SIZE MATTERS:Tainan’s population is 1.9 million and the law allots one legislative seat per 300,000 residents in a county or a special municipality

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 20, 2016
By: Tang Tsai-hsin, Liu Wan-chun and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Tainan could get a sixth legislative seat after the Central Election Commission completes its review and mapping of electoral districts.

According to the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法), legislative districts are to be reviewed and, if needed, redrawn, every 10 years.

Since the law allots one legislative seat per 300,000 residents in a county or special municipality, and Tainan has 1.9 million residents, the city should have six representatives, Tainan Bureau of Civil Affairs Director Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥) said.     [FULL  STORY]