Election Name: | 1984 Taiwanese presidential election |
Country: | Taiwan |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1978 Taiwanese presidential election |
Previous Year: | 1978 |
Next Election: | 1990 Taiwanese presidential election |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Election Date: | March 21, 1984 |
Nominee1: | Chiang Ching-kuo |
Running Mate1: | Lee Teng-hui |
Party1: | Kuomintang |
Electoral Vote1: | 1,012 |
Percentage1: | 100.00% |
President | |
Before Election: | Chiang Ching-kuo |
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, 1984. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Ching-kuo was re-elected for the second term with Governor of Taiwan Province Lee Teng-hui as the Vice President.
Incumbent Vice-president Hsieh Tung-min decided not to seek for his second term due to old age. The then Governor of Taiwan Province Lee Teng-hui, also a Taiwan-born Kuomintang member, was picked Chiang's running-mate. Chiang died in office on January 13, 1988. Vice President Lee Teng-hui then sworn in as the President.
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 1,036 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this seventh session of the first National Assembly.[1]