1966 Taiwanese presidential election

1966 Taiwanese presidential election

←  1960 March 21, 1966 1972  →

Nominee Chiang Kai-shek Party Kuomintang Running mate Yen Chia-kan Electoral vote 1,405 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, 1966. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected for the fourth term with his Vice-President Yen Chia-kan.

The amendment of the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion in 1960 had allowed Chiang Kai-shek to seek for unlimited terms. After the death of Vice President Chen Cheng in 1965. Chiang decided to pick premier Yen Chia-kan to be his running-mate, filling the vacancy. In the end, Yen was elected by a narrow majority, 55 per cent of the votes, while Chiang received 98 per cent of the votes.

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 1,446 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this fourth session of the first National Assembly. ^[1]

Results

President

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chiang Kai-shek	Kuomintang	1,405	100.00
Total			1,405	100.00
Valid votes			1,405	98.60
Invalid/blank votes			20	1.40
Total votes			1,425	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,446	98.55
Source: Schafferer [2]

Vice president

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Yen Chia-kan	Kuomintang	782	100.00
Total			782	100.00
Valid votes			782	55.23
Invalid/blank votes			634	44.77
Total votes			1,416	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			1,446	97.93
Source: Schafferer [2]

See also

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

References

1. 第一屆國民大會第四次會議實錄
2. Christian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan