New Taipei City Constituency VII

New Taipei City Constituency VII (Chinese: 新北市第七選舉區; pinyin: Xīnběi Shì Dì-qī Xuǎnjǔ Qū) includes the eastern part of Banqiao in New Taipei City. The district was formerly known as Taipei County Constituency VII (2008-2010) and was created in 2008, when all local constituencies of the Legislative Yuan were reorganized to become single-member districts.

New Taipei City Constituency VII
Single-member Constituency
for the Legislative Yuan
District(s)parts of Banqiao
Current constituency
Created2008
Member(s)Wu Ching-chih (2008–2012)
Chiang Huei-chen (2012–2016)
Lo Chih-cheng (2016–)

Current district

Legislators

Representative Party Dates Notes
Wu Chin-chih Kuomintang 2008–2012
Chiang Huei-chen Kuomintang 2012–2016
Lo Chih-cheng Democratic Progressive Party 2016– Incumbent

Election results

Legislative Election 2016: New Taipei City Constituency VII
Party Candidate Votes % ±
DPP Lo Chih-cheng 71,207 53.61
Kuomintang Chiang Huei-chen 61,345 39.84
Independent Lee Wan-yu 8,038 5.22
Others Wang Chenghua 2,039 1.32
Majority 9,862 13.77
Total valid votes 153,966 98.42
Rejected ballots 2,471 1.58
DPP gain from Kuomintang Swing
Turnout 156,437 69.64
Registered electors 224,631
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