2026 Local Elections
On November 28, 2026, Taiwan votes for nine local offices on the same day
Taiwan.md's role in this election
We do not report campaign news, publish polls, or endorse candidates.
We place this election back inside three decades of democratic infrastructure: how the nine offices work, how political donations become transparent, why Taiwan has 7,748 village and borough chiefs, how the Central Election Commission is structured, and how recalls and referendums operate.
Voting is the last-mile action of democracy. The institutions, civic oversight tools, and information infrastructure underneath it are what keep democracy standing.
This section keeps documenting how that infrastructure grows, who maintains it, and where it can break.
Nine offices vote on the same day
The phrase "nine-in-one" does not mean nine separate elections. It means nine categories of local office vote on the same day. From mayors to village chiefs, from councilors to Indigenous district offices, each ballot sits inside Taiwan’s local self-government system built since direct local elections in 1994.
Special municipality mayors
6Mayors of the six special municipalities, four-year terms
Special municipality councilors
380Council representatives in the six municipalities; seats vary by city
County and city magistrates / mayors
16Executives of non-special-municipality counties and cities
County and city councilors
532Representatives in county and city councils
Township, town, and city chiefs
198Heads of grassroots self-governing units
Township, town, and city representatives
2,148Grassroots elected representatives
Mountain Indigenous district chiefs
6Autonomous Indigenous district executives established in 2014
Mountain Indigenous district representatives
50Representatives of autonomous Indigenous districts
Village and borough chiefs
7,748Taiwan’s most local elected offices
Office counts are 2026 estimates and should follow the Central Election Commission announcement on 2026-08-20.
Election timeline
Statutory schedule adopted by the CEC at its 622nd commission meeting on October 31, 2025
- 2025/10/31 CEC adopts the election calendar (622nd commission meeting) ✓ Done
- 2026/08/20 Official election announcement Up next
- 2026/08/31–09/04 Candidate registration
- By 2026/10/16 Candidate list review
- 2026/10/23 Ballot number draw
- 2026/11/12 · 11/17 Candidate lists published (municipal mayors first)
- 2026/11/28 Voting day
- 2026/12/04 Winners officially announced
Schedule per the CEC’s 622nd commission meeting. Voting hours and final seat counts follow the official announcement of 2026-08-20.
Continuously updated
Election milestones will be updated as the Central Election Commission publishes them.
Election timeline
Statutory schedule is live above; voting hours follow the Aug 20 announcement
LiveCandidate directory
Symmetric presentation across 22 cities and counties, without polling or rankings
After 2026/09 registrationPolitical donation transparency
Links to the Control Yuan platform and g0v election money-flow tools
From 2026/10Multi-perspective views
Institutional and civic lenses on electoral reform, cross-strait relations, and democratic resilience
Rolling updatesTaiwan.md's curation layer
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Taiwan's Democratic Transition
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Democratization
HistoryFrom lifting martial law in 1987 to direct presidential elections in 1996
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HistoryHow election systems operate and how parties evolve
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Civic tools & data sources
Taiwan.md does not rebuild civic tools. These are the public-interest tools and sources every voter should know.
Central Election Commission
Official election agency: candidate bulletins, vote results, election announcements
Political Donation Public Search Platform
Control Yuan platform for candidate fundraising and spending records
g0v City/County Mayor and Councilor Voting Guide
Voting guide maintained by Taiwan’s civic tech community
g0v Election Money Flow
Political donation visualization
Taiwan FactCheck Center
IFCN-certified election misinformation fact-checking
Cofacts
g0v crowdsourced LINE message fact-checking bot
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