2012 Taiwanese legislative election

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2012 Taiwanese legislative election
Flag of the Republic of China.svg
  2008 14 January 2012 (2012-01-14) [1] 2016  

All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
Registered17,980,578 [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout74.47% [lower-alpha 2] Increase2.svg 15.97 pp
 Majority partyMinority party
  Ma Ying-jeou election infobox.jpg Cai Ying Wen Guan Fang Yuan Shou Xiao Xiang Zhao  (cropped).png
Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen
Party Kuomintang DPP
Leader since17 October 200920 May 2008
Last election81 seats27 seats
Seats won6440
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 17Increase2.svg 13
Constituency vote6,339,301
48.18%

Increase2.svg 5.32pp
5,763,186
43.80%
Increase2.svg 5.63pp
Party vote5,863,379
44.55%

Decrease2.svg 6.68pp
4,556,526
34.62%
Decrease2.svg 2.29pp

 Third partyFourth party
  Huang Kun-huei election infobox.jpg James Soong election infobox.jpg
Leader Huang Kun-huei James Soong
Party TSU People First
Leader since26 January 200731 March 2000
Last election0 seats1 seat
Seats won33
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2
Constituency voteDid not stand175,032
1.33%
Increase2.svg 1.04pp
Party vote1,178,896
8.96%
Increase2.svg 3.53pp
722,089
5.49%
[lower-alpha 3]

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2012 Legislative Yuan election, seat changes.svg

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Election cartogram

President before election

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

Elected President

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide. [2]

Contents

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting.

Subsidies

According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications: [3]

Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year. The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the party to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires.

Results

8th Legislative Yuan party composition initial.svg
PartyParty-listConstituency/IndigenousTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Kuomintang 5,863,37944.55166,339,30148.184864–17
Democratic Progressive Party 4,556,52634.62135,763,18643.802740+13
Taiwan Solidarity Union 1,178,8968.9633+3
People First Party 722,0895.492175,0321.3313+2
Green Party Taiwan 229,5661.74079,7290.61000
New Party 195,9601.49010,6780.08000
National Health Service Alliance163,3441.24019,0880.1500New
Taiwan National Congress118,6320.90019,9870.1500New
People United Party84,8180.64013,0440.1000New
Taiwanism Party29,8890.23016,2800.1200New
Taiwan Basic Laws Party19,2740.1509,6660.0700New
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 168,8611.2822–1
People are the Boss Alliance5,8520.0400New
Taiwan Businessmen Party3,1560.0200New
Righteous Party1,8520.0100New
Independents532,2704.05110
Total13,162,373100.003413,157,982100.00791130
Valid votes13,162,37397.8913,157,98298.26
Invalid/blank votes283,6192.11232,3441.74
Total votes13,445,992100.0013,390,326100.00
Registered voters/turnout18,090,29574.3317,980,57874.47
Source: Election Study Center, Election Study Center, CSES

Subsequent by-elections

DateConstituencyOutgoing memberIncoming member
26 January 2013Taichung 2 Yen Ching-piao Yen Kuan-heng
7 February 2015Changhua 4 Wei Ming-ku Chen Su-yueh (陳素月)
7 February 2015Miaoli 2 Hsu Yao-chang Hsu Chih-jung (徐志榮)
7 February 2015Nantou 2 Lin Ming-chen Hsu Shu-hua
7 February 2015Pingtung 3 Pan Men-an Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄)
7 February 2015Taichung 6 Lin Chia-lung Huang Kuo-shu

See also

Notes

  1. District and indigenous electorate; party-list electorate size was 18,090,295
  2. District and indigenous electorate; party-list voter turnout was 74.33%
  3. Did not stand in the party-list election in 2008

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