1960 Taiwanese presidential election

1960 Taiwanese presidential election

←  1954 March 21, 1960 1966  →

Nominee Chiang Kai-shek Party Kuomintang Running mate Chen Cheng Electoral vote 1,481 Percentage 100.00%

President before election Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang Elected President Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang

Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1960. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek and Vice President Chen Cheng was re-elected.

Before the election, the National Assembly amended the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion which allowed the President and vice-president to seek a third term, which superseded the Article 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of China , in order to make way for Chiang to be re-elected. ^[1] As a result, Chiang received 1,481 votes of the 1,576 National Assembly members, while his running mate Chen Cheng was re-elected with 1,381 votes. The term began on May 20, 1960.

Electors

Main article: National Assembly (Republic of China)

The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion , the term of the delegates who were elected during the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election was extended indefinitely until "re-election is possible in their original electoral district". In total, there were 1,521 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this third session of the first National Assembly. ^[2]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chiang Kai-shek	Kuomintang	1,481	100.00
Total			1,481	100.00
Valid votes			1,481	98.14
Invalid/blank votes			28	1.86
Total votes			1,509	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,521	99.21
Source: Schafferer [3]

Vice president

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chen Cheng	Kuomintang	1,381	100.00
Total			1,381	100.00
Valid votes			1,381	91.76
Invalid/blank votes			124	8.24
Total votes			1,505	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,521	98.95
Source: Schafferer [3]

See also

• History of Republic of China
• President of the Republic of China
• Vice President of the Republic of China

References

1. Wenyao, Zhou (December 2009). 臺灣歷史圖說（增訂本）[Illustrated History of Taiwan (Revised Edition)] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taiwan: Lianjing Publishing. p. 281. ISBN   978-957-08-3489-5. 按照中華民國憲法，總統只能連任一次；蔣介石已擔任兩任總統，理應鞠躬下臺。該年三月修改臨時條款，蔣介石連任成功，他終將五任總統之職（1948-1975），直至過世為止。[According to the Constitution of the Republic of China, a president can only serve one consecutive term; Chiang Kai-shek had already served two terms as president and should have stepped down. In March of that year, the provisional articles were amended, and Chiang Kai-shek was successfully re-elected. He would serve five terms as president (1948-1975) until his death.]
2. 第一屆國民大會第三次會議實錄
3. Christian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan