Former Democratic Progressive Party spokesman Wu Junyan commented that Wang Hongwei's participation in the legislative by-election is a good business. After trying to calculate the election subsidy, he found that Wang Hongwei had the opportunity to earn 2.32 million yuan.

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[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The Kuomintang Jiang Wanan was elected as the mayor of Taipei, and the seat of the legislator of the third constituency in Taipei was thus vacant. Wang Hongwei decided to participate in the by-election last night (December 1) under the persuasion of everyone.

Former Democratic Progressive Party spokesperson Wu Junyan commented that Wang Hongwei's participation in the by-election is a good business. After trying to calculate the election subsidy, he found that Wang Hongwei had the opportunity to earn 2.32 million yuan.

"It's a good business for Wang Hongwei to go to the by-election of legislators." Wu Junyan pointed out in a Facebook post that in 2019, He Zhiwei played in Datong, Taipei, and the turnout rate of the Shilin District Legislator by-election was 30.39%; In the committee by-election, the Democratic Progressive Party's Lin Jingyi team defeated the KMT's Yan Kuanheng, with a turnout rate of 58.26%.

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Wu Junyan said that legislative by-elections with a turnout rate as high as 50% are relatively rare, and the number of people in the last 2020 legislative elections in Zhongshan and Beisongshan District was 288,875. Assuming that the turnout rate is 40%, it is about 115,550 people; Assuming that Wang Hongwei won 45% of the votes, that is, about 52,000 people, and the election subsidy is 30 yuan per vote, then she can get about 1.55 million yuan for "running away" this time, plus the 20,000 yuan of the original member 5,727 votes received a subsidy of 771,810 yuan, and now they have earned 2.32 million yuan.

Wu Junyan said that although Wang Hongwei said that it was "disgraceful" to run for the legislator before he took office, he predicted that on December 25, Wang would still be ashamed to go to the inaugural councilor to vote for the speaker, "Leave Songxin voters and run to take office. Participating in the by-election of legislators, you can join as a legislator, and you can go back to become a member of the council. You can still earn money, and as a candidate for the legislature, you can still vote for the speaker. It’s really "I want it all!".