2024 Taiwanese legislative election

2024 Taiwanese legislative election
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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan; 57 seats needed for a majority
President before election; Yu Shyi-kun; DPP	Elected President ; TBD;

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 for the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China concurrently with the presidential elections.^[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 10 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 that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan.^[3] The term of the Legislative Yuan is scheduled to begin on 1 February 2024.

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.

Contesting parties and candidates[edit]

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
	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

Results[edit]

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 TPP 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 who are both ideologically aligned with the Kuomintang were also elected.^[3]

The election marked the first time since 2004 that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan.^[3] The results also meant that the TPP’s support was crucial in the selection of the President of the Legislative Yuan.^[8]

The election was also the first time that an openly gay candidate, Huang Jie (DPP) of Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency, was elected to the chamber.^[9]



Party		Party-list			Constituency/Aboriginal			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total seats	+/–
	Democratic Progressive Party	4,981,060	36.16	13	6,095,276	45.09	38	51	–10
	Kuomintang	4,764,293	34.58	13	5,401,933	39.96	39	52	+14
	Taiwan People's Party	3,040,334	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		13,776,736	100.00	34	13,518,140	100.00	79	113	0

Valid votes		13,776,736	98.10		13,518,140	97.41
Invalid/blank votes		267,306	1.90		359,917	2.59
Total votes		14,044,042	100.00		13,878,057	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,566,007	71.78		19,468,969	71.28
Source: Central Election Commission

By constituency[edit]

Constituency			Incumbent member
Taipei City	I	DPP hold		Rosalia Wu
	II	DPP hold		Ho Chih-wei	Wang Shih-chien
	III	Kuomintang hold		Wang Hung-wei
	IV	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Kao Chia-yu	Lee Yen-Hsiu
	V	DPP hold		Freddy Lim	Wu Pei-yi
	VI	Kuomintang hold	Vacant		Lo Chih-chiang
	VII	Kuomintang hold		Lin Yi-hua	Hsu Chiao-hsin
	VIII	Kuomintang hold		Lai Shyh-bao
New Taipei City	I	Kuomintang hold		Hung Mong-kai
	II	DPP hold		Lin Shu-fen
	III	DPP hold		Yu Tian	Lee Kuen-cheng
	IV	DPP hold		Wu Ping-jui
	V	DPP hold		Su Chiao-hui
	VI	DPP hold		Chang Hung-lu
	VII	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lo Chih-cheng	Yeh Yuan-chih
	VIII	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Chiang Yung-chang	Chang Chih-lun
	IX	Kuomintang hold		Lin Te-fu
	X	DPP hold		Wu Chi-ming
	XI	Kuomintang hold		Lo Ming-tsai
	XII	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lai Pin-yu	Liao Hsien-hsiang
Taoyuan City	I	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Cheng Yun-peng	Niu Hsu-ting
	II	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Huang Shier-chieh	Tu Chuan-chi
	III	Kuomintang hold		Lu Ming-che
	IV	Kuomintang hold		Wan Mei-ling
	V	Kuomintang hold		Lu Yu-ling
	VI	Kuomintang gain from Independent		Chao Cheng-yu	Chiu Jo-hua
Taichung City	I	DPP hold		Tsai Chi-chang
	II	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Lin Ching-yi	Yen Kuan-heng
	III	Kuomintang hold		Yang Chiung-ying
	IV	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Chang Liao Wan-chien	Liao Wei-hsiang
	V	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Zhuang Ching-cheng	Huang Chien-hao
	VI	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Huang Kuo-shu	Lo Ting-wei
	VII	DPP hold		Ho Hsin-chun
	VIII	Kuomintang hold		Johnny Chiang
Tainan City	I	DPP hold		Lai Huei-yuen
	II	DPP hold		Kuo Kuo-wen
	III	DPP hold		Chen Ting-fei
	IV	DPP hold		Lin I-chin
	V	DPP hold		Lin Jun-xian
	VI	DPP hold		Wang Ting-yu
Kaohsiung City	I	DPP hold		Chiu Yi-ying
	II	DPP hold		Chiu Chih-wei
	III	DPP hold		Liu Shyh-fang	Lee Po-yi
	IV	DPP hold		Lin Tai-hua
	V	DPP hold		Lee Kun-tse
	VI	DPP hold		Chao Tien-lin	Huang Jie
	VII	DPP hold		Hsu Chih-chieh
	VIII	DPP hold		Lai Jui-lung
Hsinchu County	I	Kuomintang hold		Lin Wei-chou	Hsu Hsin-ying
Hsinchu County	II	Kuomintang hold		Lin Si-ming
Miaoli County	I	Independent hold		Chen Chao-ming
Miaoli County	II	Kuomintang hold		Hsu Chih-jung
Changhua County	I	DPP hold		Chen Hsiu-bao
	II	DPP hold		Huang Hsiu-fang
	III	Kuomintang hold		Hsieh Yi-fong
	IV	DPP hold		Chen Su-yueh
Nantou County	I	Kuomintang hold		Ma Wen-chun
Nantou County	II	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Frida Tsai	Yu Hao
Yunlin County	I	Kuomintang gain from DPP		Su Chih-fen	Ting Hsueh-chung
Yunlin County	II	DPP hold		Liu Chien-kuo
Chiayi County	I	DPP hold		Tsai Yi-yu
Chiayi County	II	DPP hold		Chen Ming-wen	Chen Kuan-ting
Pingtung County	I	DPP hold		Chung Chia-pin
Pingtung County	II	DPP gain from Independent		Su Chen-ching	Hsu Fu-kuei
Yilan County		DPP hold		Chen Ou-po	Chen Jun-yu
Hualien County		Kuomintang hold		Fu Kun-chi
Taitung County		Kuomintang gain from Independent		Liu Chao-how	Huang Chien-pin
Penghu County		DPP hold		Yang Yao
Kinmen County		Kuomintang hold		Chen Yu-chen
Lienchiang County		Kuomintang hold		Cheng Hsueh-sheng
Keelung City		Kuomintang gain from DPP		Cai Shi-ying	Lin Pei-hsiang
Hsinchu City		Kuomintang hold		Cheng Cheng-chien
Chiayi City		DPP hold		Wang Mei-hui

References[edit]

^ "Taiwan sets Jan 13, 2024 for presidential, legislative elections". Taiwan News. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
^ "2024 presidential, legislative elections slated for Jan. 13: CEC". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
^ ^a ^b ^c "No party gets majority in Legislature; KMT wins most seats". Focus Taiwan. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "315 legislative candidates have registered". Taipei Times. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ Lai, Yu-chen; Wang, Cheng-chung; Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Yang-yu; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Tsai, Meng-yu; Hsiao, Alison (25 November 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Parties weigh effect of KMT-TPP joint ticket failure on legislative elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Friday marked the last day of candidacy registration for both presidential and legislative elections next year. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), a total of 315 legislative candidates have registered to compete for 73 seats in the single-member districts, while 16 political parties registered their lists, with a total of 178 nominees, for 34 at-large seats.
^ Lai, Yu-chen; Liu, Kuan-ting; Yang, Evelyn (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/8 ineligible to register as legislative candidates: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ Lai, Yu-chen; Ko, Lin (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Campaign for Taiwan's Jan. 13 elections to officially start Saturday". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023. Republished as: "Election commission officially starts campaign". Taipei Times. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "No party gets legislative majority; small TPP to play key role". Focus Taiwan. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
^ "Huang Jie becomes Taiwan's first openly gay legislator". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[1] "Taiwan sets Jan 13, 2024 for presidential, legislative elections". Taiwan News. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

[2] "2024 presidential, legislative elections slated for Jan. 13: CEC". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

[nomajority-3] "No party gets majority in Legislature; KMT wins most seats". Focus Taiwan. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[4] "315 legislative candidates have registered". Taipei Times. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[5] Lai, Yu-chen; Wang, Cheng-chung; Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Yang-yu; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Tsai, Meng-yu; Hsiao, Alison (25 November 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Parties weigh effect of KMT-TPP joint ticket failure on legislative elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Friday marked the last day of candidacy registration for both presidential and legislative elections next year. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), a total of 315 legislative candidates have registered to compete for 73 seats in the single-member districts, while 16 political parties registered their lists, with a total of 178 nominees, for 34 at-large seats.

[6] Lai, Yu-chen; Liu, Kuan-ting; Yang, Evelyn (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/8 ineligible to register as legislative candidates: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[7] Lai, Yu-chen; Ko, Lin (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Campaign for Taiwan's Jan. 13 elections to officially start Saturday". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023. Republished as: "Election commission officially starts campaign". Taipei Times. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[8] "No party gets legislative majority; small TPP to play key role". Focus Taiwan. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

[9] "Huang Jie becomes Taiwan's first openly gay legislator". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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Electoral system[edit]

Contesting parties and candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

By constituency[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]