市參議員選舉條例

市參議員的選舉，除市組織法另有規定外，依本條例辦理。

市政府要擬定各選舉區市參議員名額分配，先報市選舉監督核准，並在選舉日期公布。

市政府應在選舉前一個月辦理選舉人及候選人登記；登記名冊應在選舉前十五日於該區公告。

市公民如果认为公告名册有错误或不实，可以在选举前三天向登记处申请更正。

Regional elections are held publicly at polling stations within the district, the winning candidate is the one with the most votes, and vote counting is centralized at the district office.

市政府要派員和區公所職員一起辦理區域選舉的投票、開票事務，區民代表會並要互推監察員在場監視。

職業團體分配市參議員名額時，合計不得超過總額的三成；每單位原則上至少分配一名，名額不足時則改由各單位先選初選人，再共同複選。

Only persons who are members of a legally established occupational association before the election and who have actually practiced the occupation for at least three years may participate in the occupational election.

市政府要編製職業選舉人名冊及應出參議員名額，並在選舉十日前於各該團體會所公告；但要先經選舉監督核定。

This provision sets how elections for several professional groups must be conducted, mostly by direct election or two-stage election, with some single-organization city exceptions allowing direct member elections.

職業團體的初選中，得票較多者當選。

A city citizen who is at least 25 and passes the candidate test or screening may be elected as a city councilor.

This provision sets how a city council election winner is chosen: a candidate wins by majority vote in the secondary election from primary candidates, and if no one is elected, a new election is held; in a direct election, the candidate with the most votes wins.

市政府要為各團體的投票所指定事務主任、事務員，並設置三到五名監察員；直接選舉時，監察員由市政府自該團體選舉人中指派。

市政府 must在選舉十日前，按選舉人名冊登記人數發交選舉票給各區公所及各職業團體具領；投票人以列名於選舉人名冊者為限。

Voters must write and cast their own ballot. If a voter cannot write, they may ask a temporary polling-place designee to write it under an inspector’s supervision.

投票人領取選舉票時，應在選舉人名冊自己姓名下簽字；不能簽字的人，可以用指印、畫十字或其他符號代替。

During voting, only polling place staff and voters may enter the polling place; other people must not enter.

投票人於投票場所內，除可就投票方法向事務人員詢問外，不得與他人交談。

Voting is conducted by secret ballot using a single-vote system.

票櫃應在投票前當場啟示，之後再將內層封固。

The outer part of the ballot box must be securely sealed after voting ends.

現任公務員、現役軍人或警察、以及現在學校肄業之學生，停止其被選舉權。

投票完成後，應在監察員監視下當天開票。

Vote counts should be checked against the attendance voter register for errors.

區公所和各職業團體投票所應將選舉結果連同選舉票送市政府彙核。

市政府彙核選舉結果時，選舉監督或其代表必須到場監視。

Ballots are invalid if they are filled out not in the prescribed form, have other writing inserted, are too blurred to read, or are printed on paper not officially issued.

A regional representative must be a citizen within the district.

職業代表當選人必須限於各該團體的會員；如果是複選，則限於參加複選的各團體會員。

候補當選人依得票次多數決定；名額與當選人相同。票數相同時，抽籤決定。

選舉監督應公布當選人及候補當選人姓名，並通知各當選人。

當選人接到通知後，應在7日內答復是否願意應選。

This provision assigns election supervision to the Minister of the Interior for special municipality councilor elections and to the civil affairs department head for provincial city councilor elections.

當選人確定後，選舉監督應發給當選證書。

If the listed election misconduct is proved by a final court judgment, the election is invalid.

An election is invalid if any of the listed conditions applies.

If an election is invalid, a new election must be held within 10 days after the court judgment.

Certain voters or losing candidates may file a lawsuit about election fraud, ineligibility, or who should have been elected, within 7 days after the election result is disclosed.

Election litigation must be heard before other lawsuits and finished at first instance.

本條例的解釋權屬於選舉監督。

市政府應在選舉完成後，向選舉監督報告當選人、候補當選人姓名及選舉經過情形，並保存有效與無效選舉票六個月。

Election supervisors in special municipalities and provincially governed municipalities must report the names of elected and alternate elected persons to the relevant authority for record-filing.

The provision says the regulation takes effect on the announcement date.

符合重複選舉權或被選舉權的人，必須在市政府開始編製名冊前自行選定其一；逾期不選的，由市政府指定。

市政府負責辦理市參議員選舉事務。

市政府在選舉監督核定後，必須在投票日15日前公告前項舉行日期。

市參議員的區域選舉，應以各市原有的區作為選舉區，且各區應選名額按人口比例決定。

When seat allocation among constituencies is difficult because of leftover fractions, the remaining seats should be assigned in order to the constituencies with larger fractions; if two or more constituencies have the same fraction, a lottery decides.

This chapter is the General Provisions chapter.

Chapter heading for voter voting.

Chapter 4 is titled “Opening ballots and vote counting.”

Chapter 39 is titled “當選及應選” (election and eligibility).

Chapter heading for rules on election invalidity, invalid election results, and litigation.

Chapter 7: Supplementary provisions.

Chapter 9 is titled “Regional Elections and Professional Elections.”