Central Election Commission

E453784

election commission independent government agency

The Central Election Commission is the independent government body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Central Election Commission of the Republic of China	4
Central Election Commission canonical	2
Central Election Commission (Taiwan)	1
中央選舉委員會	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4576294 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Election Commission
Context triple: [Republic of China, electoralBody, Central Election Commission]

A. National Electoral Council
The National Electoral Council is Cuba’s central authority responsible for organizing, supervising, and validating the country’s electoral processes and referendums.
B. Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission is Nigeria’s autonomous government body responsible for organizing, overseeing, and regulating federal and state elections across the country.
C. Election Assistance Commission
The Election Assistance Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for improving the administration, security, and accessibility of elections nationwide.
D. Joint Electoral Management Body
The Joint Electoral Management Body was the temporary Afghan institution responsible for overseeing and administering national elections during the country’s early post-Taliban democratic transition.
E. Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission was a temporary bipartisan body created by the U.S. Congress in 1877 to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Central Election Commission
Target entity description: The Central Election Commission is the independent government body responsible for administering and supervising elections and referendums in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

A. National Electoral Council
The National Electoral Council is Cuba’s central authority responsible for organizing, supervising, and validating the country’s electoral processes and referendums.
B. Independent National Electoral Commission
The Independent National Electoral Commission is Nigeria’s autonomous government body responsible for organizing, overseeing, and regulating federal and state elections across the country.
C. Election Assistance Commission
The Election Assistance Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for improving the administration, security, and accessibility of elections nationwide.
D. Joint Electoral Management Body
The Joint Electoral Management Body was the temporary Afghan institution responsible for overseeing and administering national elections during the country’s early post-Taliban democratic transition.
E. Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission was a temporary bipartisan body created by the U.S. Congress in 1877 to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	election commission ⓘ independent government agency ⓘ
cooperatesWith	judicial authorities in cases of electoral fraud ⓘ local governments in organizing elections ⓘ
country	Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ linked to: Republic of China
ensures	secret ballot in elections under its jurisdiction ⓘ universal and equal suffrage in elections under its jurisdiction ⓘ
function	announcing election results ⓘ drawing up election regulations ⓘ handling election disputes within its authority ⓘ managing voter registration ⓘ organizing election logistics ⓘ public voter education on elections and referendums ⓘ
governmentBranch	Executive Yuan ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ linked to: Republic of China
headquartersLocation	Taipei ⓘ linked to: Taipei, Taiwan
independenceCharacteristic	members are expected to be politically neutral ⓘ operates independently from political parties ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ linked to: Republic of China
languageOfName	Chinese ⓘ
legalBasis	Civil Servants Election and Recall Act ⓘ Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ Referendum Act (Taiwan) ⓘ
monitors	campaign activities for compliance with election laws ⓘ
nativeName	中央選舉委員會 ⓘ linked to: Central Election Commission
overseesElectionType	Legislative Yuan elections ⓘ local government elections in Taiwan ⓘ presidential elections in Taiwan ⓘ referendums in Taiwan ⓘ
parentAgency	Executive Yuan ⓘ
responsibility	administering elections ⓘ administering referendums ⓘ ensuring fairness of elections ⓘ ensuring impartiality of elections ⓘ ensuring transparency of elections ⓘ supervising elections ⓘ supervising referendums ⓘ
sector	public administration ⓘ
shortName	CEC ⓘ
subjectOf	election law in Taiwan ⓘ studies on Taiwan’s democratic development ⓘ
supervises	local election commissions in Taiwan ⓘ
topic	election administration in Taiwan ⓘ
transliteration	Zhōngyāng Xuǎnjǔ Wěiyuánhuì ⓘ
website	https://www.cec.gov.tw ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Republic of China → electoralBody → Central Election Commission ⓘ

subject linked to: ROC

Central Election Commission (Taiwan) → nativeName → 中央選舉委員會 ⓘ

subject linked to: Central Election Commission