| Election Name: | 1978 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1972 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Previous Year: | 1972 |
| Next Election: | 1984 Taiwanese presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
| Election Date: | March 21, 1978 |
| Image1: | File:Portrait of Chiang Ching-kuo.jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 130px |
| Nominee1: | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| Party1: | Kuomintang |
| Running Mate1: | Hsieh Tung-min |
| Electoral Vote1: | 1,184 |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Yen Chia-kan |
| Before Party: | Kuomintang |
| After Election: | Chiang Ching-kuo |
| 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, 1978. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, son of former President Chiang Kai-shek, was elected as the President with Governor of Taiwan Province Hsieh Tung-min who became the first Taiwan-born Vice President.
Incumbent President Yen Chia-kan who succeeded Chiang Kai-shek who died in office in the capacity of Vice President in 1975 decided not to seek for re-election to make way for Chiang King-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek and the then premier and chairman of the Kuomintang.
See main article: National Assembly (Republic of China). The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, National Assembly delegates elected in the following elections were eligible to vote:
In total, there were 1,220 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this sixth session of the first National Assembly.[1]