2016 Taiwanese legislative election

2016 Taiwanese legislative election
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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan ; 57 seats needed for a majority
Registered	18,692,217
Turnout	66.34% 8.13 pp
	Election cartogram
President before election; Wang Jin-pyng ; Kuomintang	Elected President ; Su Jia-chyuan ; DPP

Last updated January 14, 2024

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016 to elect all 113 members in the Legislative Yuan, alongside presidential elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen, who also won the presidential election on the same day, secured a majority for the first time in history by winning 68 seats. The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) lost both the presidency and its legislative majority and returned to the opposition.

The DPP managed to unseat the KMT in its traditional blue strongholds across Taiwan, turning districts in Taipei, Taichung and Hualien green, while KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin conceded defeat to relatively unknown city councilor Tsai Shih-ying from the DPP, becoming one of the most notable upsets in the election. The year-old New Power Party (NPP), founded by young activists in the wake of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, entered the Legislative Yuan, winning five seats from KMT veterans.^[2]

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting.

Contesting parties and candidates

The two major parties, the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party, used different strategies when nominating candidates for the Legislative Yuan elections. The Kuomintang nominated a candidate in all but one of the constituency seats.^[3] The sole exception was Taipei 2, where they instead supported the New Party candidate. The DPP, on the other hand, developed a cooperation strategy with several minor parties. The DPP agreed to support candidates from these parties in exchange for agreements not to stand in tight races where they might sap DPP votes. These included the New Power Party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, and the Green-Social Democratic Coalition, as well as several independents.^[4]^[5] This strategy did not work in Hsinchu, where the NPP and DPP backed separate candidates.^[6] A total of 43 female candidates won election to the Legislative Yuan, the most ever to take office.^[7]

Party		General electorates	Aboriginal electorates	Party list	Total
	Kuomintang	72	5	33	110
	Democratic Progressive Party	60	2	34	96
	Unionist Party ^[8]	14	－	10	24
	Minkuotang	13	1	10	24
	People First Party	6	1	16	23
	Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan	12	－	6	18
	New Power Party	12	－	6	18
	Free Taiwan Party^[9]	11	－	6	17
	MCFAP	11	1	5	17
	Green-Social Democratic Coalition^[10]	11	－	6	17
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	2	－	15	17
	Faith And Hope League	8	2	6	16
	Trees Party	11	－	2	13
	National Health Service Alliance	9	1	3	13
	Peace Pigeon Union Party	10		3	13
	New Party	2	－	10	12
	Taiwan Independence Party	9	1	1	11
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	－	1	7	8
	Taiwan Labor Party	5	－	－	5
	People's Democratic Front	2	－	－	2
	Social Welfare Party	2	－	－	2
	Pan-Pacific E.P. Union Party	2	－	－	2
	The Motorists' Party of ROC	1	－	－	1
	Taiwan Win Party	1	－	－	1
	Labor Party	1	－	－	1
	Zheng Party	1	－	－	1
	Taiwan First Nations Party	1	－	－	1
	China Production Party	1	－	－	1
	Independents	66	6	－	72
Total		354	23	179	556

Opinion polls

Nationwide polling for the Taiwan legislator-at-large election (party vote) of 2016. 2016-Twn-Party-polling.png — Nationwide polling for the Taiwan legislator-at-large election (party vote) of 2016.

Single and multi member districts

Source	Date	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	MKT	NPP	G–SD	NP	FTP	IND	Other	Undecided	Lead
Trend Archived 13 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine	9 February 2015	18.5%	31.2%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14.5%	1.4%	34.4%	12.7%
Trend Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine	19 May 2015	19.1%	25.2%	2.6%	3.8%	0.4%	3.3%	2.4%	0.9%	–	13.4%	3.6%	25.2%	6.1%
Trend¹	12 July 2015	15.5%	30.7%	1.2%	3.4%	–	–	–	0.7%	–	14.0%	–	29.6%	15.2%
Trend² Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine	16 July 2015	20.3%	27.8%	0.6%	4.3%	–	–	–	0.8%	–	12.9%	1.2%	26.9%	7.5%
Trend³	6 August 2015	19.9%	25.9%	0.9%	4.9%	–	–	–	1.2%	–	2.2%	–	36.7%	6.0%
Taiwan index	12 September 2015	21.4%	30.9%	0.1%	2.5%	–	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	–	–	1.5%	42.3%	9.5%
Apple Daily	14 September 2015	30.29%	38.17%	2.11%	8.12%	1.33%	4.53%	–	–	–	–	15.45%		7.88%
Trend	14 September 2015	15.9%	31.2%	0.4%	2.1%	0.8%	5.9%	1.4%	–	0.5%	11.4%	2.5%	27.9%	15.3%
Trend Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine	17 September 2015	18.3%	29.9%	1.2%	2.4%	0.5%	5.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.3%	3.7%	1.1%	35.2%	11.6%
Trend	24 September 2015	18.3%	32.6%	1.6%	5.2%	0.5%	5.6%	2.0%	0.6%	–	0.4%	2.7%	30.5%	14.3%
Daily	16 October 2015	31.28%	38.11%	1.93%	4.75%	1.33%	5.94%	1.04%	1.49%	–	–	–	13.68%	6.83%
TVBS Archived 6 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine	19 October 2015	30%	30%	–	1%	–	1%	–	–	–	2%	1%	35%	Tied
Trend	24 October 2015	19.0%	35.0%	1.0%	2.4%	0.8%	4.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	2.0%	0.3%	34.4%	16.0%
Notice： Third party (politics)：¹4.5%, ²5.2%, ³8.1%.

Proportional representation

Source	Date	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	MKT	NPP	G–SD	NP*	FTP	Other	Undecided	Lead
Trend	14 March 2015	19.9%	25.7%	4.0%	7.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	43.4%	5.8%
Trend Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine Archived 29 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine	19 May 2015	26.7%	33.4%	4.4%	6.6%	0.4%	3.6%	4.2%	1.5%	–	4.6%	14.6%	6.7%
TVBS¹ Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine	1 June 2015	24%	29%	3%	4%	0.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.8%	–	2%	34%	5.0%
New Realm	9 July 2015	18.67%	31.67%	1.61%	5.14%	–	3.86%	1.12%	1.29%	–	1.08%	35.08%	13.00%
Trend²	12 July 2015	20.5%	38.2%	3.7%	8.3%	–	–	–	0.9%	–	–	20.1%	13.7%
Trend³ Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Archived 23 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine	16 July 2015	24.6%	35.6%	4.1%	9.2%	–	–	–	2.1%	–	0.4%	16.5%	11.0%
Decision	9 August 2015	24.3%	30.3%	1.8%	6.6%	–	5.6%	2.6%	1.4%	–	–	27.4%	6.0%
Freedom Journal	26 August 2015	17.38%	36.71%	1.39%	4.93%	0.28%	1.3%	0.46%	–	–	2.42%	35.13%	19.33%
Taiwan Index	12 September 2015	22.1%	35.1%	1.9%	7.2%	0.0%	0.3%	1.4%	0.1%	–	2.1%	29.9%	13.0%
Trend	14 September 2015	21.5%	37.6%	4.1%	5.6%	0.8%	6.8%	1.8%	–	0.5%	0.9%	20.4%	16.0%
Trend Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine	17 September 2015	22.7%	34.2%	3.7%	4.3%	0.7%	5.6%	2.3%	–	1.6%	0.5%	24.4%	11.5%
Freedom journal	23 September 2015	17.81%	34.26%	1.54%	3.56%	–	1.83%	0.19%	–	–	40.82%		16.45%
Trend	23 September 2015	19.7%	34.7%	3.4%	6.9%	0.5%	7.0%	1.7%	–	–	2.4%	23.7%	15.0%
Freedom Journal	16 October 2015	19.01%	33.17%	1.65%	3.2%	0.39%	1.75%	0.10%	–	–	–	40.71%	14.16%
TVBS Archived 6 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine	18 October 2015	33%	28%	3%	3%	2%	5%	2%	–	–	2%	22%	5.0%
Trend	24 October 2015	21.3%	37.5%	3.0%	7.2%	0.6%	4.7%	2.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	22.3%	16.2%
Shih Hsin University⁴	31 October 2015	23.3%	34%	2.3%	4.1%	0.5%	3.1%	–	0.7%	–	–	30.2%	11.7%
TVBS	13 December 2015	23%	27%	2%	5%	2%	6%	3%	–	–	3%	25%	4%
Notice:： New Party (Taiwan)：[*] New Party decided to fully support Kuomintang and withdrew all their candidates on proportional representation,^[11] but eventually still announced their own proportional candidates in November.^[12] Home Party：¹0.5% Non-Partisan Solidarity Union：⁴1.8% Third party (politics)：²8.3%,³7.5%.

Results



Party		Party-list				Constituency/Aboriginal				Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Democratic Progressive Party	5,370,953	44.06	+9.44	18	5,416,683	44.59	+0.79	50	68	+28
	Kuomintang	3,280,949	26.91	–17.64	11	4,724,394	38.89	–9.29	24	35	–29
	People First Party	794,838	6.52	+1.03	3	156,212	1.29	–0.04	0	3	0
	New Power Party	744,315	6.11	New	2	351,244	2.89	New	3	5	New
	New Party	510,074	4.18	+2.69	0	75,372	0.62	+0.54	0	0	0
	Green–Social Democratic Coalition	308,106	2.53	+0.79	0	203,658	1.68	+1.07	0	0	0
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	305,675	2.51	–6.45	0	97,765	0.80	New	0	0	–3
	Faith And Hope League	206,629	1.70	New	0	71,101	0.59	New	0	0	New
	Minkuotang	197,627	1.62	New	0	195,140	1.61	New	0	0	New
	Military, Civil and Faculty Alliance Party	87,213	0.72	New	0	17,718	0.15	New	0	0	New
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	77,672	0.64	New	0	27,690	0.23	–1.05	1	1	–1
	Trees Party	77,174	0.63	New	0	30,224	0.25	New	0	0	New
	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	56,347	0.46	New	0	18,812	0.15	New	0	0	New
	National Health Service Alliance	51,024	0.42	–0.82	0	12,429	0.10	–0.05	0	0	0
	Free Taiwan Party	47,988	0.39	New	0	18,495	0.15	New	0	0	New
	Peace Dove Alliance Party	30,617	0.25	New	0	10,318	0.08	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Independence Party	27,496	0.23	New	0	7,809	0.06	New	0	0	New
	Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan	15,442	0.13	New	0	13,518	0.11	New	0	0	New
	People's Democratic Front					7,403	0.06	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Labor Party					6,098	0.05	New	0	0	New
	Labor Party					5,773	0.05	New	0	0	New
	The Motorists' Party of ROC					3,040	0.03	New	0	0	New
	Social Welfare Party					2,751	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Win Party					2,700	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Pan-Pacific E.P. Union Party					1,946	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Righteous Party					847	0.01	–0.00	0	0	0
	Taiwan First Party					567	0.00	New	0	0	New
	Chinese Production Party					568	0.00	New	0	0	New
	Independents					668,446	5.50	+1.45	1	1	0
Total		12,190,139	100.00	–	34	12,148,721	100.00	–	79	113	0

Valid votes		12,190,139	97.94			12,148,721	97.97
Invalid/blank votes		256,897	2.06			251,308	2.03
Total votes		12,447,036	100.00			12,400,029	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,786,940	66.25			18,692,217	66.34
Source: CEC, Election Study Center, Election Study Center

By constituency

Constituency		Incumbent		Candidates				Results
Constituency		Incumbent		Winner		First runner-up		Results
New Taipei City	I		Wu Yu-sheng (KMT)		Lu Sun-ling (DPP) 53.28%		Wu Yu-sheng (KMT) 40.88%	DPP gain.
	II		Lin Shu-fen (DPP)		Lin Shu-fen (DPP) 68.75%		Chen Ming-yi (KMT) 31.25%	Incumbent re-elected.
	III		Gao Jyh-peng (DPP)		Gao Jyh-peng (DPP) 54.54%		Lee Chien-lung (KMT) 35.43%	Incumbent re-elected.
	IV		Lee Hung-chun (KMT)		Wu Ping-jui (DPP) 62.99%		Lee Hung-chun (KMT) 29.40%	DPP gain.
	V		Huang Chih-hsiung (KMT)		Su Chiao-hui (DPP) 56.11%		Huang Chih-hsiung (KMT) 40.77%	DPP gain.
	VI		Lin Hung-chih (KMT)		Chang Hung-lu (DPP) 52.61%		Lin Kuo-chun (KMT) 39.55%	DPP gain.
	VII		Chiang Huei-chen (KMT)		Lo Chih-cheng (DPP) 53.61%		Chiang Huei-chen (KMT) 39.84%	DPP gain.
	VIII		Chang Ching-chung (KMT)		Chiang Yung-chang (DPP) 53.67%		Chang Ching-chung (KMT) 40.43%	DPP gain.
	IX		Lin Te-fu (KMT)		Lin Te-fu (KMT) 52.44%		Lee Hsin-chang (Nonpartisan) 29.57%	Incumbent re-elected.
	X		Lu Chia-chen (KMT)		Wu Chi-ming (DPP) 58.50%		Lu Chia-chen (KMT) 38.46%	DPP gain.
	XI		Lo Ming-tsai (KMT)		Lo Ming-tsai (KMT) 51.00%		Chen Yung-fu (DPP) 51.00%	Incumbent re-elected.
	XII		Lee Ching-hua (KMT)		Huang Kuo-chang (NPP) 51.52%		Lee Ching-hua (KMT) 43.72%	NPP gain.
Taipei City	I		Ting Shou-chung (KMT)		Rosalia Wu (DPP) 50.82%		Ting Shou-chung (KMT) 43.77%	DPP gain.
	II		Pasuya Yao (DPP)		Pasuya Yao (DPP) 59.29%		Wynn H.T. Pan (NP) 36.43%	Incumbent re-elected.
	III		Lo Shu-lei (KMT)		Chiang Wan-an (KMT) 46.68%		Billy Pan (Nonpartisan) 38.42%	KMT hold.
	IV		Tsai Cheng-yuan (KMT)		Lee Yen-hsiu (KMT) 41.74%		Huang Shan-shan (PFP) 38.42%	KMT hold.
	V		Lin Yu-fang (KMT)		Freddy Lim (NPP) 49.52%		Lin Yu-fang (KMT) 45.58%	NPP gain.
	VI		Chiang Nai-shin (KMT)		Chiang Nai-shin (KMT) 46.10%		Fan Yun (Green & SD) 35.36%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VII		Fai Hrong-tai (KMT)		Fai Hrong-tai (KMT) 45.05%		Yang Shih-chiu (Nonpartisan) 42.28%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VIII		Lai Shyh-bao (KMT)		Lai Shyh-bao (KMT) 45.05%		Lee Ching-yuan (Nonpartisan) 42.28%	Incumbent re-elected.
Taoyuan City	I		Chen Ken-te (KMT)		Cheng Yun-peng (DPP) 47.25%		Chen Ken-te (KMT) 44.06%	DPP gain.
	II		Liao Cheng-ching (KMT)		Chen Lai Su-mei (DPP) 50.17%		Liao Cheng-ching (KMT) 44.06%	DPP gain.
	III		Chen Shei-saint (KMT)		Chen Shei-saint (KMT) 44.71%		Hsu Ching-wen (DPP) 44.49%	Incumbent re-elected.
	IV		Yang Li-huan (KMT)		Cheng Pao-ching (DPP) 50.05%		Yang Li-huan (KMT) 49.95%	DPP gain.
	V		Lu Yu-ling (KMT)		Lu Yu-ling (KMT) 43.86%		Chao Liang-chang (DPP) 42.20%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VI		Sun Ta-chien (KMT)		Chao Cheng-yu (Nonpartisan) 46.53%		Sun Ta-chien (KMT) 46.06%	Nonpartisan gain.
Taichung City	I		Tsai Chi-chang (DPP)		Tsai Chi-chang (DPP) 60.14%		Yen chiou-yue (KMT) 37.99%	Incumbent re-elected.
	II		Yen Chin-piao (KMT)		Yen Chin-piao (KMT) 46.65%		Chen Shih-kai (DPP) 37.99%	Incumbent re-elected.
	III		Yang Chiung-ying (KMT)		Hung Tzu-yung (NPP) 53.87%		Yang Chiung-ying (KMT) 45.16%	NPP gain.
	IV		Tsai Chin-lung (KMT)		Chang Liao Wan-chien (DPP) 52.77%		Tsai Chin-lung (KMT) 36.77%	DPP gain.
	V		Lu Shiow-yen (KMT)		Lu Shiow-yen (KMT) 51.52%		Liu Kuo-lung (TSU) 39.96%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VI		Lin Chia-lung (DPP)		Huang Kuo-shu (DPP) 55.74%		Shen Chih-hwei (KMT) 40.53%	DPP hold.
	VII		Ho Hsin-chun (DPP)		Ho Hsin-chun (DPP) 63.07%		Lai Yi-huang (KMT) 35.05%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VIII		Johnny Chiang (KMT)		Johnny Chiang (KMT) 49.62%		Hsieh Chih-chung (DPP) 48.60%	Incumbent re-elected.
Tainan City	I		Yeh Yi-jin (DPP)		Yeh Yi-jin (DPP) 71.22%		Huang Rui-kun (KMT) 22.17%	Incumbent re-elected.
	II		Huang Wei-cher (DPP)		Huang Wei-cher (DPP) 76.47%		Huang Yao-sheng (KMT) 18.67%	Incumbent re-elected.
	III		Chen Ting-fei (DPP)		Chen Ting-fei (DPP) 71.38%		Xie Long-jie (KMT) 25.73%	Incumbent re-elected.
	IV		Hsu Tain-tsair (DPP)		Lin Jun-xian (DPP) 58.90%		Chen Shu-hui (KMT) 32.46%	DPP hold.
	V		Mark Chen Tan-sun (DPP)		Wang Ting-yu (DPP) 72.05%		Lin Yi-huang (KMT) 24.28%	DPP hold.
Kaohsiung City	I		Chiu Yi-ying (DPP)		Chiu Yi-ying (DPP) 59.02%		Chung Yi-chung (KMT) 39.62%	Incumbent re-elected.
	II		Chiu Chih-wei (DPP)		Chiu Chih-wei (DPP) 63.24%		Huang Yun-han (KMT) 34.91%	Incumbent re-elected.
	III		Huang Chao-shun (KMT)		Liu Shyh-fang (DPP) 53.51%		Chang Hsien-yao (KMT) 38.61%	DPP gain.
	IV		Lin Tai-hua (DPP)		Lin Tai-hua (DPP) 75.53%		Lucas Kuo (KMT) 23.21%	Incumbent re-elected.
	V		Kuan Bi-ling (DPP)		Kuan Bi-ling (DPP) 59.44%		Tsai Chin-yen (KMT) 38.60%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VI		Lee Kun-tse (DPP)		Lee Kun-tse (DPP) 58.94%		Huang Po-lin (KMT) 39.78%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VII		Chao Tien-lin (DPP)		Chao Tien-lin (DPP) 60.50%		Zhuang Qi-wang (KMT) 34.08%	Incumbent re-elected.
	VIII		Hsu Chih-chieh (DPP)		Hsu Chih-chieh (DPP) 59.13%		Huang Hsi-wen (KMT) 31.62%	Incumbent re-elected.
	IX		Lin Kuo-cheng (KMT)		Lai Jui-lung (DPP) 60.57%		Lin Kuo-cheng (KMT) 34.44%	DPP gain.
Yilan County			Chen Ou-po (DPP)		Chen Ou-po (DPP) 53.68%		Lee Chih-yung (KMT) 28.25%	Incumbent re-elected.
Hsinchu County			Hsu Hsin-ying (KMT)		Lin Wei-chou (KMT) 36.75%		Cheng Yung-chin (Non) 33.48%	KMT hold.
Miaoli County	I		Chen Chao-ming (KMT)		Chen Chao-ming (KMT) 42.26%		Tu Wen-ching (DPP) 33.48%	Incumbent re-elected.
Miaoli County	II		Hsu Yao-chang (KMT)		Hsu Chih-jung (KMT) 49.90%		Wu Yi-chen (DPP) 44.61%	KMT hold.
Changhua County	I		Wang Huei-mei (KMT)		Wang Huei-mei (KMT) 56.20%		Chen Wen-pin (DPP) 43.80%	Incumbent re-elected.
	II		Lin Tsang-min (KMT)		Huang Hsiu-fang (DPP) 45.07%		Lin Tsang-min (KMT) 40.02%	DPP gain.
	III		Cheng Ru-fen (KMT)		Hung Chun-yi (DPP) 44.58%		Cheng Ru-fen (KMT) 40.95%	DPP gain.
	IV		Wei Ming-ku (DPP)		Chen Su-yueh (DPP) 57.24%		Chang Chin-kun (KMT) 42.76%	DPP hold.
Nantou County	I		Ma Wen-chun (KMT)		Ma Wen-chun (KMT) 54.77%		Kuor Hsin-chang (DPP) 45.23%	Incumbent re-elected.
Nantou County	II		Lin Ming-chen (KMT)		Hsu Shu-hua (KMT) 56.65%		Tsai Huang-liang (DPP) 43.35%	KMT hold.
Yunlin County	I		Chang Chia-chun (KMT)		Su Chin-feng (DPP) 53.73%		Chang Jung-chi (KMT) 42.80%	DPP gain.
Yunlin County	II		Liu Chien-kuo (DPP)		Liu Chien-kuo (DPP) 68.17%		Wu Wei-chih (KMT) 26.17%	Incumbent re-elected.
Chiayi County	I		Wong Chung-chun (KMT)		Tsai Yi-yu (DPP) 52.96%		Lin Chiang-chuan (KMT) 45.44%	DPP gain.
Chiayi County	II		Chen Ming-wen (DPP)		Chen Ming-wen (DPP) 65.18%		Lin Yu-ling (KMT) 31.86%	Incumbent re-elected.
Pingtung County	I		Su Chen-ching (DPP)		Su Chen-ching (DPP) 70.00%		Liao Wan-ju (KMT) 30.00%	Incumbent re-elected.
	II		Wang Chin-shih (KMT)		Chung Chia-pin (DPP) 52.55%		Wang Chin-shih (KMT) 47.45%	DPP gain.
	III		Pan Men-an (DPP)		Chuang Jui-hsiung (DPP) 53.53%		Huang Chao-chang (Non) 47.45%	DPP hold.
Hualien County			Wang Ting-son (KMT)		Hsiao Bi-khim (DPP) 53.77%		Wang Ting-son (KMT) 43.58%	DPP gain.
Taitung County			Liu Chao-how (DPP)		Liu Chao-how (DPP) 64.18%		Chen Chien-ke (KMT) 35.81%	Incumbent re-elected.
Penghu County			Yang Yao (DPP)		Yang Yao (DPP) 55.40%		Cheng Shuang-chuan (KMT) 39.99%	Incumbent re-elected.
Keelung City			Hsieh Kuo-liang (KMT)		Cai Shi-ying (DPP) 41.45%		Hau Lung-bin (KMT) 36.14%	DPP gain.
Hsinchu City			Lu Hsueh-chang (KMT)		Ker Chien-ming (DPP) 41.33%		Cheng Cheng-chien (KMT) 36.46%	DPP gain.
Chiayi City			Lee Chun-yi (DPP)		Lee Chun-yi (DPP) 53.95%		Wu Yu-jen (KMT) 35.66%	Incumbent re-elected.
Kinmen County			Yang Ying-hsiung (KMT)		Yang Ying-hsiung (KMT) 45.08%		Wu Cherng-dean (NP) 25.93%	Incumbent re-elected.
Lienchiang County			Cheng Hsueh-sheng (KMT)		Cheng Hsueh-sheng (KMT) 68.07%		Lin Chin-kuan (Nonpartisan) 17.67%	Incumbent re-elected.
Lowland Aborigine			Sra Kacaw (KMT)		Sra Kacaw (KMT) 28.51%			Incumbent re-elected.
			Liao Kuo-tung (KMT)		Liao Kuo-tung (KMT) 20.57%			Incumbent re-elected.
			Lin Cheng-er (PFP)		Chen Ying (DPP) 18.02%			DPP gain.
Highland Aborigine			Kao Chin Su-mei (NPSU)		Kao Chin Su-mei (NPSU) 24.51%			Incumbent re-elected.
			Chien Tung-ming (KMT)		Chien Tung-ming (KMT) 22.96%			Incumbent re-elected.
			Kung Wen-chi (KMT)		Kung Wen-chi (KMT) 17.80%			Incumbent re-elected.

Source: Central Election Commission

Results by party-list

Party		Elected members
	Democratic Progressive	Wu Kuen-yuh, Wu Yu-chin, Chen Man-li, Wellington Koo, Frida Tsai, Wang Jung-chang, Kolas Yotaka, Karen Yu, Su Jia-chyuan, Tuan Yi-kang, Cheng Li-chun, Chen Chi-mai, Yu Mei-nu, Lee Ying-yuan, Chung Kung-chao, Lin Ching-yi, Hsu Kuo-yung, Chou Chun-mi
	Kuomintang	Wang Jin-pyng, Ko Chih-en, Arthur Chen, Lin Li-chan, Jason Hsu, Tseng Ming-chung, Huang Chao-shun, John Wu, Chang Li-shan, Hsu Chen-wei, Alicia Wang
	People First	Lee Hung-chun, Chen Yi-chieh, Chou Chen Hsiu-hsia
	New Power	Kawlo Iyun Pacidal, Hsu Yung-ming

Aftermath

Kuomintang Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin announced he was stepping down after his surprising defeat in the Keelung City Constituency by relatively unknown city councillor Tsai Shih-ying from the DPP, following the Party Chairman Eric Chu resigned from the leadership after his defeat in the presidential election.^[13]

By-elections

A total of five legislative seats are scheduled to be contested in by-elections, as both the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party drew candidates for local office from sitting legislators during the 2018 local elections. The first two by-elections are scheduled for 26 January 2019.^[14]^[15]

Notes

↑ District and aboriginal electorate; party-list electorate size was 18,786,940
↑ District and aboriginal electorate; party-list voter turnout was 66.25%
1 2 3 Party-list election
↑ Did not stand in the party-list election in 2012

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[2] District and aboriginal electorate; party-list electorate size was 18,786,940

[3] District and aboriginal electorate; party-list voter turnout was 66.25%

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[5] Did not stand in the party-list election in 2012

[1] "中選會資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[6] Chow, Jermyn (17 January 2016). "Historic change as KMT loses long-held Parliament majority". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2 November 2022.

[7] 第 09 屆立法委員選舉（區域）候選人得票數 (in Chinese), Central Election Commission

[TT-DPP-coop-8] Loa, Iok-sin (10 December 2015). "DPP approves list of candidates outside the party to support". Taipei Times.

[9] Loa, Iok-sin (8 January 2016). "Chen Chien-jen stumps for candidates in Taipei". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 March 2017.

[10] Gerber, Abraham (26 November 2015). "NPP candidate registers for Hsinchu seat race". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[11] Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Huang, Frances (30 January 2016). "Taiwan's new legislature to have more female lawmakers, become younger". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016. Alt URL

[12] "黨章 – 中華統一促進黨". china999.org. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[13] "自由台灣黨、一邊一國結盟　拼立委選舉". 蘋果日報.

[14] 林瑋豐 (17 August 2015). "綠黨社民黨聯盟成立「淘汰國民黨，制衡民進黨」". 風傳媒. Retrieved 17 August 2015.

[15] RB. "新黨全球資訊網 - [新黨訊] "新黨不選政黨票了嗎？" - 青新論壇 - 新聞公告". np.org.tw. Archived from the original on 22 November 2015.

[16] "新黨公布不分區立委：葉毓蘭第一、邱毅第二" (in Chinese). Liberty Times Net. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[17] "KMT's head Eric Chu, deputy head Hau Lung-bin step down". Focus Taiwan. 16 January 2016.

[18] Li, Shu-hua; Ko, Lin (30 November 2018). "Two legislative by-elections to be held on Jan. 26, 2019: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

[19] "Legislative by-elections set for Jan. 26". Taipei Times. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

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