Green Party Taiwan

Green Party Taiwan
台灣綠黨
Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng
Chairperson Lee Keng-cheng (Co-chair)
Chang Yu-jing (Co-chair)
Founded 25 January 1996
Headquarters 6F, No. 28, Beiping E. Rd., Zhongzheng District, Taipei City, Taiwan (ROC)[1]
Ideology Green politics
Social liberalism
Political position Centre-left
International affiliation Asia Pacific Greens Federation
Global Greens
Colours Green
Legislative Yuan
0 / 113
Local Government
2 / 906
Website
greenparty.org.tw
Politics of the Republic of China
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Elections
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The Green Party Taiwan (Chinese: 台灣綠黨; pinyin: Táiwān Lǜ Dǎng; Taiwanese: Tâi-ôan Le̍k Tóng) is a political party in Taiwan established on 25 January 1996. Although the party is sympathetic to Taiwan nationalism and shares a number of centre-left positions with the Pan-Green Coalition, the party emphasizes campaigning primarily on social and environmental issues. The party is not a member of, and should not be confused with, the Pan-Green Coalition. Green Party Taiwan is a member of the Asia Pacific Greens Federation and participates in the Global Greens.

Electoral history

In the 2008 legislative election, the Green Party of Taiwan formed a 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 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.[2] Its best showing is in Ponso no Tao where Taiwan’s nuclear waste storage facility is located. There, the party collected 35.76% of the party votes due to its strong antinuclear stance.

In the 2014 local elections, the party won two seats. Wang Hao-yu was elected to the Taoyuan City council and Jay Chou to the Hsinchu County Council.[3]

In the 2016 general election, the party ran in a coalition with the newly founded centre-left Social Democratic Party[4] and fielded candidates in both constituency races and the nationwide party ballot.[5] The coalition garnered 2.5% of the party vote.

List of chairpersons

Notable persons

See also

References

  1. "台灣綠黨". greenparty.org.tw.
  2. 綠黨超越新黨 成小黨落選頭. China Times (2012-01-15): Greens surpassing the New Party to be the largest extraparliamentary party.
  3. Chen, Christie (30 November 2014). "Green Party's historic win to bring 'green politics' to Taiwan". Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. "Greens, Social Democrats to cooperate". taipeitimes.com.
  5. "Green Party Taiwan issues list of legislative candidates". taipeitimes.com.
  6. 我為甚麼支持綠黨? (Why do I support the Green Party?)
  7. Taiwan Today (2012) Tao Orchid Islanders continue fight for nuclear-free homeland

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