Wang Hongwei defeated DPP candidate Wu Yinong, and Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan thanked voters for their support.

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[Reporter Zheng Mingxiang/Taipei Report] The by-election of the legislators of Taipei’s third constituency (Zhongshan and Beisongshan) ended. The Kuomintang candidate Wang Hongwei defeated the DPP candidate Wu Yinong and successfully "take over" the former legislator and Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan; KMT Taipei City Councilor Chin Hui-chu said that the main reason for her victory was Jiang Wan'an's full support and money. Only with the unity of the whole party can we win.

Qin Huizhu pointed out that this campaign can be said to be a joint campaign between Wang Hongwei, Jiang Wanan, and Zhu Lilun. Especially after Jiang Wanan won the mayor's election, he invested all his efforts in the auxiliary election team to Wang Hongwei, and also turned the fundraising funds into small publicity items. In addition, the original Zhongshan and Songshan District support clubs also fully cooperated with Wang Hongwei's election campaign, and she even vigorously assisted in the election.

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Qin Huizhu said that the party chairman Zhu Lilun mobilized even more vigorously this time. He not only accompanied the street sweeping auxiliary election many times, but also recruited New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan, Taoyuan Mayor Zhang Shanzheng, Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang, etc. to come to the auxiliary election. Zhizi made great efforts to integrate the power of unity and fought like a "mayoral structure" election campaign, relying on the unity of the whole party to win.

Qin Huizhu believes that Wu Yinong's election campaign strategy is called "Buddhist style" by the party, and it can also be said to be "literary and youth style". After the defeat, they did not find a reason to persuade young people and middle voters to support them. Both the party and the candidates themselves lost to the KMT in terms of fighting will and determination to win the election.