai Shunren and two newcomers Wu Zongxue and Xu Yuxuan for 4 seats. DPP veteran Zeng Chao Rong did not elect, and his son Zeng Ziyao ran for the election instead. With the incumbent Xie Jiayi and newcomer Chen Xinxiu nominating 3 people, as well as the Obasan Alliance for small people to participate in politics, the number of non-party members reached 4 seats. However, can the votes of Huang Jianhao, who has been established as a committee member, and Chen Chengtian, who is not re-elected, be poured into the newcomers? Whether Zeng Chaorong's votes can be transferred to his son, everyone has their own worries.

What is even more worrying for both blue and green is that after the second election, Duan Tipei, a non-party member who has become more and more famous because of his extremely innovative signboard, has attracted the attention of many young people and triggered discussions on the Internet. This is a big change.

Another super battle zone is the Southeast District. Due to the reduction of seats, it was reduced to 4 candidates. The KMT nominated 2 incumbent seats and the DPP nominated 3 seats, forming a 5-to-4 situation. It is destined to be a life and death battle. Yang Baozhen, an independent candidate who is a nationally renowned former spokesperson of the People’s Party, has also joined the fray. There are also two independent candidates from the KMT, making the election more complicated.

Another fierce election is the Houli Fengyuan constituency in the 4th district, with 9 contested 5 seats, 2 seats nominated by the DPP conservative nomination, 3 seats nominated by the KMT, and 1 seat nominated by the People's Party. The number of party nominations has been 6 and 5. Veterans have made a comeback, such as Wang Chaokun, who has no party membership, and Huang Chaoyuan of the People's First Party. They are considered to divide the votes of the KMT and the People's Party, which makes Blue and White quite worried. However, the DPP's conservative nomination is stable.

In addition, in the Taiping constituency, 4 out of 7 were nominated, with 2 seats nominated by the Kuomintang, 2 nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party, and one nominated by the People's Party. In addition, former Kuomintang mayor Yan Taili and former Central Municipal Party Committee deputy chairman Zhang Shuhua quit the party to run for election, increasing the variables.

Dali Wufeng Constituency grabbed 6 out of 10. In addition to the six current city councilors of blue, green and white, this time to increase the power of the times, there are also veterans who have quit the Kuomintang and former city councilors to join the battle. The veterans and newcomers are fighting.

Tan Yashen constituency also has a large number of candidates, with 10 to 6, and the battle is also fierce.