The 2015 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2015年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 17 January 2015 in Taiwan. This was the sixth direct election of the chairman in the Kuomintang history. All registered, due-paying KMT party members were eligible to vote.
The election was called after Ma Ying-jeou resigned from the Kuomintang chairmanship to take responsibility for the party's heavy losses during the local elections held on 29 November 2014.[1] Six KMT members, among them Clara Chou and Lee Hsin, attempted to register for the election, but five were rejected.[2][3]Eric Chu, who had just been reelected Mayor of New Taipei in the November elections,[3] was the only officially confirmed candidate.[4]
Result
Chu garnered 99.61% of all votes,[5] beating the previous record in 2001.[6]
