Highland Aborigine Constituency

The Highland Aborigine constituency (Chinese: 山地原住民選舉區; pinyin: Shāndì Yuán Zhùmín Xuǎnjǔ Qū) is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s.^[1] Predecessors to both the Highland and Lowland Aborigine districts were established in 1994.^[2] Since 2008, the Highland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan.

Highland Aborigine district
Multi-members constituency for the Legislative Yuan
Electorate	Taiwanese aborigines
Current constituency
Created	1972
Member(s)	Ciwas Ali (2008–) Saidhai Tahovecahe (2020–) Sasuyu Ruljuwan (2024–)

Legislators

Election	Representative		Representative		Representative		Representative
1972		Hua Ai (Paiwan) Tarigu Pujaruyang Kuomintang
1975
1980
1983
1986		Lin Tien-sheng (Paiwan) Kuomintang
1989		Kao Tien-lai (Atayal) Kuomintang		Hua Chia-chih (Paiwan) Tjaravak Kadrangian Kuomintang
1992						Walis Perin (Seediq) Independent
1995		Kao Yang-sheng (Atayal) Kuomintang		Chuan Wen-sheng (Bunun) Kuomintang		Walis Perin (Seediq) Kuomintang
1998				Tseng Hua-te (Paiwan) Tjivuluan Kuomintang		Walis Perin (Seediq) National Democratic Non-Party Union		Lin Chun-te (Seediq) Kuomintang
2001		Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent				Walis Perin (Seediq) Taiwan Number One Party		Lin Chun-te (Seediq) People First Party
2004						Kung Wen-chi (Seediq) Yosi Takun Kuomintang
2008		Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Non-Partisan Solidarity Union		Chien Tung-ming (Paiwan) Uliw Qaljupayare Kuomintang
2012
2016
2020		Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent		Wu Li-hua (Rukai) Saidhai Tahovecahe Democratic Progressive Party
2024						Lu Hsien-yi (Paiwan/Rukai) Sasuyu Ruljuwan Kuomintang

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Highland Aborigine Constituency ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kao Chin Su-mei	37,131	25.75
	Democratic Progressive	Wu Li-hua	31,874	22.10
	Kuomintang	Lu Hsien-yi	22,284	15.45
	Kuomintang	Kung Wen-chi	21,304	14.77
	Independent	Zhang Zi Xiao	11,726	8.13
	Independent	Savungaz Valincinan	6,840	4.74
	Independent	Lin Shi Wei	6,331	4.39
	People's	Hu Huang Guang Wen	6,143	4.26
	Judicial Reform Party	Kao Wan Hsin	351	0.24
	Independent	Lin Kuo	230	0.16
Total valid votes			144,214
	Independent hold		Swing
	Democratic Progressive hold		Swing
	Kuomintang hold		Swing