2020 Taiwanese legislative election

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.

2020 Taiwanese legislative election

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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.93%[a] (Increase 7.59pp)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Cho Jung-tai Wu Den-yih Ko Wen-je
Party DPP Kuomintang TPP
Last election 68 seats, 44.06% 35 seats, 26.91%
Seats won 61 38 5
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 3 New
Constituency vote 6,383,783
45.11%
Increase 0.52pp
5,761,995
40.71%
Increase 1.82pp
264,478
1.87%
New
Party vote 4,811,241
33.98%
Decrease 10.10pp
4,723,504
33.36%
Increase 6.45pp
1,588,806
11.22%
New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Hsu Yung-ming Chen Yi-chi
Party NPP Statebuilding
Last election 5 seats, 6.11%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 2 New
Constituency vote 141,952
1.00%
Decrease 1.89pp
141,503
1.00%
New
Party vote 1,098,100
7.75%
Decrease 1.64pp
447,286
3.16%
New


Election cartogram

President before election

Su Jia-chyuan
DPP

Elected President

Yu Shyi-kun
DPP

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 edit

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 edit

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

  • Kaoshiung and Pingtung each lost a seat.
  • Tainan and Hsinchu County each gained a seat.
  • The boundary between Taichung II and Taichung VII was adjusted.

Contesting parties and candidates edit

Party General seats Aboriginal seats Party list Total
Democratic Progressive Party 67 2 33 102
Kuomintang 71 5 31 107
Taiwan People's Party 17 28 45
New Power Party 5 11 16
Taiwan Statebuilding Party 10 6 16
People First Party 10 22 32
Green Party 10 1 6 17
New Party 10 10
Taiwan Action Party Alliance 11 5 16
Stabilizing Force Party 9 2 10 21
Taiwan Solidarity Union 7 7
Congress Party Alliance 13 6 19
Chinese Unification Promotion Party 10 7 17
Interfaith Union 12 8 20
Formosa Alliance 10 2 6 18
Labor Party 10 2 12
United Action Alliance 10 2 8 20
Taiwan Renewal Party 11 1 6 18
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party 9 1 4 14
Taiwan Labor Party 3 3
Independent 86 5 91
Others 26 0 0 26
Total 410 21 216 647

Opinion polling edit

 

Results edit

 
PartyParty-listConstituency/AboriginalTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Democratic Progressive Party4,811,24133.98136,383,78345.114861–7
Kuomintang4,723,50433.36135,761,99540.712538+3
Taiwan People's Party1,588,80611.225264,4781.8705New
New Power Party1,098,1007.753141,9521.0003–2
People First Party518,9213.66060,6140.4300–3
Taiwan Statebuilding Party447,2863.160141,5031.0011New
Green Party Taiwan341,4652.41039,3870.28000
New Party147,3731.04000
Taiwan Action Party Alliance143,6171.01020,1340.1400New
Stabilizing Force Party94,5630.67028,6960.2000New
Taiwan Solidarity Union50,4350.36000
Congress Party Alliance40,3310.28081,5080.5800New
Chinese Unification Promotion Party32,9660.2308,7900.06000
Interfaith Union31,1170.2207,7020.05000
Formosa Alliance29,3240.21012,7420.0900New
Labor Party19,9410.14013,6940.10000
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 Party1,8700.0100New
Taiwan Motive Force Party1,3560.0100New
Chinese Culture Revival Party1,2960.0100New
Taiwan Independence Party9390.01000
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 edit

Constituency Result Elected member Constituency Result Elected 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 hold Wu Ping-jui IV DPP gain from Kuomintang Kao Chia-yu
V DPP hold Su Chiao-hui V Independent hold[b] Freddy Lim[b]
VI DPP hold Chang Hung-lu VI Kuomintang hold Lin Yi-hua
VII DPP hold Lo Chih-cheng VII Kuomintang hold Fai Hrong-tai
VIII DPP hold Chiang Yung-chang VIII Kuomintang hold Lai Shyh-bao
IX Kuomintang hold Lin Te-fu
X DPP hold Wu Chi-ming
XI Kuomintang hold Lo 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 hold Huang Shier-chieh II Statebuilding gain from Kuomintang in redrawn constituency Chen Po-wei
III Kuomintang hold Lu Ming-che III Kuomintang gain from New Power Yang Chiung-ying
IV Kuomintang gain from DPP Wan Mei-ling IV DPP hold Chang Liao Wan-chien
V Kuomintang hold Lu Yu-ling V 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 constituency Lai Huei-yuen Kaohsiung City[c] 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 seat Lin I-chin IV DPP hold Lin Tai-hua
V DPP hold in redrawn constituency Lin Jun-xian V DPP hold in redrawn constituency Lee Kun-tse
VI DPP hold in redrawn constituency Wang Ting-yu VI DPP hold in redrawn constituency Chao Tien-lin
VII DPP hold Hsu Chih-chieh
VIII DPP hold in redrawn constituency Lai Jui-lung
Yilan County DPP hold Chen Ou-po Hsinchu County I Kuomintang hold in redrawn constituency Lin Wei-chou
II Kuomintang gain new seat Lin Si-ming
Miaoli County I Kuomintang hold Chen Chao-ming Changhua County I DPP gain from Kuomintang Chen Hsiu-bao
II Kuomintang hold Hsu Chih-jung II DPP hold Huang Hsiu-fang
III Kuomintang gain from DPP Hsieh Yi-fong
IV DPP hold Chen 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 hold Tsai Yi-yu Pingtung County[c] I DPP hold in redrawn constituency Chung Chia-pin
II DPP hold Chen Ming-wen II Independent hold[d] Su Chen-ching[d]
Taitung County DPP hold Liu Chao-how Hualien County Independent gain from DPP Fu Kun-chi
Penghu County DPP hold Yang Yao Keelung City DPP hold Cai Shi-ying
Hsinchu City Kuomintang gain from DPP Cheng Cheng-chien Chiayi City DPP hold Wang 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[e] Kao Chin Su-mei[e]
Kuomintang hold Liao Kuo-tung DPP gain from Kuomintang Saidai Tarovecahe
DPP hold Chen Ying Kuomintang hold Kung Wen-chi

Aboriginal constituencies edit

PartyLowlandsHighlandsTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Kuomintang78,15364.12250,09334.6113–1
Democratic Progressive Party25,84321.20125,77217.8112+1
Taiwan Renewal Party5,0204.1200New
Formosa Alliance2,9582.4305770.4000New
Stabilizing Force Party1,2731.0401,2410.8600New
Green Party Taiwan1,1630.80000
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 edit

Notes edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "中選會資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ Wang, Cheng-chung; Ko, Lin (19 March 2019). "Presidential, legislative elections to be held Jan. 11, 2020". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  3. ^ 蘇嘉全、賴清德協商立委選區定案 僅屏東再微調 Archived 9 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine Mirror Media, 7 January 2019 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  5. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  6. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..
  7. ^ "The 15th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and The 10th Legislator Election". www.cec.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020..