| Election Name: | 2012 Taiwanese legislative election |
| Country: | Taiwan |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Taiwanese legislative election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Outgoing Members: | 7th Legislative Yuan |
| Election Date: | [1] |
| Elected Members: | 8th Legislative Yuan |
| Next Election: | 2016 Taiwanese legislative election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan |
| Majority Seats: | 57 |
| Registered: | 17,980,578 |
| Turnout: | 74.47% 15.97 pp |
| Image1: | Ma Ying-jeou election infobox.jpg |
| Leader1: | Ma Ying-jeou |
| Party1: | Kuomintang |
| Leader Since1: | 17 October 2009 |
| Last Election1: | 81 seats |
| Seats1: | 64 |
| Seat Change1: | 17 |
| Leader2: | Tsai Ing-wen |
| Party2: | Democratic Progressive Party |
| Leader Since2: | 20 May 2008 |
| Last Election2: | 27 seats |
| Seats2: | 40 |
| Seat Change2: | 13 |
| Image4: | Huang Kun-huei election infobox.jpg |
| Leader4: | Huang Kun-huei |
| Party4: | Taiwan Solidarity Union |
| Leader Since4: | 26 January 2007 |
| Last Election4: | 0 seats |
| Seats4: | 3 |
| Seat Change4: | 3 |
| Image5: | James Soong election infobox.jpg |
| Leader5: | James Soong |
| Party5: | People First Party (Taiwan) |
| Leader Since5: | 31 March 2000 |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| 1Blank: | Constituency vote |
| 2Blank: | Party vote |
| 1Data1: | 6,339,301 48.18% 5.32pp |
| 1Data2: | 5,763,186 43.80% 5.63pp |
| 1Data4: | Did not stand |
| 1Data5: | 175,032 1.33% 1.04pp |
| 2Data1: | 5,863,379 44.55% 6.68pp |
| 2Data2: | 4,556,526 34.62% 2.29pp |
| 2Data4: | 1,178,896 8.96% 3.53pp |
| 2Data5: | 722,089 5.49% — |
| Map2 Image: | 2012ROCLY-cartogram.svg |
| Map2 Caption: | Election cartogram |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Wang Jin-pyng |
| Before Party: | Kuomintang |
| After Election: | Wang Jin-pyng |
| After Party: | Kuomintang |
The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide.[2]
See main article: Legislative Yuan elections in Taiwan. Members were elected by parallel voting.
According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications:[3]
Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year.The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the party to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires.
| Date | Constituency | Outgoing member | Incoming member | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January 2013 | Taichung 2 | Yen Ching-piao | Yen Kuan-heng | |||
| 7 February 2015 | Changhua 4 | Wei Ming-ku | Chen Su-yueh (陳素月) | |||
| 7 February 2015 | Miaoli 2 | Hsu Yao-chang | Hsu Chih-jung (徐志榮) | |||
| 7 February 2015 | Nantou 2 | Lin Ming-chen | Hsu Shu-hua | |||
| 7 February 2015 | Pingtung 3 | Pan Men-an | Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) | |||
| 7 February 2015 | Taichung 6 | Lin Chia-lung | Huang Kuo-shu | |||