2028 Taiwanese presidential election

2028 Taiwanese presidential election

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Party DPP Kuomintang People's

Taiwan by administrative divisions

Incumbent President Lai Ching-te DPP

Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in Taiwan during 2028. Incumbent President Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was elected in 2024, is eligible to seek a second term. The winner of the 2028 presidential election is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 May 2028.

Background

In March 2024, Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Weng Hsiao-ling proposed amendments to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法) to establish a two-round system for the 2028 presidential election. Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers Michelle Lin and Rosalia Wu claimed that Weng's amendments were unconstitutional, and Weng's KMT colleague Lai Shyh-bao expressed concerns about the cost of a two-round vote. ^[1] In September 2025, Weng, Lo Chih-chiang, Yeh Yuan-chih, and Wu Tsung-hsien  [ zh ] announced that they planned to propose constitutional and legal amendments in the upcoming Legislative Yuan session related to the two-round system. ^[2] The following month, Weng proposed that Article 62 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act be amended to require a presidential ticket win a majority of votes cast and twenty percent of the eligible electorate. If the benchmark is not met in the first round, the vote progresses to a second round, where the pair of running mates with the most votes is declared the victor. ^[3] Lo began organizing a signature drive and petition to amend the Additional Articles of the Constitution in a similar fashion. ^[4]

Foreign interference

According to a December 2025 report in Yomiuri Shimbun , China has begun deploying online disinformation campaigns in an effort to prevent Lai Ching-te from being reelected. ^[5]

References

1. Pan, Jason (7 March 2024). "Two-round presidential vote proposal criticized". Taipei Times . Retrieved 19 September 2025.
2. "KMT lawmakers advocate 2-round presidential voting system by 2028". Central News Agency . Retrieved 18 September 2025. Republished as: "KMT proposes two-round presidential election system". Taipei Times . Retrieved 18 September 2025.
3. Liu, Wan-lin; Chung, Jake (7 October 2025). "KMT lawmakers push for two-round election model". Taipei Times . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
4. Hsieh, Chun-lin; Lee, Wen-hsin; Khan, Fion; Chung, Jake (7 October 2025). "KMT election proposal shortsighted: DPP". Taipei Times . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
5. Fan, Wei-li (28 December 2025). "China using AI vote meddling: report". Taipei Times . Retrieved 28 December 2025.