Kuomintang

Taiwanese political party

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2024 Eric Chu leads the Kuomintang party again, winning 34.6% of votes and 14 seats, resulting in an opposing plurality against Lai Ching-te.
2024 Hou Yu-ih ran for president with Jaw Shaw-kong as running mate, receiving 4,671,021 votes (33.5%) and was defeated.
2024 Fu Kun-chi becomes the current Legislative Yuan leader.
January 2024 Legislative election results in no party winning a majority, with KMT securing 52 seats.
2022 Wu Den-yih is involved in unified elections.
2022 Eric Chu becomes party leader and participates in unified elections.
October 5 2021 Eric Chu was inaugurated as the Kuomintang party chairman, following the Central Standing Committee's decision to have him assume office on this date.
September 29 2021 Kuomintang's Central Standing Committee confirmed the election results of Eric Chu as the party chairman.
September 25 2021 Kuomintang chairmanship election held, with polls open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eric Chu won with 85,164 votes out of 187,999 cast, defeating Chang Ya-chung (60,632 votes), Johnny Chiang (35,090 votes), and Cho Po-yuan (5,133 votes). Voter turnout was 50.71 percent.
September 25 2021 Rescheduled date for the tenth direct election of the Kuomintang party leader, allowing all registered, due-paying KMT party members to vote.
September 22 2021 Trend Survey poll indicates a tight race, with Chang Ya-chung at 28.4%, Eric Chu at 29.3%, and Johnny Chiang improving to 18.0% support
September 17 2021 A livestreamed debate on party policy was held at China Television studios, focusing primarily on the 1992 Consensus and Cross-Strait relations. Candidates discussed their interpretations of the consensus and strategies for engaging with China.
September 15 2021 A proposal to rescind the disciplinary action against Chang, initiated by his committee representative Chen Ming-yi, was passed after opposition from Chiang and Chu.
September 13 2021 The Kuomintang's Central Election Supervision Committee referred Chang to the party's Central Evaluation and Disciplinary Committee for making verbal attacks on Chu during the campaign.
September 9 2021 First poll by TVBS shows Chang Ya-chung leading with 30.6% support, while Johnny Chiang has 12.8% and Eric Chu has 27.5% in the Kuomintang chairmanship election
September 4 2021 A televised debate between the four Kuomintang chairmanship candidates (Chiang, Chu, Chang, and Cho) was held, where each candidate discussed party strategy, Cross-Strait relations, and opportunities for younger party members. Taiwan independence activists protested outside the TVBS Media building during the debate.
August 17 2021 Johnny Chiang, Chang Ya-chung, and Cho Po-yuan register their candidacies for the Kuomintang chairmanship. Chiang commits to building intraparty consensus, supporting the 2021 Taiwanese referendum, winning local elections, and helping select the party's presidential candidate.
August 16 2021 Eric Chu registers his candidacy for the Kuomintang chairmanship, outlining goals to empower the legislative caucus, expand international and Cross-Strait outreach, focus on younger party members, and win the 2022 local and 2024 presidential elections.
August 12 2021 Registration forms become available to eligible candidates for the Kuomintang chairmanship election.
August 2 2021 Eric Chu stated he would seek the Kuomintang chairmanship, promising to reestablish a polling department within the party if reelected.
July 2021 Original scheduled date for the Kuomintang chairmanship election, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
July 28 2021 During an in-person meeting, the KMT Central Standing Committee reschedules the chairmanship election to 25 September 2021.
July 11 2021 Cho Po-yuan announced his campaign for the Kuomintang party leadership.
May 26 2021 KMT's Central Standing Committee meets and decides to postpone the leadership election due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 28 2021 Jaw Shaw-kong decided not to run for the party leadership.
February 2021 Jaw Shaw-kong applied to renew his Kuomintang party membership and initially expressed interest in contesting the party leadership.
February 20 2021 Incumbent chair Johnny Chiang announced his intention to run for a full term as party leader of the Kuomintang.
2020 Wu Den-yih leads the Kuomintang party, winning 33.3% of votes and only 3 seats, maintaining a minority status.
2020 Han Kuo-yu ran for president with Chang San-cheng (Independent) as running mate, receiving 5,522,119 votes (38.6%) and was defeated.
2020 Han Kuo-yu was the KMT presidential candidate, who opposed same-sex marriage along with most members of legislative committees and city mayors.
July 28 2019 The most recent version of the Kuomintang Party Charter was approved at the Twentieth National Congress, updating the party's organizational guidelines.
2018 Another unified election is conducted by the Kuomintang.
2016 Eric Chu ran for president with Wang Ju-hsuan (Independent) as running mate, receiving 3,813,365 votes (31.0%) and was defeated.
2016 The KMT lost the presidency and its legislative majority.
2014 Unified elections take place.
November 29 2014 KMT suffers a heavy loss in local elections, winning only 6 municipalities and counties.
2012 Ma Ying-jeou leads the Kuomintang party, winning 44.5% of votes and 17 seats, maintaining a majority.
2012 Wu Den-yih ran for president, winning 6,891,139 votes (51.6%) and was elected.
2010 Municipal elections are held.

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