Campaign to officially kick off today for year end elections
/ Ni5te2 e soan2ki2 kinajit chengsek khaisi keng3soan2 oah8tang5 2001/11/21
The China Post staff and agencies
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Campaigning for next month's key parliamentary and local elections will officially kick off today.
/ Aukogoeh e kokhoe kah te-hng soanki kinajit chengsek khaisi soanki oahtang. The Central Election Commission yesterday officially posted the name list of candidates for legislators for the Dec. 1 elections in a public bulletin.
/ Tiongiong Soanki Uioanhoe chahng chengsek kongpou 12-goeh chhe-1 liphoat-uioan e hausoanjin miatoann. A total of 584 candidates will vie for the 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan. They are including 434 candidates for directly elected legislative seats, 21 candidates for aboriginal seats, 108 candidates for at-large seats and 21 candidates for seats chosen from overseas Chinese communities around the world.
/ Longchong u 584-e hausoanjin kengcheng Liphoat-inn e 225-e miagiah8. Kitiong 434-e hausoanjin chengchhu titchiap soanki e miagiah, 21 lang chengchhu goanchubin miagiah, 108 lang kengchheng bohunkhu e miagiah, 21 lang chengchhu haigoa kiaubin e miagiah. Among the 434 candidates for directly elected legislative seats, 168 legislative seats will be elected and eight aboriginal seats will be elected from 21 candidates.
/ Ti 434-ui chengchhu tit8-soan2 lip8-ui2 e hausoanjin tiongkan, u7 168-e tit8-soan2 miagiah, 8-e goanchubin miagiah u 21 lang teh kengcheng.

Meanwhile, the county and city election commissions around the island also officially posted the name listof candidates for commissioners and mayors for the Dec. 1 elections.
/ Tong5si5, kok koan7-chhi7 soanki uioanhoe ma kongpou 12-goeh chhe-1 e koan-chhi-tiunn hausoanjing miatoann. A total of 89 candidates will vie for 21county commissioners and city mayors in the province of Taiwan and county commissioners for Kinmen County and Lienchiang County of Fuchien Province.
/ Longchong u 89-e hausoanjing chengchhu Taioanseng e 21-e koan-chhi-tiunn kah Hokkianseng e Kimmngkoan chham Machoukoan e koantiunn. The 10-day campaign will intensify the battle to dominate the parliament between the so-called Pan Green Alliance and Pan Blue Alliance, analysts said.
/ Hoan3-Leksek Lianbeng chham Hoan3-Nasek Lianbeng uitioh chengchhu chu2to7 kokhoe, chit 10 kang e kengsoan oahtang e chin kekliat, hunsek choanka anne kong. Green is the color of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) whose pro-independence sentiment is shared by the fledgling Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) led by former president Lee Teng-hui.
/ Leksek si chi2 chipcheng e Binchu Chinpou Tong (BCT), in chanseng toklip e siunnhoat kah iu5 cheng5-chongthong Li Tenghui sou lengto e Taioan Thoankiat Lianbeng (TTL) kang7khoan2. Blue is the color of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) which is joining ranks with two splinter groups, People First Party (PFP) and New Party (NP), to form an opposition majority in parliament.
/ Nasek si chi2 chu-iau hoantuitong e Kokbintong (KBT), in kah 2-e pun-chhutkhi e thoanthe lianhap, tosi Chhinbintong (CBT) chham Sin Tong (ST), choseng kokhoe hoantui e tosou3. The KMT now holds a slim majority of 50.5 percent, or 110 of 218 total seats, the PFP 20 seats and NP eight. Eight lawmakers have switched to government posts, quit parliament or have been jailed since last poll.
/ Hianchusi KBT i2 50.5 percent /pha-sento/ chiam3 siokhoa tosou3, iatosi longchong 218-sek8 laite u 110 sek8, CBT u 20 sek8, ST u 8 sek8. Chuchiong tengkai soanki i2lai5, u 8-e lipui khi tamjim7 chenghu kikoan e chit-ui, likhui kokhoe, asi hong5 liahkhi koainn. The Pan Greens are seeking to gain a majority to consolidate the power of President Chen Shui-bian elected in May 2000 afterfive decades of KMT rule.
/ Hoan-leksek siunnboeh tittioh tosou lai unteng ti 2000-ni 5-goeh ui3 chipcheng 50-ni e KBT chhiutiong soan-iann e Tan Chuipinn Chongthong e koan5lek8. The DPP now holds only 65 seats, or 30 percent, while the newly-formed TSU has no presence in the legislature.
/ Hianchusi BCT tana u 65 sek8, iatosi 30 percent, iuko sin-senglip-e TTL ti liphoat-inn bo lang.