Total of 7917 Contestants in the 2010 Mayor, Councilor and Borough Elections

The registration for the 2010 elections of city mayors, councilors and boroughs ended yesterday with total of 7917 contestants (五都登記截止 7917人參選).

Table.1 Number of Contestants in 2010 Elections

Positions	Seats	Contestants
		Total	DPP	KMT	TSU	PFP	NP	Others	Non-p
Mayors	5	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	4
Councilors	314	649	161	208	15	17	9	7	232
Boroughs	3758	7254	462	1843	0	0	0	5	4944
Total	4077	7917	7917

* DPP=Democratic Party; KMT=Chinese Nationalist Party(Koumingtang); TSU=Taiwan Solidity Union; PFP=People First Party; NP=New Party; Others= other parties; Non-p= non-partisan

Table.2 Schedule of 2010 Elections

2010.10.22	Review Qualifications / Notify qualifiers 審定候選人名單，並通知抽籤
2010.10.29	Qualifiers draw the ballot order 候選人抽籤決定號次
2010.11.11	Announce the candidates, the allowed dates of campaign and the allowed time slot each day; 公告候選人名單與競選活動期間的起、止日期及每天競選活動起、止時間
2010.11.12	Host official campaign debates 辦理選舉公辦政見發表會
2010.11.26
2010.11.27	Cast the ballots 五都直轄市長、市議員及里長三合一選舉投票