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The 1995 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 2 December 1995. [1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 85 of the 164 seats. Voter turnout was 67.6%. [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Kuomintang | 4,349,089 | 46.06 | 85 | –10 | |
| Democratic Progressive Party | 3,132,156 | 33.17 | 54 | +3 | |
| New Party | 1,222,931 | 12.95 | 21 | New | |
| Taiwan Indigenous Party | 5,707 | 0.06 | 0 | New | |
| Labor Party | 1,207 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance | 517 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 730,529 | 7.74 | 4 | –10 | |
| Total | 9,442,136 | 100.00 | 164 | +3 | |
| Valid votes | 9,442,136 | 98.62 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 132,252 | 1.38 | |||
| Total votes | 9,574,388 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,153,410 | 67.65 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
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