2020 Taiwanese legislative election

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2020 Taiwanese legislative election
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  2016 11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) [1] 2024  

All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.93% [lower-alpha 1] (Increase2.svg 7.59pp)
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Cho Jung-tai Wu Den-yih
Party DPP Kuomintang
Last election68 seats, 44.06%35 seats, 26.91%
Seats won6138
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 3
Constituency vote6,383,783
45.11%
Increase2.svg 0.52pp
5,761,995
40.71%
Increase2.svg 1.82pp
Party vote4,811,241
33.98%
Decrease2.svg 10.10pp
4,723,504
33.36%
Increase2.svg 6.45pp

 Third partyFourth party
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Leader Ko Wen-je Hsu Yung-ming
Party TPP NPP
Last electionDid not exist5 seats, 6.11%
Seats won53
Seat changeNewDecrease2.svg 2
Constituency vote264,478
1.87%
New
141,952
1.00%
Decrease2.svg 1.89pp
Party vote1,588,806
11.22%
New
1,098,100
7.75%
Decrease2.svg 1.64pp

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2020 Legislative Yuan election, seat changes.svg

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Election cartogram

President before election

Su Jia-chyuan
DPP

Elected President

Yu Shyi-kun
DPP

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 for all 113 seats to the Legislative Yuan concurrently with the 15th presidential election. [2] The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020.

Contents

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost seven seats but retained a majority of 61 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Kuomintang gained three seats, winning 38. The New Power Party won three seats, down from five in the last election. The Taiwan People's Party and Taiwan Statebuilding Party entered the Legislative Yuan with five seats and one seat, respectively, with five independent candidates winning their seats and the People First Party losing all of their seats.

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

Constituency changes

In 2019, after negotiations between the Presidents of the Executive and Legislative Yuans, changes to the electoral divisions include: [3]

Contesting parties and candidates

PartyGeneral seatsAboriginal seatsParty listTotal
Democratic Progressive Party 67233102
Kuomintang 71531107
Taiwan People's Party 172845
New Power Party 51116
Taiwan Statebuilding Party 10616
People First Party 102232
Green Party 101617
New Party 1010
Taiwan Action Party Alliance 11516
Stabilizing Force Party921021
Taiwan Solidarity Union 77
Congress Party Alliance 13619
Chinese Unification Promotion Party 10717
Interfaith Union12820
Formosa Alliance 102618
Labor Party 10212
United Action Alliance102820
Taiwan Renewal Party111618
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party91414
Taiwan Labor Party33
Independent 86591
Others260026
Total41021216647

Opinion polling

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Results

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PartyParty-listConstituency/AboriginalTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Progressive Party 4,811,24133.98136,383,78345.114861–7
Kuomintang 4,723,50433.36135,761,99540.712538+3
Taiwan People's Party 1,588,80611.225264,4781.8705New
New Power Party 1,098,1007.753141,9521.0003–2
People First Party 518,9213.66060,6140.4300–3
Taiwan Statebuilding Party 447,2863.160141,5031.0011New
Green Party Taiwan 341,4652.41039,3870.28000
New Party 147,3731.04000
Taiwan Action Party Alliance 143,6171.01020,1340.1400New
Stabilizing Force Party94,5630.67028,6960.2000New
Taiwan Solidarity Union 50,4350.36000
Congress Party Alliance 40,3310.28081,5080.5800New
Chinese Unification Promotion Party 32,9660.2308,7900.06000
Interfaith Union31,1170.2207,7020.05000
Formosa Alliance 29,3240.21012,7420.0900New
Labor Party 19,9410.14013,6940.10000
United Action Alliance17,5150.12015,8460.1100New
Taiwan Renewal Party11,9520.08041,8910.3000New
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party11,6810.0806,0630.0400New
Taiwan Animal Protection Party7,6600.0500New
Chinese Women's Party3,5070.0200New
Judicial Justice Party3,3360.0200New
Labour Party2,4510.0200New
Taiwan Revolutionary Party2,0880.0100New
Taiwan Labor Party2,0410.01000
Cheng Hua Chao Sheng Dang1,9990.0100New
People's Democratic Party 1,8700.0100New
Taiwan Motive Force Party1,3560.0100New
Chinese Culture Revival Party1,2960.0100New
Taiwan Independence Party 9390.01000
Kinmen Kao-Liang Party8990.0100New
Positive Party6230.0000New
Tianzhou Peaceful Unity Family Party5740.0000New
Chinese Peace Unification Party5700.0000New
Taiwan Public Interest Party5340.0000New
Round Party4880.0000New
Chinese New Inhabitant Party4280.0000New
Min Sheng Gong Yi4170.0000New
Taiwan Manipulative Therapist Union Labour Party3660.0000New
Deaf Nation Party3520.0000New
Cheng Hua United Party3060.0000New
Free Speech Coalition2900.0000New
Hsing Chung Ting Meng Hui1550.0000New
Chung Hua Ai Kuo Tung Hsin Dang1340.0000New
Chinese Production Party1120.00000
Independents1,086,4637.6855+4
Total14,160,138100.003414,152,032100.00791130
Valid votes14,160,13897.9514,152,03298.26
Invalid/blank votes296,1552.05250,0431.74
Total votes14,456,293100.0014,402,075100.00
Registered voters/turnout19,312,10574.8619,221,86174.93
Source: CEC, Election Study Center

By constituency

ConstituencyResultElected memberConstituencyResultElected member
New Taipei City I Kuomintang gain from DPP Hung Mong-kai Taipei City I DPP hold Rosalia Wu
II DPP hold Lin Shu-fen II DPP hold Ho Chih-wei
III DPP hold Yu Tian III Kuomintang hold Chiang Wan-an
IV DPP holdWu Ping-jui IV DPP gain from Kuomintang Kao Chia-yu
V DPP hold Su Chiao-hui V Independent hold [lower-alpha 2] Freddy Lim [lower-alpha 2]
VI DPP hold Chang Hung-lu VI Kuomintang holdLin Yi-hua
VII DPP holdLo Chih-cheng VII Kuomintang holdFai Hrong-tai
VIII DPP holdChiang Yung-chang VIII Kuomintang hold Lai Shyh-bao
IX Kuomintang holdLin Te-fu
X DPP hold Wu Chi-ming
XI Kuomintang holdLo Ming-tsai
XII DPP gain from New Power Lai Pin-yu
Taoyuan City I DPP hold Cheng Yun-peng Taichung City I DPP hold Tsai Chi-chang
II DPP holdHuang Shier-chiehII Statebuilding gain from Kuomintang in redrawn constituency Chen Po-wei
III Kuomintang holdLu Ming-cheIII Kuomintang gain from New Power Yang Chiung-ying
IV Kuomintang gain from DPP Wan Mei-lingIV DPP holdChang Liao Wan-chien
V Kuomintang holdLu Yu-lingV DPP gain from Kuomintang Zhuang Ching-cheng
VI Independent hold Chao Cheng-yu VI DPP hold Huang Kuo-shu
VII DPP hold in redrawn constituency Ho Hsin-chun
VIII Kuomintang hold Johnny Chiang
Tainan City I DPP hold in redrawn constituencyLai Huei-yuen Kaohsiung City [lower-alpha 3] I DPP hold Chiu Yi-ying
II DPP hold in redrawn constituency Kuo Kuo-wen II DPP hold Chiu Chih-wei
III DPP hold in redrawn constituency Chen Ting-fei III DPP hold Liu Shyh-fang
IV DPP gain new seatLin I-chinIV DPP holdLin Tai-hua
V DPP hold in redrawn constituencyLin Jun-xianV DPP hold in redrawn constituencyLee Kun-tse
VI DPP hold in redrawn constituencyWang Ting-yuVI DPP hold in redrawn constituencyChao Tien-lin
VII DPP hold Hsu Chih-chieh
VIII DPP hold in redrawn constituencyLai Jui-lung
Yilan County DPP hold Chen Ou-po Hsinchu County I Kuomintang hold in redrawn constituencyLin Wei-chou
II Kuomintang gain new seatLin Si-ming
Miaoli County I Kuomintang hold Chen Chao-ming Changhua County I DPP gain from Kuomintang Chen Hsiu-bao
II Kuomintang holdHsu Chih-jungII DPP hold Huang Hsiu-fang
III Kuomintang gain from DPP Hsieh Yi-fong
IV DPP holdChen Su-yueh
Nantou County I Kuomintang hold Ma Wen-chun Yunlin County I DPP hold Su Chin-feng
II Kuomintang hold Hsu Shu-hua II DPP hold Liu Chien-kuo
Chiayi County I DPP holdTsai Yi-yu Pingtung County [lower-alpha 3] I DPP hold in redrawn constituency Chung Chia-pin
II DPP hold Chen Ming-wen IIIndependent hold [lower-alpha 4] Su Chen-ching [lower-alpha 4]
Taitung County DPP holdLiu Chao-how Hualien County Independent gain from DPP Fu Kun-chi
Penghu County DPP hold Yang Yao Keelung City DPP holdCai Shi-ying
Hsinchu City Kuomintang gain from DPP Cheng Cheng-chien Chiayi City DPP holdWang Mei-hui
Kinmen County Kuomintang hold Chen Yu-chen Lienchiang County Kuomintang hold Cheng Hsueh-sheng
Lowland Aborigine Kuomintang hold Sra Kacaw Highland Aborigine Independent hold [lower-alpha 5] Kao Chin Su-mei [lower-alpha 5]
Kuomintang hold Liao Kuo-tung DPP gain from Kuomintang Saidai Tarovecahe
DPP holdChen Ying Kuomintang holdKung Wen-chi

Aboriginal constituencies

PartyLowlandsHighlandsTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Kuomintang 78,15364.12250,09334.6113–1
Democratic Progressive Party 25,84321.20125,77217.8112+1
Taiwan Renewal Party 5,0204.1200New
Formosa Alliance 2,9582.4305770.4000New
Stabilizing Force Party1,2731.0401,2410.8600New
Green Party Taiwan 1,1630.80000
United Action Alliance1,0290.8400New
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party3660.2500New
Independents7,6046.24065,51245.2711+1
Total121,880100.003144,724100.00360
Valid votes121,88097.89144,72498.07
Invalid/blank votes2,6242.112,8481.93
Total votes124,504100.00147,572100.00
Registered voters/turnout199,83362.30215,11568.60
Source: CEC [4] [5] [6] [7]

See also

Notes

  1. District and aboriginal electorate; party-list voter turnout was 74.86%
  2. 1 2 Previously elected in 2020 as a member of New Power Party
  3. 1 2 Number of seats reduced by one; all seats previously held by DPP
  4. 1 2 Elected member Su Chen-ching is a member of DPP but ran as an independent
  5. 1 2 Kao Chin Su-mei ran as an Independent in the election, but she is affiliated to the NPSU [ citation needed ]

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