Table 1: Candidates by party affiliation

	2002				1998
Affiliation	candidates		%		candidates		%
Taipei
Democratic Progressive Party	27	23.89		27		24.55
Kuomintang	21	18.58		32		29.09
People First Party	17	15.04		-		-
Taiwan Solidarity Union	7	6.19		-		-
New Party	6	5.31		16		14.55
Green Party	1	0.88		4		3.64
other parties¹	-	-		10		9.09
independents	34	30.09		21		19.09
Total	113	100.00		110		100.00

Kaoshiung
Democratic Progressive Party	18	15.79		20		19.05
Kuomintang	21	18.42		34		32.38
People First Party	9	7.89		-		-
Taiwan Solidarity Union	7	6.14		-		-
New Party	1	0.88		6		5.71
other parties²	-	0.00		5		4.76
independents	58	50.88		40		38.10
Total	114	100.00		105		100.00

Compiled by the Christian Schafferer; data provided by the Central Election Commission

¹ other parties: New Nation Alliance (5), Taiwan Independence Party (4), China Women Party (1).

² other parties: Taiwan Independence Party (5).