Presidential elections in Taiwan

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The election of the president and vice president of Taiwan (Chinese: 中華民國總統、副總統選舉) is a universal direct election through secret vote by the citizens of Taiwan (ROC) in the Free Area. ROC presidents are elected by relative majority (plurality), meaning the candidate with the most votes wins without a runoff requirement.[1][2] The most recent election took place on January 13, 2024.

  • The Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act[3] states that a candidate for president or vice president must be a citizen of the Republic of China, at least 40 years old, and a resident of Taiwan for a period of no less than 15 years with a physical presence of no less than 6 consecutive months.
  • The following persons shall not be registered as candidates for the president:
    • Military personnel
    • Election officials
    • People who hold foreign nationality or who hold residency of the People's Republic of China
    • People who have restored their nationality or acquired their nationality by naturalization
  • The president and vice president are nominated on a joint ticket. Political parties which have gained at least 5% of the votes in the last presidential or legislative election may nominate a set of candidates directly. For example, during the 2012 elections, only the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party were qualified to nominate candidates through this rule. Alternatively, candidates may be nominated by a petition signed by eligible voters numbering no less than 1.5% of the electors in the last legislative election. (This equals 252,848 signatures for the 2012 election.)[3]

List of presidential elections in Taiwan

Order Year Party Presidential
candidate
Vice presidential
candidate
Popular vote %
9 1996 Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui Lien Chan 5,813,699 54.00%
Democratic Progressive Peng Ming-min Frank Hsieh 2,274,586 21.13%
Independent Lin Yang-kang Hau Pei-tsun 1,603,790 14.90%
Independent Chen Li-an Wang Ching-feng 1,074,044 9.98%
10 2000 Democratic Progressive Chen Shui-bian Annette Lu 4,977,697 39.30%
Independent James Soong Chang Chau-hsiung 4,664,972 36.84%
Kuomintang Lien Chan Vincent Siew 2,925,513 23.10%
Independent Hsu Hsin-liang Josephine Chu 79,429 0.63%
New Li Ao Elmer Fung 16,782 0.13%
11 2004 Democratic Progressive Chen Shui-bian Annette Lu 6,471,970 50.11%
Kuomintang Lien Chan James Soong 6,442,452 49.89%
12 2008 Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou Vincent Siew 7,659,014 58.45%
Democratic Progressive Frank Hsieh Su Tseng-chang 5,444,949 41.55%
13 2012 Kuomintang Ma Ying-jeou Wu Den-yih 6,891,139 51.60%
Democratic Progressive Tsai Ing-wen Su Jia-chyuan 6,093,578 45.63%
Independent James Soong Lin Ruey-shiung 369,588 2.77%
14 2016 Democratic Progressive Tsai Ing-wen Chen Chien-jen 6,894,744 56.12%
Kuomintang Eric Chu Wang Ju-hsuan 3,813,365 31.04%
People First James Soong Hsu Hsin-ying 1,576,861 12.84%
15 2020 Democratic Progressive Tsai Ing-wen Lai Ching-te 8,170,231 57.13%
Kuomintang Han Kuo-yu Chang San-cheng 5,522,119 38.61%
People First James Soong Sandra Yu 608,590 4.26%
16 2024 Democratic Progressive Lai Ching-te Hsiao Bi-khim 5,586,019 40.05%
Kuomintang Hou Yu-ih Jaw Shaw-kong 4,671,021 33.49%
Taiwan People's Ko Wen-je Cynthia Wu 3,690,466 26.46%
  • Electoral maps of Taiwanese presidential elections
  • 2024 Election
    2024 Election
  • 2020 Election
    2020 Election
  • 2016 Election
    2016 Election
  • 2012 Election
    2012 Election
  • 2008 Election
    2008 Election
  • 2004 Election
    2004 Election
  • 2000 Election
    2000 Election
  • 1996 Election
    1996 Election
Votes received by political parties in the direct presidential elections.
  Kuomintang candidates
  Taiwan People's Party candidates
  Others

See also

References

  1. ^ "Factbox: How does a Taiwan election work?". Reuters. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
  2. ^ Bush, Richard C. (December 18, 2023). "Explaining Taiwan's 2024 presidential election". The Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
  3. ^ a b "Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act".