Zhang Fenyu from the Democratic Progressive Party in the 13th constituency of Taichung made a comeback and was successfully elected.

(Photo by reporter Chen Jianzhi)

[Reporter Chen Jianzhi/Taichung Report] Taichung City’s 13th constituency (Dali, Wufeng) has 6 seats in the city council election, but this time there are as many as 14 candidates. The competition is quite fierce. This time, conservative nominations were adopted, and only 3 people were nominated. Except for Li Tiansheng and Lin Deyu, who were fighting for re-election, Zhang Fenyu, who lost the top spot last time, made a comeback. base hit.

There are as many as 14 candidates in the 13th constituency of Taichung this time, which is the constituency with the largest number of candidates in Taichung. The current city councilors include Li Tiansheng and Lin Deyu of the Democratic Progressive Party, Su Baixing and Lin Bixiu of the Kuomintang, and Zhang Cangyi, who has no party membership. Although City Councilor Duan Weiyu decided not to run for the election, he also promoted his son Duan Zhongren to take over as a non-party candidate. Others included Zheng Boqi, who was nominated by the Kuomintang this time, Zhang Fenyu, who made a comeback in the DPP, and Zou Mingyan, a power of the times. 14 people including Jiang Heshu from the People's Party, Xue Anqi from the Xiaomin Politics Obasan Alliance, and non-party members Lin Zijie, Chen Yucheng, and Yang Weijun registered to run for election.

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In 2014, the Democratic Progressive Party nominated Li Tiansheng, Zhang Fenyu, Liu Jinhe, and Xie Xian for the election in this constituency. Due to the scattered votes, only Li Tiansheng and Zhang Fenyu were elected, and Liu Jinhe and Xie Xian were the first and third losers; 2018 In 2010, Lin Jialong fought for re-election as mayor in order to increase the number of votes. Although there were voices of conservative nominations in the local area, 4 people were nominated at a high price. The result repeated the same mistakes. Only Li Tiansheng and Lin Deyu were elected.

With the lessons learned from the previous two times, the DPP changed to conservative nominations this time. This constituency only nominated 2+1 (women's protection). Zhang Fenyu narrowly defeated Cai Meihua by 0.0012% in the primary election and was nominated by the DPP. Members of any term, this time the focus is on experience and striving for the third seat of the DPP.

As a result of tonight's balloting, KMT Lin Bixiu won the highest vote, DPP Lin Deyu and Li Tiansheng were successfully re-elected, and Zhang Fenyu was also successfully re-elected, giving the DPP a home run in the Dali and Wufeng constituencies.

Lin Deyu of the Democratic Progressive Party in the 13th constituency of Taichung was successfully re-elected.

(Photo by reporter Chen Jianzhi)

Li Tiansheng was successfully re-elected in the 13th constituency of Taichung.

(Photo by reporter Chen Jianzhi)