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Biography
Su Jia-chyuan (or Su Chia-chyuan; Chinese: 蘇嘉全; pinyin: Sū Jiāquán; born 22 October 1956) is a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
As the first non-Kuomintang President of the Legislative Yuan, Su is an at-large legislator and previously Commissioner of Pingtung County, and held national posts as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Agriculture under President Chen Shui-bian's administration.
2010 Taichung City Mayoralty election
In 2010 Su narrowly lost to Jason Hu in the election for Mayor of Taichung.
| Party | # | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Progressive Party | 1 | Su Jia-chyuan | 698,358 | 48.88% |  | |
| Total | 1,428,642 | 100.00% | ||||
| Voter turnout | 73.15% | |||||
2012 Taiwan presidential election
Su was the vice-presidential candidate on the losing DPP ticket for the 2012 presidential election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vice president | |||||
| Kuomintang | Ma Ying-jeou | Wu Den-yih | 6,891,139 | 51.60% | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party | Tsai Ing-wen | Su Jia-chyuan | 6,093,578 | 45.63% | ||
| People First Party | James Soong | Lin Ruey-shiung | 369,588 | 2.77% | ||
| Valid votes | 13,354,305 | 99.27% | ||||
| Invalid and blank votes | 97,711 | 0.73% | ||||
| Total votes | 13,452,016 | 100% | ||||
| Eligible voters and turnout | 18,086,455 | 74.38% | ||||
2016 elections
In 2016 legislative elections Su placed on the proportional representation ballot, and won a seat in the Legislative Yuan.
Su was elected the eleventh President of the Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2016, when the members of the ninth Legislative Yuan met for the first time. Su became the first DPP speaker in the Legislative Yuan.
Controversy
Su was impeached by the Control Yuan on 3 September 2012, for illegally constructing a luxury farmhouse on agricultural land without engaging in any agriculture. Su's villa, built on agricultural land, was a controversial issue in the 2012 presidential elections.
