2020 Taiwanese legislative election explained

Country:Taiwan
Type:legislative
Previous Election:2016 Taiwanese legislative election
Previous Year:2016
Outgoing Members:8th Legislative Yuan
Next Election:2024 Taiwanese legislative election
Next Year:2024
Election Date:[1]
Elected Members:10th Legislative Yuan
Seats For Election:All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
Majority Seats:57
Turnout:74.93% (7.59pp)
Image1:2007TaipeiAudioVideoFair JTCho.jpg
Leader1:Cho Jung-tai
Party1:Democratic Progressive Party
Last Election1:68 seats, 44.06%
Seats1:61
Seat Change1: 7
Leader2:Wu Den-yih
Party2:Kuomintang
Last Election2:35 seats, 26.91%
Seats2:38
Seat Change2: 3
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Leader4:Ko Wen-je
Party4:Taiwan People's Party
Last Election4:Did not exist
Seats4:5
Seat Change4:New
Image5:徐永明肖像.jpg
Leader5:Hsu Yung-ming
Party5:New Power Party
Last Election5:5 seats, 6.11%
Seats5:3
Seat Change5: 2
1Blank:Constituency vote
2Blank:Party vote
1Data1:6,383,783
45.11%
0.52pp
1Data2:5,761,995
40.71%
1.82pp
1Data4:264,478
1.87%
New
1Data5:141,952
1.00%
1.89pp
2Data1:4,811,241
33.98%
10.10pp
2Data2:4,723,504
33.36%
6.45pp
2Data4:1,588,806
11.22%
New
2Data5:1,098,100
7.75%
1.64pp
Map2 Caption:Election cartogram
President
Before Election:Su Jia-chyuan
Before Party:DPP
After Election:Yu Shyi-kun
After Party:DPP

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 for all 113 seats to the Legislative Yuan concurrently with the 15th presidential election.[2] The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost seven seats but retained a majority of 61 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Kuomintang gained three seats, winning 38. The New Power Party won three seats, down from five in the last election. The Taiwan People's Party and Taiwan Statebuilding Party entered the Legislative Yuan with five seats and one seat, respectively, with five independent candidates winning their seats and the People First Party losing all of their seats.

Electoral system

See main article: Legislative Yuan elections in Taiwan. Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

Constituency changes

In 2019, after negotiations between the Presidents of the Executive and Legislative Yuans, changes to the electoral divisions include:[3]

Contesting parties and candidates

PartyGeneral seatsAboriginal seatsParty listTotal
Democratic Progressive Party67233102
Kuomintang71531107
Taiwan People's Party172845
New Power Party51116
Taiwan Statebuilding Party10616
People First Party102232
Green Party101617
New Party1010
Taiwan Action Party Alliance11516
Stabilizing Force Party921021
Taiwan Solidarity Union77
Congress Party Alliance13619
Chinese Unification Promotion Party10717
Interfaith Union12820
Formosa Alliance102618
Labor Party10212
United Action Alliance102820
Taiwan Renewal Party111618
Sovereign State for Formosa & Pescadores Party91414
Taiwan Labor Party33
Independent86591
Others260026
Total41021216647

Opinion polling

See main article: Opinion polling for the 2020 Taiwanese general election.

Results

See also: Tenth Legislative Yuan.

By constituency

ConstituencyResultElected memberConstituencyResultElected member
New Taipei CityIKuomintang gain from DPPHung Mong-kaiTaipei CityIDPP holdRosalia Wu
IIDPP holdLin Shu-fenIIDPP holdHo Chih-wei
IIIDPP holdYu TianIIIKuomintang holdChiang Wan-an
IVDPP holdWu Ping-juiIVDPP gain from KuomintangKao Chia-yu
VDPP holdSu Chiao-huiVIndependent holdFreddy Lim
VIDPP holdChang Hung-luVIKuomintang holdLin Yi-hua
VIIDPP holdLo Chih-chengVIIKuomintang holdFai Hrong-tai
VIIIDPP holdChiang Yung-changVIIIKuomintang holdLai Shyh-bao
IXKuomintang holdLin Te-fu
XDPP holdWu Chi-ming
XIKuomintang holdLo Ming-tsai
XIIDPP gain from New PowerLai Pin-yu
Taoyuan CityIDPP holdCheng Yun-pengTaichung CityIDPP holdTsai Chi-chang
IIDPP holdHuang Shier-chiehIIStatebuilding gain from Kuomintang in redrawn constituencyChen Po-wei
IIIKuomintang holdLu Ming-cheIIIKuomintang gain from New PowerYang Chiung-ying
IVKuomintang gain from DPPWan Mei-lingIVDPP holdChang Liao Wan-chien
VKuomintang holdLu Yu-lingVDPP gain from KuomintangZhuang Ching-cheng
VIIndependent holdChao Cheng-yuVIDPP holdHuang Kuo-shu
VIIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyHo Hsin-chun
VIIIKuomintang holdJohnny Chiang
Tainan CityIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyLai Huei-yuenKaohsiung CityIDPP holdChiu Yi-ying
IIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyKuo Kuo-wenIIDPP holdChiu Chih-wei
IIIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyChen Ting-feiIIIDPP holdLiu Shyh-fang
IVDPP gain new seatLin I-chinIVDPP holdLin Tai-hua
VDPP hold in redrawn constituencyLin Jun-xianVDPP hold in redrawn constituencyLee Kun-tse
VIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyWang Ting-yuVIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyChao Tien-lin
VIIDPP holdHsu Chih-chieh
VIIIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyLai Jui-lung
Yilan CountyDPP holdChen Ou-poHsinchu CountyIKuomintang hold in redrawn constituencyLin Wei-chou
IIKuomintang gain new seatLin Si-ming
Miaoli CountyIKuomintang holdChen Chao-mingChanghua CountyIDPP gain from KuomintangChen Hsiu-bao
IIKuomintang holdHsu Chih-jungIIDPP holdHuang Hsiu-fang
IIIKuomintang gain from DPPHsieh Yi-fong
IVDPP holdChen Su-yueh
Nantou CountyIKuomintang holdMa Wen-chunYunlin CountyIDPP holdSu Chin-feng
IIKuomintang holdHsu Shu-huaIIDPP holdLiu Chien-kuo
Chiayi CountyIDPP holdTsai Yi-yuPingtung CountyIDPP hold in redrawn constituencyChung Chia-pin
IIDPP holdChen Ming-wenIIIndependent holdSu Chen-ching
Taitung CountyDPP holdLiu Chao-howHualien CountyIndependent gain from DPPFu Kun-chi
Penghu CountyDPP holdYang YaoKeelung CityDPP holdCai Shi-ying
Hsinchu CityKuomintang gain from DPPCheng Cheng-chienChiayi CityDPP holdWang Mei-hui
Kinmen CountyKuomintang holdChen Yu-chenLienchiang CountyKuomintang holdCheng Hsueh-sheng
Lowland AborigineKuomintang holdSra KacawHighland AborigineIndependent holdKao Chin Su-mei
Kuomintang holdLiao Kuo-tungDPP gain from KuomintangSaidai Tarovecahe
DPP holdChen YingKuomintang holdKung Wen-chi

Aboriginal constituencies

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中選會資料庫網站 . cec.gov.tw . 29 January 2020 . zh-Hant-TW . https://web.archive.org/web/20200530022402/https://db.cec.gov.tw/ . 30 May 2020 . live .
  2. News: Wang . Cheng-chung . Ko . Lin . Presidential, legislative elections to be held Jan. 11, 2020 . 19 March 2019 . Central News Agency . 19 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321093703/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201903190013.aspx . 21 March 2019 . live .
  3. https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20190107inv010 蘇嘉全、賴清德協商立委選區定案 僅屏東再微調