Taiwan's year-end local elections are shaping up as tight multi-way battles in Changhua County, with no clear front-runner for the top job.

• Four people registered for Changhua county magistrate: the DPP's Chen Su-yueh, the KMT's Wei Ping-cheng, and independents Chiu Chien-fu and Chen Chung-chia.
• The county council grows to 55 seats, with 86 people competing across ten districts.
• The fiercest fight is the new mountain indigenous district, where eight candidates chase a single seat.
• Changhua City pits the DPP against the KMT head to head, while Yuanlin — Chen Su-yueh's home turf — has a three-way race between the DPP, KMT, and an independent.

Outlook: Registration is closed and campaigning now runs down to the vote, with the independents likely to decide whether the DPP or KMT takes the county.