Election Name: | 1966 Taiwanese presidential election |
Country: | Taiwan |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1960 Taiwanese presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1960 |
Next Election: | 1972 Taiwanese presidential election |
Next Year: | 1972 |
Election Date: | March 21, 1966 |
Nominee1: | Chiang Kai-shek |
Running Mate1: | Yen Chia-kan |
Party1: | Kuomintang |
Electoral Vote1: | 1,405 |
Percentage1: | 100.00% |
President | |
Before Election: | Chiang Kai-shek |
Before Party: | Kuomintang |
After Election: | Chiang Kai-shek |
After Party: | Kuomintang |
Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1966. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected for the fourth term with his Vice-President Yen Chia-kan.
The amendment of the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion in 1960 had allowed Chiang Kai-shek to seek for unlimited terms. After the death of Vice-President Chen Cheng in 1965. Chiang decided to pick premier Yen Chia-kan to be his running-mate, filling the vacancy. In the end, Yen was elected by a narrow majority, 55 per cent of the votes, while Chiang received 98 per cent of the votes.
See main article: National Assembly (Republic of China). The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, the term of the delegates who were elected during the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election was extended indefinitely until "re-election is possible in their original electoral district". In total, there were 1,446 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this fourth session of the first National Assembly.[1]