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2020 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 for all 113 seats to the Legislative Yuan concurrently with the 15th presidential election.[2] The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost seven seats but retained a majority of 61 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Kuomintang gained three seats, winning 38. The New Power Party won three seats, down from five in the last election. The Taiwan People's Party and Taiwan Statebuilding Party entered the Legislative Yuan with five seats and one seat, respectively, with five independent candidates winning their seats and the People First Party losing all of their seats.

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

Constituency changes

In 2019, after negotiations between the Presidents of the Executive and Legislative Yuans, changes to the electoral divisions include:[3]

Contesting parties and candidates

Opinion polling

Results

By constituency

Aboriginal constituencies

See also

Notes

  1. ^ District and aboriginal electorate; party-list voter turnout was 74.86%
  2. ^ a b Previously elected in 2020 as a member of New Power Party
  3. ^ a b Number of seats reduced by one; all seats previously held by DPP
  4. ^ a b Elected member Su Chen-ching is a member of DPP but ran as an independent
  5. ^ a b Kao Chin Su-mei ran as an Independent in the election, but she is affiliated to the NPSU[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "中選會資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ Wang, Cheng-chung; Ko, Lin (19 March 2019). "Presidential, legislative elections to be held Jan. 11, 2020". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ 蘇嘉全、賴清德協商立委選區定案　僅屏東再微調 Archived 9 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mirror Media, 7 January 2019 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  5. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  6. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  7. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..