According to Taiwanese media reports, the election situation of Taipei City Councillors' third constituency (Songshan and Xinyi District) is treacherous. Recently, because the total population of Taipei City is about to fall below 2.5 million, the number of seats of the Songxin District Councillors may be reduced from 10 seats to 9 seats, resulting in a drastic change in the Kuomintang's strategy. It is now rumored that senior member Chen Yongde, a seven-game-dominant, plans to give up his re-election. Chen Yongde admitted in an interview that he would consider the overall election situation of the party and avoid internal killings, so he tended not to register, and his future career plan would cooperate with the party's arrangements.
56-year-old Chen Yongde has a soft figure, solid local service, and has a deep affinity. His father is Chen Junxiong, who has served as a sixth term councillor, and is cousin with the current Speaker Chen Jinxiang. He has served as a member of the Taipei City Council since 1994. He has won consecutive victories by resolutely consolidating grassroots strength. In 2018, he won 11,848 votes to complete seven consecutive dominances. He is one of the few super veterans in the Taipei City Council who have served for nearly 30 years. He once wanted to compete for the position of speaker, but now it is rumored that he will give up his re-election and drop bombs in the local area.
Songxin District currently has 10 members, namely Wang Hongwei, Xu Qiaoxin, Qin Huizhu, Dai Xiqin, Chen Yongde of the Kuomintang, Xu Shuhua, Hong Jianyi, Zhang Maonan, Xu Jiabei of the Democratic Progressive Party, and Qiu Weijie of the non-party member election; in the next election of the parliamentary party, the Democratic Progressive Party adopted a conservative nomination, with four current parliamentarians fighting for re-election, while the Kuomintang still nominated 6 seats compared to this session.
Since Qiu Weijie announced early that he would not fight for re-election, the last representative of the times will be the last one to run for the election and lose, the Taiwanese People's Party spokesman Yang Baozhen, the former Youth League leader Tian Fanglun, former Deputy Director of the Youth Department Zhan Weiyuan, former City Councilman Wang Zhengde's nephew Chen Yuyi, and City Councilman Wu Zhigang's office director Man Zhigang and other newcomers will compete. The outside world has evaluated that the current members of the election are relatively stable.
Unexpectedly, due to the sharp decline in population in Taipei City, it may fall below the 2.5 million population mark this month, which will make Songxin District the first to reduce the number of members of parliament, disrupting the original arrangements of each election, causing the election situation to change dramatically. Not only is it difficult for newcomers to make a big move, but it also makes everyone in the current parliament, especially the fierce competition inside the blue camp is even more bizarre.
Chen Yongde said in an interview today that the number of seats of the Songxin District councillors has been determined to be reduced to 9 seats, but the Kuomintang Municipal Party Committee has not adjusted its strategy accordingly and still insists on nominating 6 seats. However, the situation of the Blue Army this year is not as optimistic as in 2018. In addition, the basic foundation of the current four seats of the DPP is stable, and the election situation of the People's Party Yang Baozhen is also relatively optimistic. If the new members who qualify within the party are not well-known and the conditions are not prominent enough, it is still difficult to stand out. The scattered votes may lead to the current councillors losing 1 to 2 seats.
