Non-Partisan Solidarity Union

Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
無黨團結聯盟
Wúdǎng Tuánjié Liánméng
Leader Lin Pin-kuan
Founded 16 June 2004
Headquarters Taipei City, Republic of China
Ideology Third Way
Conservative liberalism
Political position Centre to Centre-right
Legislative Yuan
1 / 113
Website
http://www.npsu.org.tw/
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
Traditional Chinese 無黨團結聯盟
Simplified Chinese 无党团结联盟

The Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (Chinese: 無黨團結聯盟) is a political party in Taiwan. It was established on 16 June 2004,[1] led by founding Chairwoman Chang Po-ya and emerged a major player in the national political scene during the 2004 Legislative Yuan election, with 26 candidates running for local constituency and aboriginal seats and 6 others nominated for proportional representation seats.

History

The party won six seats in the 6th Legislative Yuan (2005–2008), three seats in the 7th Legislative Yuan (2008–2012), two seats in the 2012 election and one in the 2016 election.

It has allied itself with the Pan-Blue Coalition since 2014.

Election results

Legislative elections

Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
2004
6 / 225
 353,164 3.86% Decrease5 seats; Opposition (unaligned) Chang Po-ya
2008
3 / 113
 239,317 2.4% Decrease3 seats; Opposition (unaligned) Lin Pin-kuan
2012
2 / 113
 148,105 1.12% Decrease1 seats; Opposition (unaligned) Lin Pin-kuan
2016
1 / 113
 77,672 0.64% Decrease1 seats; Opposition (unaligned) Lin Pin-kuan

Local elections

Election Mayors &
Magistrates		 Councils Third-level
Municipal heads		 Third-level
Municipal councils		 Fourth-level
Village heads		 Election Leader
2005
0 / 23
0 / 901
1 / 319
 N/A N/A Chang Po-ya
2006
municipalities only
0 / 2
0 / 96
 N/A N/A N/A Chang Po-ya
2009
0 / 17
0 / 587
0 / 211
 N/A N/A Lin Pin-kuan
2010
municipalities only
0 / 5
0 / 314
 N/A N/A
0 / 3,757
 Lin Pin-kuan
2014
unified
0 / 22
2 / 906
0 / 204
0 / 2,137
0 / 7,836
 Lin Pin-kuan

National Assembly elections

Election Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Election leader
2005
2 / 300
 25,162 0.65% Increase2 seats; Opposition (Rejecting amendments) Chang Po-ya

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yiu, Cody (17 June 2004). "Legislator says new party should not be recognized". Taipei Times. Retrieved 12 June 2016.


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