1975 Taiwanese legislative election explained

The third supplementary elections for the Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 20 December 1975.[1]

Compared with the second supplementary election the number of new delegates to the Legislative Yuan had been increased by one to 52, because of an increase in population. Of these, 37 were to be elected directly to represent Taiwan Province and the special municipality of Taipei. The remaining 15 seats were to represent overseas nationals and were appointed by the President.

Turnout for the supplementary election of the Legislative Yuan was 75.97% of 8,410,775 eligible votes. Of the 37 elected delegates, 30 belonged to the Kuomintang, one belonged to the Chinese Youth Party, and 6 were independent. All members chosen were born on Taiwan except for 5 delegates, who (or their parents) were from the Mainland.

Results

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsElectorateTurnout%PartyVotes%Seats
won
Taipei City51,013,279578,98957.14Kuomintang356,80963.013
Independents209,35936.992
Taiwan I31,077,411768,46371.32Kuomintang305,93641.412
Chinese Youth Party143,99219.491
Independents288,87139.10
Taiwan II3903,559823,35591.12Kuomintang809,3671003
Taiwan III51,404,1521,108,68478.96Kuomintang951,53388.054
Independents129,03511.951
Taiwan IV51,442,2041,104,95576.62Kuomintang914,45684.914
Independents162,46815.091
Taiwan V41,256,684929,58373.97Kuomintang693,41389.284
Independents213,33210.720
Taiwan VI1229,718187,35881.56Kuomintang155,17484.991
Independents27,40915.010
Fujian130,30729,74498.14Kuomintang29,4361001
Highland Aborigine1124,896114,01791.29Kuomintang112,5901001
Farmers2329,169299,32290.93Kuomintang288,1881002
Fishermen181,82961,98275.75Kuomintang60,7161001
Workers2367,088266,99672.73Kuomintang173,14268.001
Independents81,48032.001
Industrial group121,22113,62764.21Kuomintang12,7661001
Business group187,40366,75176.37Kuomintang46,63473.241
Independents17,03826.760
Education group141,85538,43788.71Kuomintang32,30186.991
Independents4,82913.010
Source: Dong[2]

Further reading

Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan’s Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, [Baltimore, Md.], Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64),

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Book: Dong, Xiangfei. The General Conditions Regarding Elections in the Republic of China. 1984.