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Highland Aborigine district
Highland Aborigine district
Multi-members constituency; for the Legislative Yuan
Electorate	Taiwanese aborigines
Current constituency
Created	1972
Member(s)	Ciwas Ali (2008–); Saidhai Tahovecahe (2020–); Sasuyu Ruljuwan (2024–)

The Highland Aborigine constituency (Chinese: 山地原住民選舉區; pinyin: Shāndì Yuán Zhùmín Xuǎnjǔ Qū) is a multi-member constituency of the Legislative Yuan. Taiwanese indigenous people have elected representatives to reserved legislative seats since the 1970s.^[1] Predecessors to both the Highland and Lowland Aborigine districts were established in 1994.^[2] Since 2008, the Highland Taiwanese indigenous elect three members to the Legislative Yuan.

Legislators

Election
1972	Hua Ai (Paiwan) Tarigu Pujaruyang Kuomintang
1975
1980
1983
1986	Lin Tien-sheng (Paiwan) Kuomintang
1989	Kao Tien-lai (Atayal) Kuomintang	Hua Chia-chih (Paiwan) Tjaravak Kadrangian Kuomintang
1992	Kao Tien-lai (Atayal) Kuomintang	Hua Chia-chih (Paiwan) Tjaravak Kadrangian Kuomintang	Walis Perin (Seediq) Independent
1995	Kao Yang-sheng (Atayal) Kuomintang	Chuan Wen-sheng (Bunun) Kuomintang	Walis Perin (Seediq) Kuomintang
1998	Kao Yang-sheng (Atayal) Kuomintang	Tseng Hua-te (Paiwan) Tjivuluan Kuomintang	Walis Perin (Seediq) National Democratic Non-Party Union	Lin Chun-te (Seediq) Kuomintang
2001	Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent		Walis Perin (Seediq) Taiwan Number One Party	Lin Chun-te (Seediq) People First Party
2004	Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent		Kung Wen-chi (Seediq) Yosi Takun Kuomintang	Lin Chun-te (Seediq) People First Party
2008	Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	Chien Tung-ming (Paiwan) Uliw Qaljupayare Kuomintang
2012
2016
2020	Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent	Wu Li-hua (Rukai) Saidhai Tahovecahe Democratic Progressive Party
2024	Kao Chin Su-mei (Atayal) Ciwas Ali Independent		Lu Hsien-yi (Paiwan/Rukai) Sasuyu Ruljuwan Kuomintang

Election results

2024

Legislative Election 2024: Highland Aborigine Constituency ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Kao Chin Su-mei	37,131	25.75
	DPP	Wu Li-hua	31,874	22.10
	Kuomintang	Lu Hsien-yi	22,284	15.45
	Kuomintang	Kung Wen-chi	21,304	14.77
	Independent	Zhang Zi Xiao	11,726	8.13
	Independent	Savungaz Valincinan	6,840	4.74
	Independent	Lin Shi Wei	6,331	4.39
	TPP	Hu Huang Guang Wen	6,143	4.26
	Judicial Reform Party	Kao Wan Hsin	351	0.24
	Independent	Lin Kuo	230	0.16
Total valid votes			144,214
	Independent hold		Swing
	DPP hold		Swing
	Kuomintang hold		Swing

References

^ Hale, Erin (8 January 2020). "'Always campaign time': Why Taiwan's indigenous people back KMT". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
^ Gerber, Abraham (10 April 2016). "Campaigners pan empty Aboriginal legislative seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
^ "11th Legislative Election Result" (Legislator). Taiwan Central Election Commission (中央選舉委員會). Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.