Elections in the Republic of China
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Elections of the Republic of China gives information on election and election results in the Republic of China (traditional Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) with effective control over Taiwan, Quemoy, Matsu and some islands in the South China Sea since 1949. The Republic of China elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a four year term by the people. The Legislative Yuan (Lifa Yuan 立法院) currently has 225 members, 168 members elected for a three year term in multi-seat constituencies, 8 members representing the aboriginals, 41 members elected by proportional representation and 8 members representing the overseas Chinese elected by proportional representation. Amid 70% public support, the Legislative Yuan voted 217-1 on August 23, 2004 for a package of amendments to:
- halve the number of seats from 225 to 113
- switch to a single-member district parallel voting electoral system
- increase the terms of members from 3 to 4 years, to synchronize the legislative and presidential elections. (It is unclear whether this will be implemented for the next presidential and legislative elections with small parties opposing the move, because it would reduce their chances of getting better results)
The new electoral system will include 73 plurality seats (one for each electoral district), 6 seats for aboriginals, with the remaining 34 seats to be filled from party lists. Every county has a minimum of 1 electoral district, thereby guaranteed at least one seat in the legislature, while party lists for the porportionally represented seats must be half women. Members for this 34 party lists seats shall be elected from the lists of political parties in proportion to the number of votes won by each party that obtains at least 5 percent of the total vote on the Free Area of the Republic of China (中華民國自由地區).
The ROC has a multi-party system, but there are only a few major parties organized into two factions: the Pan-Blue Coalition and the Pan-Green Coalition.
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[edit] Latest elections
[edit] 2005 National Assembly election
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Parties in favor of the amendments | 249 | ||
 Democratic Progressive Party |
1,647,791 | 42.52 | 127 |
 Kuomintang |
1,508,384 | 38.92 | 117 |
| ___ Chinese People's Party | 41,940 | 1.08 | 3 |
| ___ Peasant Party | 15,516 | 0.40 | 1 |
 Civil Party |
8,609 | 0.22 | 1 |
| Parties not in favor of the amendments | 51 | ||
 Taiwan Solidarity Union |
273,147 | 7.05 | 21 |
 People First Party |
236,716 | 6.11 | 18 |
| ___ 150 persons union led by Jhang Ya Jhong | 65,081 | 1.68 | 5 |
 New Party |
34,253 | 0.88 | 3 |
 Non-Partisan Solidarity Union |
25,162 | 0.65 | 2 |
 Taiwan Independence Party |
11,500 | 0.30 | 1 |
| ___ 20 persons union led by Wang Ting Sing | 7,499 | 0.19 | 1 |
| Total (turnout ) | 300 | ||
[edit] 2004 Legislative election
| Coalitions and parties | Votes | % | Seats | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pan-Blue Coalition | 114 | -1 | ||
| Kuomintang 中國國民黨 (Zhongguo Guomin Dang,KMT) |
3,190,081 | 34.90 | 79 | +11 |
| People First Party 親民黨 (Qinmin Dang) |
1,350,613 | 14.78 | 34 | –12 |
| New Party 新黨 (Xin Dang) |
12,137 | 0.13 | 1 | |
| Pan-Green Coalition | 101 | +1 | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party 民主進步黨 (Minzhu Jinbu Dang) |
3,471,429 | 37.98 | 89 | +2 |
| Taiwan Solidarity Union 台灣團結聯盟 (Taiwan Tuanjie Lianmeng) |
756,712 | 8.28 | 12 | –1 |
| Others | 10 | |||
| Non-Partisan Solidarity Union |
353,164 | 3.86 | 6 | –5 |
| Non-partisans | 4 | |||
| Total (turnout ) | 9,140,067 | 225 | ||
| 5% vote threshold needed for proportional seat assignment | ||||
[edit] 2004 Presidential election
| Candidates and nominating parties | Votes | % | Votes before recount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu |
6,446,900 | 50.11 | 6,471,970 |
| Lien Chan and James C.Y. Soong |
6,423,906 | 49.89 | 6,442,452 |
| Total (turnout 80.28 %) | 12,914,422 | 100.0 | |
| Invalid votes | 337,297 | ||
| Votes cast | 13,251,719 |
[edit] Past elections
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| Republic of China legislative elections |
| 1948 | 1969 | 1972 | 1975 | 1980 | 1983 | 1986 | 1989 | 1991 (NA) | 1992 | 1995 | 1996 (NA) | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2005 (NA) | 2008 |
| Republic of China referendums |
| 2004 | 2008 (Jan) | 2008 (Mar) |
NB: Does not include the 1948 election held in the Republic of China before the fall of mainland China to the communist government of the People's Republic of China. The terms of those elected from mainland seats lasted until December 31, 1991.
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[edit] Local elections
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- ROC Central Election Commission
- Constitution of the Republic of China (english)
- List of the seven revisions of the Republic of China COnstitution (english)
