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 Elected member party by seat
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Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998. [1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68%. [2]
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Kuomintang | 4,659,679 | 46.43 | 123 | +38 | |
| Democratic Progressive Party | 2,966,834 | 29.56 | 70 | +16 | |
| New Party | 708,465 | 7.06 | 11 | –10 | |
| Democratic Union of Taiwan | 375,118 | 3.74 | 4 | New | |
| New Nation Alliance | 157,826 | 1.57 | 1 | New | |
| Taiwan Independence Party | 145,118 | 1.45 | 1 | New | |
| Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance | 66,033 | 0.66 | 3 | +3 | |
| Green Party Taiwan | 8,089 | 0.08 | 0 | New | |
| Taiwan Indigenous Party | 1,171 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chinese Youth Party | 723 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
| National Democratic Party | 342 | 0.00 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 946,431 | 9.43 | 12 | +8 | |
| Total | 10,035,829 | 100.00 | 225 | +61 | |
| Valid votes | 10,035,829 | 98.50 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 152,473 | 1.50 | |||
| Total votes | 10,188,302 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,961,900 | 68.09 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
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