The Chinese Kuomintang lost in last year's "nine-in-one" election in difficult southern constituencies such as Tainan and Kaohsiung, but they all achieved good results, which greatly boosted the morale of the blue camp. Some people have expressed their intention to run for "legislator" in 2024, hoping to open up territory for the Kuomintang and regain seats south of Yunlin.
In last year’s “nine-in-one” election, the Kuomintang won 14 counties and cities. In counties and cities considered to be difficult constituencies such as Chiayi County, Tainan City, Kaohsiung City, and Pingtung County, although they lost, the number of votes increased. Taking Chiayi County as an example, the KMT's vote rate in the 2018 county chief election increased from 29.54% to 37.15% in last year's election. In Tainan City, the vote rate increased from 32.27% in 2018 to 43.63% in 2022.
The county and mayor of the difficult constituency of the Blue Camp have been well elected. Many local Blue Camp people have begun to hope that the 2024 "legislator" election will "turn the green land into a blue sky" and change the current disadvantage of the Blue Camp not having a regional "legislator" seat south of Yunlin County.
Kuomintang non-district "legislator" Chen Yixin has expressed his candidacy for Tainan City's "legislator". When interviewed, he said that as a non-district "legislator", it is his duty to open up territory for the Kuomintang. He has begun to visit Tainan, hoping that his announcement of candidacy can attract more people with lofty ideals to work together.
Councilor Chen Meiya of Kaohsiung City’s Cijin, Gushan, and Yancheng Districts has hung up a billboard in Lingya District. When interviewed by the media, she said that as long as the local and central party headquarters have needs, “I will definitely fight to the end.”
When asked by the media whether he would run for election as a legislator, Cao Huanrong, deputy chairman of the Kaohsiung City Party Committee of the Kuomintang, said that when responsibility comes, he will definitely choose to face it, take it on, and go all out.
Lin Wenrui, the Kuomintang's non-district "legislator", also expressed his intention to run for the Yunlin Sea Line "legislator" and has begun to form a campaign team, hoping to win back the Yunlin "legislator" seat for the blue camp.
KMT insiders said that in the past, it was difficult to find "legislator" candidates in difficult constituencies in the south. After last year's "nine-in-one" election, the KMT achieved good results in these difficult constituencies. It is believed that more people will be willing to join the campaign and that difficult constituencies will no longer be backwaters.
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