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Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2015

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17 January 2015
  
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Start date
  
January 17, 2015

Turnout
  
56.34%

Location
  
Taiwan

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Winner
  
Eric Chu

The Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2015 (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the fifth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.

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History

The election was called after Ma Ying-jeou resigned from the Kuomintang Chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the local elections held on 29 November 2014. Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected. Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections, was the only officially confirmed candidate.

Result

Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes.

Reactions

  • Democratic Progressive Party - Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen sent congratulatory flowers and a message to KMT headquarters after the polls closed. The message read, in part, "heavy responsibilities, long road ahead."
  • Communist Party of China - Secretary-General Xi Jinping congratulated Chu immediately after the election. He expressed that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could continue adhering the 1992 Consensus and oppose Taiwan independence to push for the peaceful development of Cross-Strait relations.

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    Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2015 Wikipedia
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