Xu Shuhua (right), the elected Nantou county magistrate, can receive an election subsidy of more than 4.6 million yuan. The unsuccessful Cai Peihui (left) can also receive an election subsidy of more than 3.5 million yuan. As for Wang Yongqing (middle), another county magistrate who was not elected However, because the number of votes did not reach the threshold, the security deposit was also confiscated according to law.
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[Reporter Xie Jieyu/Nantou Report] After the five-in-one election in Nantou County, the County Election Committee further analyzed and counted the number of votes for the county magistrate and county councilor candidates. Received an election subsidy of 30 yuan per vote, and the security deposit of 200,000 yuan will also be confiscated according to law. As for the 68 candidates for county councilors, 13 of them did not meet the threshold for receiving election subsidy, and 9 of them, together with 12 The 10,000 yuan parliamentary election deposit cannot be recovered.
The Nantou County Election Committee pointed out that according to the relevant provisions of the Law on Public Official Election and Recall, if a candidate is not elected and does not reach the threshold of votes, the security deposit will be confiscated according to law, and election subsidies are not available to everyone. The number of people's votes is calculated in proportion, and only when the threshold is crossed will there be subsidies.
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There are 3 people running for the Nantou county magistrate this time, and the 2 people who lose the election must get the number of votes divided by the total number of voters in the electoral district divided by the number of candidates, and the number of votes obtained must be 10% of the quotient before they can get back the deposit. Calculation method, the minimum number of votes for returning the security deposit is 40,546 votes, Wang Yongqing only got 3,250 votes, so the security deposit was forfeited, and the other loser, Cai Peihui of the Democratic Progressive Party, won 117,993 votes, not only the security deposit can be refunded, but also the security deposit can be obtained. The election subsidy of more than 3.5 million yuan, as for the Kuomintang Xu Shuhua who won the election with 154,256 votes, the election subsidy that can be obtained is as high as more than 4.6 million yuan.
In addition, according to Article 43 of the Electoral Recall Law, the subsidy is eligible regardless of whether the candidate is elected or not, but the number of votes obtained must exceed 1/3 or 1/2 of the minimum number of votes of the elected person to be eligible for receipt. qualifications.
If there is only one elected person, the number of votes should be more than 1/3 of the electoral votes in the electoral district; if there are more than 2 electors, the number of votes should be more than 1/2 of the electoral votes in the electoral district to receive 30 votes per vote dollar subsidy.
Nantou county councilors divided a total of 8 constituencies into 37 seats, and a total of 68 people competed. Among them, Qiu Qicai and Zhang Xiyuan lost in the first constituency (Nantou, Mingjian) and Qiu Shujun lost in the second constituency (Caotun, Zhongliao). , Liao Mingchuan and other 4 people did not meet the threshold for receiving election subsidies.
As for the unsuccessful candidates who have no election subsidy and have their deposits confiscated, they are Wang Yanzhu, Bai Qize, Lin Youqian, Lai Shijiao, Wang Penglin, Shi Zhuxian from the 1st constituency, Nguyen Huixin from the 2nd constituency, Li Tianhui from the 3rd constituency, and Li Tianhui from the 5th constituency. Chen Haocheng, a total of 9 people.
The Nantou County Election Committee marked in yellow the deposit of the loser Chen Haocheng in the 5th constituency of the county councilor as "non-refundable".
(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)
The Nantou County Election Committee marked in yellow the deposit of Li Tianhui, who was unsuccessful in the third constituency of the county councilor, as "non-refundable".
(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)
The Nantou County Election Committee marked in yellow the deposit of Ruan Huixin, who was unsuccessful in the 2nd constituency of the county councilor, as "non-refundable".
(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)
The Nantou County Election Committee marked in yellow the deposits of 5 people including Wang Yanzhu, who was unsuccessful in the first constituency of the county councilor, as "non-refundable".
(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)
The election committee of Nantou County marked in yellow the deposit of Wang Yongqing, who was not elected as county magistrate, "not to be returned".
(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)