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Han Kuo-yu elected mayor of Kaohsiung

On 24 November 2018 Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu won the Kaohsiung mayoralty, defeating Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Chi-mai.

Han Kuo-yu (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 24 November 2018 Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu won the Kaohsiung mayoralty, defeating Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Chi-mai. The result moved the southern port city into the opposition camp for the first time in nearly two decades, ending a long period of DPP control.

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  • Han Kuo-yu

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    Han Kuo-yu elected mayor of Kaohsiung. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.focustaiwan.tw — sourcefocustaiwan.tw · verified
  2. 2.scmp.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: han+kaohsiung · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Han Kuo-yu elected mayor of Kaohsiung. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/han-kuo-yu-elected-kaohsiung-mayor-2018-11-24

https://factrail.ai/facts/han-kuo-yu-elected-kaohsiung-mayor-2018-11-24

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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