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Legislative elections were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 13 January, 2024 for the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China concurrently with the presidential election. [1] [2] This election was the fifth to use the mixed electoral system after it was introduced to legislative elections.
The results saw the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lose its majority in the Legislative Yuan that it had held since 2016, losing 11 seats and retaining 51, while the Kuomintang (KMT) became the largest single party with 52 seats, and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) won eight seats. The New Power Party lost all its three seats after failing to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold for at-large representation. The election marked the first time under the current electoral system (introduced in 2008) that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan, [3] and the first in which the largest party in the legislature won neither the most constituency votes nor the most party votes. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2024.
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.
A total of 315 candidates registered for first-past-the-post seats in the 2024 legislative election. [4] Sixteen political parties submitted party lists to the Central Election Commission (CEC). A total of 178 nominees were included on party lists. [5] On 15 December 2023, the CEC announced that six first-past-the post candidates, one candidate running for a reserved indigenous seat, and one party list candidate, were ineligible. [6] The campaign period officially started on 16 December 2023. [7]
Party | General seats | Aboriginal seats | Party list | Total | |
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Democratic Progressive Party | 69 | 2 | 34 | 105 | |
Kuomintang | 64 | 4 | 34 | 102 | |
Taiwan People's Party | 10 | 1 | 34 | 45 | |
New Power Party | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |
Taiwan Statebuilding Party | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
People First Party | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
Green Party | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | |
New Party | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
Taiwan Solidarity Union | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
Taiwan Renewal Party | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
Chinese Unification Promotion Party | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
Formosa Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Labor Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Independent | 65 | 9 | - | 74 | |
Others | 72 | 1 | 21 | 94 | |
Total | 309 | 19 | 177 | 505 | |
The Kuomintang won 52 seats in this election, making it the largest single party in the Legislative Yuan. The DPP, having won 51 seats, declined to the second largest party in the Legislative Yuan. The Taiwan People's Party ranked the third with 8 seats under its control. The DPP lost 11 seats in the election, which also meant the loss of the parliamentary majority that it had held since 2016. The election results also led to the removal of the New Power Party, which previously held three seats, from the Legislative Yuan after it failed to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold needed to win at-large seats. Two independents, namely Chen Chao-ming and Kao Chin Su-mei, who were members of the Kuomintang caucus in the 10th Yuan, were also elected. [3]
The election was the first in Taiwanese history in which the party that received the most votes did not win the most seats, and also marked the first time since 2004 that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan. [3] This result that TPP therefore has the "kingmaker" position, it's also meant that the TPP’s support was crucial in the selection of the President of the Legislative Yuan and the major policies. [8]
The election was also the first time that an openly bisexual candidate, [9] Huang Jie (DPP) of Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency, was elected to the Legislative Yuan. [10] It was also the first time that an openly transgender person, Abbygail ET Wu of the Green Party (at-large), ran for the chamber, albeit unsuccessfully. [11]
Party | Party-list | Constituency/Aboriginal | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Democratic Progressive Party | 4,982,062 | 36.16 | 13 | 6,095,276 | 45.09 | 38 | 51 | –10 | |
Kuomintang | 4,764,576 | 34.58 | 13 | 5,401,933 | 39.96 | 39 | 52 | +14 | |
Taiwan People's Party | 3,040,615 | 22.07 | 8 | 403,357 | 2.98 | 0 | 8 | +3 | |
New Power Party | 353,670 | 2.57 | 0 | 96,589 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |
Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party | 128,613 | 0.93 | 0 | 78,138 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Green Party Taiwan | 117,298 | 0.85 | 0 | 15,557 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Taiwan Statebuilding Party | 95,078 | 0.69 | 0 | 32,583 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | –1 | |
People First Party | 69,817 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
MiLinguall Party | 44,852 | 0.33 | 0 | 55,937 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Taiwan Solidarity Union | 43,372 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
New Party | 40,429 | 0.29 | 0 | 9,143 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Judicial Reform Party | 37,755 | 0.27 | 0 | 38,685 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Institutional Island of Saving the World | 19,691 | 0.14 | 0 | 11,260 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Unionist Party | 18,425 | 0.13 | 0 | 13,203 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
The People Union Party | 11,746 | 0.09 | 0 | 25,216 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Taiwan Renewal Party | 10,303 | 0.07 | 0 | 33,347 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Social Democratic Party | 74,375 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Formosa Alliance | 15,433 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Taiwan Mahjong Greatest Party | 7,839 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Rehabilitation Alliance Party | 7,441 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Labor Party | 6,453 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Justice Party | 6,331 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
United China Party | 4,139 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Taiwan Nationalist Party | 3,293 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Taiwan Revolutionary Party | 3,072 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chinese Culture Republican Party | 2,583 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Family Basic Income | 2,361 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Taiwan Plastic Surgery Federation Labor Party | 1,881 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Chinese Women's Party | 1,029 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
People's Democratic Party | 836 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Economic Party | 472 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Patriot Alliance Association | 310 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
United Action Alliance | 174 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Revival of the Chinese Alliance | 136 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Independents | 1,069,758 | 7.91 | 2 | 2 | –3 | ||||
Total | 13,778,302 | 100.00 | 34 | 13,518,140 | 100.00 | 79 | 113 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 13,778,302 | 98.10 | 13,518,140 | 97.41 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 267,306 | 1.90 | 359,917 | 2.59 | |||||
Total votes | 14,045,608 | 100.00 | 13,878,057 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 19,566,007 | 71.79 | 19,468,969 | 71.28 | |||||
Source: Central Election Commission |
National-at-large legislators are apportioned by largest remainder method. Political parties will gain seats upon reaching the 5% threshold and allocated based on total votes. The quota remains as 2.9412%, each political party will be allocated a seat. The remainder will be allocated based on the largest remainder (Remainder: Democratic Progressive Party 0.7244%; Kuomintang 1.9683%; Taiwan People's Party 0.2496%).
Counties/Cities | Total Voters | Democratic Progressive Party | Kuomintang | Taiwan People's Party | ||||||
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Votes | Votes % | Votes | Votes % | Votes | Votes % | |||||
Taipei | 2,090,062 | 511,126 | 33.36% | 575,004 | 37.53% | 334,389 | 21.83% | |||
New Taipei City | 3,402,064 | 846,766 | 34.81% | 854,558 | 35.13% | 556,980 | 22.90% | |||
Keelung | 312,207 | 67,018 | 31.01% | 85,320 | 39.48% | 48,401 | 22.40% | |||
Yilan County | 379,026 | 107,725 | 41.02% | 78,944 | 30.06% | 58,456 | 22.26% | |||
Taoyuan City | 1,882,592 | 429,373 | 32.14% | 475,063 | 35.56% | 338,329 | 25.32% | |||
Hsinchu County | 466,558 | 79,315 | 23.59% | 132,160 | 39.31% | 96,734 | 28.78% | |||
Hsinchu City | 359,465 | 79,721 | 30.20% | 83,499 | 31.63% | 77,496 | 29.35% | |||
Miaoli County | 447,767 | 79,224 | 25.32% | 135,107 | 43.18% | 72,815 | 23.27% | |||
Taichung City | 2,328,896 | 568,839 | 33.74% | 576,758 | 34.21% | 416,866 | 24.73% | |||
Changhua County | 1,032,636 | 251,994 | 34.58% | 255,616 | 35.08% | 170,903 | 23.45% | |||
Nantou County | 407,149 | 91,948 | 32.66% | 114,454 | 40.66% | 56,939 | 20.23% | |||
Yunlin County | 560,296 | 151,912 | 40.77% | 119,039 | 31.95% | 77,581 | 20.82% | |||
Chiayi County | 423,199 | 126,328 | 44.20% | 84,207 | 29.46% | 54,451 | 19.05% | |||
Chiayi City | 217,549 | 60,947 | 39.07% | 50,475 | 32.35% | 33,507 | 21.48% | |||
Tainan City | 1,567,432 | 508,784 | 45.97% | 296,987 | 26.83% | 214,469 | 19.38% | |||
Kaohsiung City | 2,312,303 | 728,109 | 44.90% | 496,423 | 30.61% | 283,062 | 17.46% | |||
Pingtung County | 681,631 | 207,893 | 44.40% | 153,480 | 32.78% | 76,870 | 16.42% | |||
Taitung County | 178,728 | 25,918 | 24.17% | 56,017 | 52.23% | 18,182 | 16.95% | |||
Hualien County | 267,824 | 36,580 | 21.45% | 90,090 | 52.85% | 33,383 | 19.57% | |||
Penghu County | 92,642 | 17,472 | 36.24% | 18,523 | 38.42% | 9,395 | 19.49% | |||
Kinmen County | 126,422 | 3,586 | 7.97% | 28,688 | 63.79% | 9,796 | 21.7% | |||
Lienchiang County | 12,083 | 482 | 7.96% | 3,881 | 64.12% | 1,330 | 21.97% | |||
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