New Party (Taiwan)

The New Party (NP), formerly the Chinese New Party (CNP), is a Chinese nationalist political party in Taiwan, affiliated with the pan-blue coalition, and supportive of the unification of Taiwan with Mainland China.

Not to be confused with New Power Party.

New Party 新黨 Xīn Dăng (Mandarin) Sîn Tóng (Hakka)
Chairman	Wu Cherng-dean
Vice Chairman	Lee Sheng-feng
Founder	Yok Mu-ming et al.
Founded	August 22, 1993
Split from	Kuomintang
Headquarters	Taipei
Ideology	Conservatism (Taiwan) Chinese reunification National conservatism Social conservatism Chinese nationalism
Political position	Right-wing[1] to far-right[2][3]
National affiliation	Pan-Blue Coalition
Legislative Yuan	0 / 113
Local Councillors	2 / 912
Website
china-taiwan-newparty.com
Politics of Taiwan Political parties Elections

New Party
Traditional Chinese	新黨
Simplified Chinese	新党
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīn Dăng Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Sîn Tóng Southern Min Hokkien POJ Sin Tóng

New Party Headquarters

History

The New Party was formed on 22 August 1993 out of a split from the then-ruling Kuomintang (KMT) by members of the New Kuomintang Alliance.[4] Members of the Alliance had accused KMT Chairman Lee Teng-hui of autocratic tendencies and moving the party away from Chinese reunification. Co-founders of the New Party included Chen Kuei-miao.[5] Originally, the party wanted to keep the name of the faction, but was prevented from doing so due to the similarity of names. The name "New Party" was seemingly inspired by the contemporary electoral success of the Japan New Party ("Nihon Shintō"; see Politics of Japan).

In the mid-1990s, the New Party attracted support from the KMT old guard as well as young urban professionals. The New Party was aided by former Finance Minister Wang Chien-shien and former Environmental Protection Administration Director Jaw Shaw-kong, who had charismatic and clean images.

In the 2000 presidential election, the party nominated writer and dissident Li Ao, who ran a spirited but token campaign. In the election, most members of the party supported former provincial governor James Soong, who ran as an independent candidate after losing the KMT nomination and subsequently expelled by Lee Teng-hui, and in fact both Li Ao and the then New Party chairman Lee Ching-hua encouraged people to do so. In the 2001 Legislative Yuan election, the party only won 1 seat in Kinmen.

In the 2006 municipal elections, the New Party made significant gains, seating over a dozen members into public office. The New Party also gained four seats in the Taipei Mayor's private offices.

Since the 2008 Legislative Yuan elections, the New Party has not won any seats, while the party supported most of the KMT candidates.

Election results

Yok Mu-ming at the New Party rally in 228 Park.

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Running mate	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome
2000	Li Ao	Elmer Fung	16,782	0.13%	Lost N
2020	Yang Shih-kuang

Legislative elections

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1995	21 / 164	1,222,931	13.0%	21 seats; Opposition	Chen Kuei-miao
1998	11 / 225	708,465	7.1%	10 seats; Opposition	Chou Yang-shan
2001	1 / 225	269,620	2.9%	8 seats; Governing coalition (Pan-Blue)	Yok Mu-ming
2004	1 / 225	12,137	0.13%	; Governing coalition (Pan-Blue)	Yok Mu-ming
2008	0 / 113	199,402	53.5%	1 seats; No seats	Yok Mu-ming
2012	0 / 113	10,678	0.08%	; No seats	Yok Mu-ming
2016	0 / 113	510,074	4.18%	; No seats	Yok Mu-ming

Local elections

Election	Mayors & Magistrates	Councils	Third-level Municipal heads	Third-level Municipal councils	Fourth-level Village heads	Election Leader
1994 province-level only	0 / 3	15 / 175	N/A	N/A	N/A	Wang Chien-shien
1997-1998	0 / 23	10 / 886	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Chou Yang-shan
1998 municipalities only	0 / 2	10 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Chen Kuei-miao
2001-2002	1 / 23	3 / 897	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Hsieh Chi-ta, Levi Ying
2002 municipalities only	0 / 2	5 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2005	1 / 23	2 / 901	0 / 319	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2006 municipalities only	0 / 2	4 / 96	N/A	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2009	0 / 17	0 / 587	0 / 211	N/A	N/A	Yok Mu-ming
2010 municipalities only	0 / 5	3 / 314	N/A	N/A	0 / 3,757	Yok Mu-ming
2014 unified	0 / 22	2 / 906	0 / 204	0 / 2,137	0 / 7,836	Yok Mu-ming
2018 unified	0 / 22	2 / 912	0 / 204	0 / 2,148	0 / 7,744	Yok Mu-ming

National Assembly elections

Election	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election	Election leader
1996	46 / 334	1,417,209	13.6%	46 seats; Opposition	Chen Kuei-miao
2005	3 / 300	34,253	0.88%	43 seats; Opposition (Rejecting amendments)	Yok Mu-ming

See also

• History of the Republic of China
• Politics of the Republic of China
• Elections in Taiwan
• List of political parties in Taiwan
• Administrative divisions of Taiwan
• Political status of Taiwan

References

1. "Former Taiwan president blasted for remarks on island dispute". Inter Press Service. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2020. On July 27, the chairman of Taiwan’s right-wing New Party, Yok Mu-ming quickly filed charges of treason against the 92-year-old over his remarks. China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reiterated the charge in a July 29 editorial entitled “Lee Teng-hui a traitor to his homeland.”
2. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Jacques deLisle, ed. (2014). Political Changes in Taiwan Under Ma Ying-jeou: Partisan Conflict, Policy Choices, External Constraints and Security Challenges. Routledge. p. 44. ... even more radical positions at the far left (TSU) or far right (NP) of the spectrum.
3. Fen-ling Chen, ed. (2000). Working Women and State Policies in Taiwan: A Study in Political Economy. Springer. The New Party, which split from the KMT in 1994, is a conservative party and on the far Right.
4. Tai, Y.C.; Liu, L.Y.; Lin, Lillian (22 August 2015). "New Party throws weight behind KMT in legislative election". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
5. Wen, Kuei-hsiang (2014-08-16). "New Party founder dies at 81". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 2014-09-04.

External links

• Official website