2026 Local Elections

Mayor and magistrate candidates

22 races, 81 candidates. Every card has the same layout. The order is registration date, not ballot number and not a ranking.

The numbers

Candidates
81
Races
22
Council candidates found qualified
1492

Candidates per race

Candidates by nominating party

Listed alphabetically, not by count. Independents are counted as one group.

  • Democratic Progressive Party 19 candidates
  • Independent 34 candidates
  • Kuomintang 19 candidates
  • Taiwan People’s Party 1 candidates
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 1 candidates
  • 三勢團結促進聯盟 1 candidates
  • 台灣工黨 1 candidates
  • 台灣麻將最大黨 1 candidates
  • 司法改革黨 1 candidates
  • 司法正義黨 1 candidates
  • 臺灣SoR無法黨 2 candidates

Special municipality mayors 6 races

County magistrates and city mayors 16 races

The order is registration date. Ballot numbers are drawn by each election commission on October 23, 2026; this page will then switch to ballot order. Party names follow the CEC roster.

The incumbent label follows a Central News Agency (CNA) roundup from September 4, 2026. The CEC roster has no incumbent field, so this is media-grade data. Sitting township mayors running for county office are not marked. CNA roundup

What happens next

The lists are not final yet. These steps come next, with dates taken from the CEC’s official work schedule.

  1. Oct 23

    Ballot-number draw

    Run by each city and county election commission. This page will then be sorted by ballot number.

  2. Nov 12

    Official list for special municipality mayors

    The formal lists for Taipei, New Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung.

  3. Nov 17

    Official lists for county magistrates, city mayors and councilors

    Includes special municipality councilors, county and city heads, and county and city councilors.

  4. Nov 13 to 27

    Official policy presentations for municipal mayors

    For county magistrates, city mayors and councilors they run Nov 18 to 27.

  5. Two days before voting

    Election bulletins delivered to every household

    By law at least two days before voting, around November 26, and also posted on the CEC bulletin site. As of October 20 the 2026 bulletins were not yet online.

Date sources: CEC election-day work schedule, CEC election bulletin site

Council candidate totals

Special municipality councilors: 610 registered, 605 found qualified.

County and city councilors: 892 registered, 887 found qualified.

Source: CEC release of October 16

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