Taipei City Constituency 8

Taipei City Constituency VIII (Chinese: 臺北市第八選舉區; pinyin: Táiběi Shì Dì-bā Xuǎnjǔ Qū) includes all of Wenshan and part of Zhongzheng in southern Taipei. The district was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts.

Taipei City Constituency VIII
Single-member constituency for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)	Wenshan & parts of Zhongzheng
Current constituency
Created	2008
Member(s)	Lai Shyh-bao (2008–)

Current district

• Wenshan
• Zhongzheng: 2 sub-districts
  • Gutting: 6 urban villages
    • Hedi, Dingdong, Yingxue, Banxi, Wangxi, Yingpu
  • Gongguan: 4 urban villages
    • Shuiyuan, Linxing, Wensheng, Fushui

Legislators

Representative	Party		Dates	Notes
Lai Shyh-bao		Kuomintang	2008–	Incumbent

Election results

2016

Legislative Election 2016: Taipei City Constituency VIII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kuomintang	Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆)	83,931	49.69
	Independent	Lee Ching-yuan (李慶元)	60,459	35.80
	SDP	Miao Boya (苗博雅)	21,084	12.48
	Independent	Fang Jingjun (方景鈞)	1,540	0.91
	Independent	Lai Shusheng (賴樹聲)	1,071	0.63
	Independent	Chen Rusheng (陳如聖)	808	0.48
Majority			23,472	13.89
Total valid votes			168,893	97.99
Rejected ballots			3,469	2.01
	Kuomintang hold		Swing
Turnout			172,362	68.30
Registered electors			252,360

2020

Legislative Election 2020: Taipei City Constituency VIII

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kuomintang	Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆)	96,377	49.98	0.29
	Democratic Progressive	Joshua J. S. Ruan (阮昭雄)	67,470	34.99	New
	People's	Chang Hsing-song (張幸松)	12,111	6.28	New
	Taiwan Animal Protection Party	Hua Pei-jun (華珮君)	7,660	3.97	New
	Statebuilding	Yan Ming-wei (顏銘緯)	4,330	2.25	New
	Green	Ko Shih-ling (柯士翎)	2,024	1.05	New
	Independent	Peng Tzu-hsuan (彭子軒)	1,324	0.69	New
	Independent	Lee Wen (李文)	1,064	0.55	New
	Formosa Alliance	Hsiao Hsiao-ling (蕭曉玲)	474	0.25	New
Majority			28,907	14.99	1.10
Total valid votes			192,834	98.51
Rejected ballots			2,920	1.49
	Kuomintang hold		Swing
Turnout			195,754	76.96	8.66
Registered electors			254,363

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Taipei City Constituency VIII ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Kuomintang	Lai Shyh-Bao (賴士葆)	87,099	47.46	2.52
	Democratic Progressive	Wang Min-Sheng (王閔生)	59,490	32.42	2.57
	People's	Jang Chyi-Lu (張其祿)	28,335	15.44	9.16
	Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party	Lai Sharon (賴宣任)	6,374	3.47	New
	Taiwan Renewal Party	Liu Peiling (劉佩玲)	1,122	0.61	New
	Independent	Hsia Wan-Lang (夏萬浪)	761	0.41	New
	Independent	Chang Wei-Shyue (張維學)	201	0.11	New
	Revival of the Chinese Alliance	Hu Chih-Chuang (胡之壯)	136	0.07	New
Majority			27,609	15.04	0.05
Total valid votes			183,518	98.59
Rejected ballots			2,630	1.41
	Kuomintang hold		Swing	0.03
Turnout			186,148	74.96	2.00
Registered electors			248,318