After authoritarianism In 1977 came the Chungli incident: At that time elections were being held for city and county executives in Taiwan. In Taoyuan County, Hsu Hsin-liang split from the KMT and ran as an independent. His supporters, suspecting that KMT was engaging in vote fraud, surrounded the Chungli police station and a riot ensued.
民國六十六年，全省縣市長選舉，桃園縣的許信良因自行參選而脫離國民黨，民眾則因懷疑國民黨作票而包圍中壢警察局，爆發了「中壢事件」。