In 1946, the next year of the recovery of Taiwan. all countries and towns in our county belong to the Teichung County. For the practice of local self government , transitional people's repersentative body, the Taichung County Council established. There were sixty district councilors and six councilors of different occupations.

 April in 1950, the Taiwan Provincial Government promulgated the 「Organizational Rules Of City/County Councils」and practiced local self govemment Our county departed from the Taichung County in October 1950 and became the Nantou County. Since first term of the Nantou County Council established in February 8,1951, it has been 51 years. And we have elected fifteen terms of councilors.

According to the directions of the Executive Yuan, the Provincial Government divided the province into six periods, and our county belonged to the fifth period. The members of the first term councilors were thirty, and the tenure of office was two years; the members of the second term councilors were thirty-two, and the tenure of office was two years: the members of the third term councilors were thirty four, and the tenure of office was three years; the members of the fourth term councilors were thirty-seven, and the tenure of office was three years; the memjbers of the fifth term councilors wer thirty-six, and the tenure of office was thre years; the members of the sixth term councilors were thirty-eight, and the tenure of office was four years; the members of the eighth term ouncilors were thirty-seven, and the tenure of office was four years. From then on, the members and the tenure of office have never changed.

The original address of the Nantou County Council was in the downtown area. In 1975, the speaker Chen Wang-Hsiung decided to rebuild the council, and the speaker Chang Chan-Chuan moved and built the council in December, 1980.
The building has been old, and the equipment is not suitadle for the electrical age. By the damage of the 921 Earthquake, the building is not complete now. For saving money, the building is repaired and still in operation.

The fifteenth term council established in March 1,2002, and the councilors elected Cheng Wen-Tunjg the speaker and Wu Chi-Hsiang the deputy speaker.