Editing Green Party Taiwan (section)

==Electoral history==
In 1996, Green Party Taiwan’s [[Kao Meng-ting]] was elected to the [[National Assembly (Republic of China)|National Assembly]]. However, he left the party in 1997.

In the [[2008 Republic of China legislative election|2008 legislative election]], the Green Party of Taiwan formed a [[red-green alliance|red-green coalition]] with a labour-led organization Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟), but failed to win any seats.

In the [[2012 Republic of China legislative election|2012 legislative election]], Green Party Taiwan garnered 1.7% of the party vote. While still far short of the 5% threshold to win a seat in the legislature, this makes it the largest extraparliamentary party in Taiwan.<ref>[http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/11050105/112012011500276.html 綠黨超越新黨 成小黨落選頭] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118184913/http://news.chinatimes.com/focus/11050105/112012011500276.html |date=18 January 2012 }}. China Times (15 January 2012): Greens surpassing the New Party to be the largest extraparliamentary party.</ref> Its best showing is in [[Orchid Island]], where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong anti-nuclear stance.

In the [[2014 Taiwan local elections|2014 local elections]], the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the [[Taoyuan City Council]], and Jay Chou was elected to the [[Hsinchu County Council]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Christie|title=Green Party's historic win to bring 'green politics' to Taiwan|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201411300032.aspx|access-date=30 November 2014|publisher=Central News Agency|date=30 November 2014}}</ref>

In the [[2016 Taiwanese general election|2016 general election]], the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-left [[Social Democratic Party (Taiwan)|Social Democratic Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/08/18/2003625626|title=Greens, Social Democrats to cooperate|work=taipeitimes.com|date=18 August 2015}}</ref> and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/08/26/2003626220|title=Green Party Taiwan issues list of legislative candidates|work=taipeitimes.com|date=26 August 2015}}</ref> The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote without winning any seats.<ref>{{cite journal|author1-link=Dafydd Fell|last1=Fell|first1=Dafydd|last2=Peng|first2=Yen-wen|title=The Electoral Fortunes of Taiwan's Green Party: 1996–2012|journal=Japanese Journal of Political Science|date=29 January 2016|volume=17|issue=1|pages=63–83|doi=10.1017/S1468109915000390|s2cid=154855947|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/japanese-journal-of-political-science/article/the-electoral-fortunes-of-taiwans-green-party-19962012/D472B91485FF82DFE98BCEC48FDC286F}}</ref>

In the [[2020 Taiwanese legislative election|2020 legislative election]], the Green Party nominated five young professionals, including famed psychologist Cheng Hui-wen and party founder [[Kao Cheng-yan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3817203|title=Green Party Taiwan nominates high-profile psy...|website=Taiwan News|date=14 November 2019|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> They got 2.4% of the votes and did not win any seats. They were the second largest party that didn’t win a seat.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=T. N. L.|date=10 January 2020|title=Taiwan's 2020 General Elections: Live Map and Updates|url=https://international.thenewslens.com/interactive/126882|access-date=13 June 2021|website=The News Lens International Edition|language=en}}</ref>

In the [[2022 Taiwanese local elections|2022 local election]], the party won only one seat. {{ill|Liu Chong-hsian|zh|劉崇顯}} was elected to the [[Hsinchu City Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=新竹市議會 |date=2020-09-17 |title=議員介紹 |url=https://www.hsinchu-cc.gov.tw/member-introduction/current-councillor/detail?councillorID=2088e6e1-b2fa-469d-8bfc-d8c49117566c |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=無}}</ref>

The Green Party nominated Taiwan's first transgender legislative candidate, Abbygail ET Wu (吳伊婷), in the [[2024 Taiwanese legislative election|2024 election]] cycle. The party won 117,298 votes (0.85%), not enough to seat any candidate named on the Green Party list.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chung |first1=Yu-chen |title=FEATURE/Taiwan's 1st transgender legislative candidate vows to continue activism |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202401190004 |access-date=19 January 2024 |agency=Central News Agency |date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

On March 30, 2024, Liu Chong-hsian resigned from the party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=聯合新聞網 |title=綠黨全台僅存議員 竹科工程師出身劉崇顯宣布退黨 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/7324/7866035 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> This leaves the party with no members holding public office.

The Green Party averages around 3% of total votes cast in metropolitan urban areas, with support in rural areas, such as [[Orchid Island]], as high as 35.8%.<ref name=":0" />

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