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The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan)
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

. The results gave the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition
Pan-Blue Coalition
The Pan-Blue Coalition 泛藍聯盟 or Pan-Blue Force is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party . The name comes from the party colours of the Kuomintang...

 a supermajority
Supermajority
A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority . In some jurisdictions, for example, parliamentary procedure requires that any action that may alter the rights of the minority has a supermajority...

 (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...

's Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition
Pan-Green Coalition
The Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Camp, is an informal political alliance of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan Solidarity Union , and the minor Taiwan Independence Party...

, the Taiwan Solidarity Union
Taiwan Solidarity Union
The Taiwan Solidarity Union is a political party in the Republic of China which advocates Taiwan independence. It was officially founded on July 24, 2001 and is considered part of the Pan-Green Coalition. Unlike the Democratic Progressive Party, its larger companion party in the Pan-Green...

, won no seats.

These elections elected the first set of legislators to serve a longer four-year term in the Legislative Yuan
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China .The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People...

, after an amendment in the Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitution of the Republic of China
The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fundamental law of the Republic of China . Drafted by the Kuomintang as part of its third stage of national development , it established a centralized Republic with five branches of government...

 in 2005, which intended to synchronize the legislative and presidential elections and reduce the size of the Legislative Yuan by half (see Republic of China National Assembly election, 2005). Two transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time.

Legislature reform


For the first time in the history of the Republic of China, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts
Single-winner voting systems
A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature...

: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by the plurality voting system
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 (first-past-the-post). Parallel to the single member constituencies, 34 seats under an Additional Member System
Additional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....

 were elected in one national district by party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

. For these seats, only political parties whose votes exceed a five percent threshold were eligible for the allocation. Six further seats were reserved
Reserved political positions
Several politico-constitutional arrangements use reserved political positions, especially when endeavoring to ensure the rights of minorities or preserving a political balance of power...

 for Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

. Therefore, each elector had two ballots under parallel voting
Parallel voting
Parallel voting describes a mixed voting system where voters in effect participate in two separate elections for a single chamber using different systems, and where the results in one election have little or no impact on the results of the other...

.

The aboriginal members were elected by single non-transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote
The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

 in two 3-member constituencies for lowland aborigines and highland aborigines respectively. This did not fulfill the promise in the treaty-like document A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan is a treaty-like document signed in Ponso no Tao on 1999-09-10 by the representatives of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the then-presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian .The seven articles in the documents...

, where each of the 13 recognized indigenous peoples
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

 was to get at least one seat, and the distinction between highland and lowland abolished.

The breakdown by administrative unit was:
Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats
Taipei City
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 
8 Taichung City
Taichung
-Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

 
3 Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan that enclosed but did not include Kaohsiung City. On December 25, 2010, the county merged with Kaohsiung City to form a single special municipality.- Administration :-External links:*...

 
4
Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...

 
5 Changhua County
Changhua County
Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

 
4 Pingtung County
Pingtung County
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...

 
3
Taipei County
Taipei County
New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 
12 Yunlin County
Yunlin County
Yunlin County is a county in the western part of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Yunlin is located to the right of the Taiwan Strait, the east of Nantou County and sharing a border with Changhua County divided by the Zhuoshui River. Yunlin is one of the counties of Taiwan that is part of the Chianan...

 
2 Yilan County  1
Keelung City
Keelung
Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

 
1 Nantou County
Nantou County
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

 
2 Hualien County
Hualien County
Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. It contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Hualien-Taitung Line and the terminal point of North-Link Line of TRA...

 
1
Taoyuan County  6 Chiayi County
Chiayi County
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Hokkien derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages...

 
2 Taitung County
Taitung County
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...

 
1
Hsinchu City
Hsinchu
Hsinchu City is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate.Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan . The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait...

 
1 Chiayi City
Chiayi
-Administration:-City attractions:*Chiayi Park*Sun Shooting Tower *Lantan *Historic Archives Building of Chiayi City*University of Chiayi*Chiayi Museum...

 
1 Penghu County
Pescadores
The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers....

 
1
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the capital of Hsinchu, where the government office and county office is located...

 
1 Tainan County
Tainan County
Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....

 
3 Kinmen County
Kinmen
Kinmen , also known as Quemoy , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China : Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of its...

 
1
Miaoli County
Miaoli County
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people...

 
2 Tainan City  2 Lienchiang County
Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province of the Republic of China . Only a small area of what is historically Lienchiang County is under the control of the ROC...

 
1
Taichung County
Taichung County
Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan, the Republic of China, that surrounded but did not include Taichung City. The name Taichung means "central Taiwan"...

 
5


The delimitation of the single-member constituencies within the cities and counties was a major political issue, with bargaining between the government and the legislature. Of the 15 cities and counties to be partitioned (the ten others have only one seat), only seven of the districting schemes proposed by the CEC were approved in a normal way. The eight other schemes were decided by drawing lots: "Taipei and Taichung cities and Miaoli and Changhua counties will adopt the version suggested by the CEC, while Kaohsiung city will follow the consensus of the legislature. Taipei county will follow the proposal offered by the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taoyuan county will adopt the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s scheme, and Pingtung county will use the scheme agreed upon by the Non-partisan Solidarity Union, People First Party, Kuomintang and Taiwan Solidarity Union."

Impact of the electoral system


The elections were the first held under a new electoral system which had been approved by both major parties in constitutional amendments adopted in 2005, but which one political scientist has argued favored the KMT. The rules are set up so that every county has at least one seat, which gave a higher representation for smaller counties in which the KMT traditionally has done well. Northern counties tend to be marginally in favor of KMT, whereas southern counties tend to be strongly for DPP, and the single member system limits this advantage. The partially led to the result that the legislative count was highly in favor of the KMT while the difference in the number of votes cast for the KMT and DPP were less dramatic.

It was considered possible that the Republic of China presidential election, 2008 would be held on the same day as this election, but this was eventually not the case, with the presidential happening 10 weeks later, in March. Two referendums were held on the same date.

Results

85
1
27
Pan-Blue coalition
I
Pan-Green coalition

 Summary of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan elections, 2008
{{dablink|For the referendum that will be held in January 2008, please see Republic of China United Nations membership referendums, 2008}}
{{dablink|For the presidential election held in 2008, please see Republic of China presidential election, 2008}}
The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan)
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

. The results gave the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition
Pan-Blue Coalition
The Pan-Blue Coalition 泛藍聯盟 or Pan-Blue Force is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party . The name comes from the party colours of the Kuomintang...

 a supermajority
Supermajority
A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority . In some jurisdictions, for example, parliamentary procedure requires that any action that may alter the rights of the minority has a supermajority...

 (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...

's Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition
Pan-Green Coalition
The Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Camp, is an informal political alliance of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan Solidarity Union , and the minor Taiwan Independence Party...

, the Taiwan Solidarity Union
Taiwan Solidarity Union
The Taiwan Solidarity Union is a political party in the Republic of China which advocates Taiwan independence. It was officially founded on July 24, 2001 and is considered part of the Pan-Green Coalition. Unlike the Democratic Progressive Party, its larger companion party in the Pan-Green...

, won no seats.

These elections elected the first set of legislators to serve a longer four-year term in the Legislative Yuan
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China .The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People...

, after an amendment in the Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitution of the Republic of China
The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fundamental law of the Republic of China . Drafted by the Kuomintang as part of its third stage of national development , it established a centralized Republic with five branches of government...

 in 2005, which intended to synchronize the legislative and presidential elections and reduce the size of the Legislative Yuan by half (see Republic of China National Assembly election, 2005). Two transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time.

Legislature reform


For the first time in the history of the Republic of China, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts
Single-winner voting systems
A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature...

: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by the plurality voting system
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 (first-past-the-post). Parallel to the single member constituencies, 34 seats under an Additional Member System
Additional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....

 were elected in one national district by party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

. For these seats, only political parties whose votes exceed a five percent threshold were eligible for the allocation. Six further seats were reserved
Reserved political positions
Several politico-constitutional arrangements use reserved political positions, especially when endeavoring to ensure the rights of minorities or preserving a political balance of power...

 for Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

. Therefore, each elector had two ballots under parallel voting
Parallel voting
Parallel voting describes a mixed voting system where voters in effect participate in two separate elections for a single chamber using different systems, and where the results in one election have little or no impact on the results of the other...

.

The aboriginal members were elected by single non-transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote
The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

 in two 3-member constituencies for lowland aborigines and highland aborigines respectively. This did not fulfill the promise in the treaty-like document A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan is a treaty-like document signed in Ponso no Tao on 1999-09-10 by the representatives of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the then-presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian .The seven articles in the documents...

, where each of the 13 recognized indigenous peoples
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

 was to get at least one seat, and the distinction between highland and lowland abolished.

The breakdown by administrative unit was:
Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats
Taipei City
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 
8 Taichung City
Taichung
-Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

 
3 Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan that enclosed but did not include Kaohsiung City. On December 25, 2010, the county merged with Kaohsiung City to form a single special municipality.- Administration :-External links:*...

 
4
Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...

 
5 Changhua County
Changhua County
Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

 
4 Pingtung County
Pingtung County
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...

 
3
Taipei County
Taipei County
New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 
12 Yunlin County
Yunlin County
Yunlin County is a county in the western part of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Yunlin is located to the right of the Taiwan Strait, the east of Nantou County and sharing a border with Changhua County divided by the Zhuoshui River. Yunlin is one of the counties of Taiwan that is part of the Chianan...

 
2 Yilan County  1
Keelung City
Keelung
Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

 
1 Nantou County
Nantou County
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

 
2 Hualien County
Hualien County
Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. It contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Hualien-Taitung Line and the terminal point of North-Link Line of TRA...

 
1
Taoyuan County  6 Chiayi County
Chiayi County
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Hokkien derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages...

 
2 Taitung County
Taitung County
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...

 
1
Hsinchu City
Hsinchu
Hsinchu City is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate.Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan . The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait...

 
1 Chiayi City
Chiayi
-Administration:-City attractions:*Chiayi Park*Sun Shooting Tower *Lantan *Historic Archives Building of Chiayi City*University of Chiayi*Chiayi Museum...

 
1 Penghu County
Pescadores
The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers....

 
1
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the capital of Hsinchu, where the government office and county office is located...

 
1 Tainan County
Tainan County
Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....

 
3 Kinmen County
Kinmen
Kinmen , also known as Quemoy , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China : Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of its...

 
1
Miaoli County
Miaoli County
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people...

 
2 Tainan City  2 Lienchiang County
Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province of the Republic of China . Only a small area of what is historically Lienchiang County is under the control of the ROC...

 
1
Taichung County
Taichung County
Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan, the Republic of China, that surrounded but did not include Taichung City. The name Taichung means "central Taiwan"...

 
5


The delimitation of the single-member constituencies within the cities and counties was a major political issue, with bargaining between the government and the legislature. Of the 15 cities and counties to be partitioned (the ten others have only one seat), only seven of the districting schemes proposed by the CEC were approved in a normal way. The eight other schemes were decided by drawing lots: "Taipei and Taichung cities and Miaoli and Changhua counties will adopt the version suggested by the CEC, while Kaohsiung city will follow the consensus of the legislature. Taipei county will follow the proposal offered by the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taoyuan county will adopt the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s scheme, and Pingtung county will use the scheme agreed upon by the Non-partisan Solidarity Union, People First Party, Kuomintang and Taiwan Solidarity Union."

Impact of the electoral system


The elections were the first held under a new electoral system which had been approved by both major parties in constitutional amendments adopted in 2005, but which one political scientist has argued favored the KMT.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} The rules are set up so that every county has at least one seat, which gave a higher representation for smaller counties in which the KMT traditionally has done well. Northern counties tend to be marginally in favor of KMT, whereas southern counties tend to be strongly for DPP, and the single member system limits this advantage. The partially led to the result that the legislative count was highly in favor of the KMT while the difference in the number of votes cast for the KMT and DPP were less dramatic.

It was considered possible that the Republic of China presidential election, 2008 would be held on the same day as this election, but this was eventually not the case, with the presidential happening 10 weeks later, in March. Two referendums were held on the same date.

Results

85
1
27
Pan-Blue coalition
I
Pan-Green coalition

 Summary of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan elections, 2008
{{dablink|For the referendum that will be held in January 2008, please see Republic of China United Nations membership referendums, 2008}}
{{dablink|For the presidential election held in 2008, please see Republic of China presidential election, 2008}}
The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan)
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...

. The results gave the Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 (KMT) and the Pan-Blue Coalition
Pan-Blue Coalition
The Pan-Blue Coalition 泛藍聯盟 or Pan-Blue Force is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party . The name comes from the party colours of the Kuomintang...

 a supermajority
Supermajority
A supermajority or a qualified majority is a requirement for a proposal to gain a specified level or type of support which exceeds a simple majority . In some jurisdictions, for example, parliamentary procedure requires that any action that may alter the rights of the minority has a supermajority...

 (86 of the 113 seats) in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian is a former Taiwanese politician who was the 10th and 11th-term President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008. Chen, whose Democratic Progressive Party has traditionally been supportive of Taiwan independence, ended more than fifty years of Kuomintang rule in Taiwan...

's Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

, which won the remaining 27 seats only. The junior partner in the Pan-Green Coalition
Pan-Green Coalition
The Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Camp, is an informal political alliance of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan Solidarity Union , and the minor Taiwan Independence Party...

, the Taiwan Solidarity Union
Taiwan Solidarity Union
The Taiwan Solidarity Union is a political party in the Republic of China which advocates Taiwan independence. It was officially founded on July 24, 2001 and is considered part of the Pan-Green Coalition. Unlike the Democratic Progressive Party, its larger companion party in the Pan-Green...

, won no seats.

These elections elected the first set of legislators to serve a longer four-year term in the Legislative Yuan
Legislative Yuan
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China .The Legislative Yuan is one of the five branches of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People...

, after an amendment in the Constitution of the Republic of China
Constitution of the Republic of China
The Constitution of the Republic of China is the fundamental law of the Republic of China . Drafted by the Kuomintang as part of its third stage of national development , it established a centralized Republic with five branches of government...

 in 2005, which intended to synchronize the legislative and presidential elections and reduce the size of the Legislative Yuan by half (see Republic of China National Assembly election, 2005). Two transitional justice referendums, both of which failed to pass due to low turnout, were held at the same time.

Legislature reform


For the first time in the history of the Republic of China, most members of the Legislative Yuan were to be elected from single-member districts
Single-winner voting systems
A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature...

: 73 of the 113 members were chosen in such districts by the plurality voting system
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

 (first-past-the-post). Parallel to the single member constituencies, 34 seats under an Additional Member System
Additional Member System
The Additional Member System is the term used in the United Kingdom for the mixed member proportional representation voting system used in Scotland, Wales and the London Assembly....

 were elected in one national district by party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation
Party-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...

. For these seats, only political parties whose votes exceed a five percent threshold were eligible for the allocation. Six further seats were reserved
Reserved political positions
Several politico-constitutional arrangements use reserved political positions, especially when endeavoring to ensure the rights of minorities or preserving a political balance of power...

 for Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

. Therefore, each elector had two ballots under parallel voting
Parallel voting
Parallel voting describes a mixed voting system where voters in effect participate in two separate elections for a single chamber using different systems, and where the results in one election have little or no impact on the results of the other...

.

The aboriginal members were elected by single non-transferable vote
Single non-transferable vote
The single non-transferable vote or SNTV is an electoral system used in multi-member constituency elections.- Voting :In any election, each voter casts one vote for one candidate in a multi-candidate race for multiple offices. Posts are filled by the candidates with the most votes...

 in two 3-member constituencies for lowland aborigines and highland aborigines respectively. This did not fulfill the promise in the treaty-like document A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan
A New Partnership Between the Indigenous Peoples and the Government of Taiwan is a treaty-like document signed in Ponso no Tao on 1999-09-10 by the representatives of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the then-presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian .The seven articles in the documents...

, where each of the 13 recognized indigenous peoples
Taiwanese aborigines
Taiwanese aborigines is the term commonly applied in reference to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan. Although Taiwanese indigenous groups hold a variety of creation myths, recent research suggests their ancestors may have been living on the islands for approximately 8,000 years before major Han...

 was to get at least one seat, and the distinction between highland and lowland abolished.

The breakdown by administrative unit was:
Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats Jurisdiction Seats
Taipei City
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

 
8 Taichung City
Taichung
-Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....

 
3 Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan that enclosed but did not include Kaohsiung City. On December 25, 2010, the county merged with Kaohsiung City to form a single special municipality.- Administration :-External links:*...

 
4
Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...

 
5 Changhua County
Changhua County
Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

 
4 Pingtung County
Pingtung County
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...

 
3
Taipei County
Taipei County
New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 
12 Yunlin County
Yunlin County
Yunlin County is a county in the western part of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Yunlin is located to the right of the Taiwan Strait, the east of Nantou County and sharing a border with Changhua County divided by the Zhuoshui River. Yunlin is one of the counties of Taiwan that is part of the Chianan...

 
2 Yilan County  1
Keelung City
Keelung
Keelung City is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. It borders New Taipei and forms the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with the Taipei and New Taipei. Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and maritime role, the city is Taiwan's second largest seaport...

 
1 Nantou County
Nantou County
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

 
2 Hualien County
Hualien County
Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. It contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Hualien-Taitung Line and the terminal point of North-Link Line of TRA...

 
1
Taoyuan County  6 Chiayi County
Chiayi County
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Hokkien derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages...

 
2 Taitung County
Taitung County
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...

 
1
Hsinchu City
Hsinchu
Hsinchu City is a city in northern Taiwan. Hsinchu is popularly nicknamed "The Windy City" for its windy climate.Hsinchu City is administered as a special municipality within Taiwan . The city is bordered by Hsinchu County to the north and east, Miaoli County to the south, and the Taiwan Strait...

 
1 Chiayi City
Chiayi
-Administration:-City attractions:*Chiayi Park*Sun Shooting Tower *Lantan *Historic Archives Building of Chiayi City*University of Chiayi*Chiayi Museum...

 
1 Penghu County
Pescadores
The Penghu Islands, also known as Pescadores are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers....

 
1
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the capital of Hsinchu, where the government office and county office is located...

 
1 Tainan County
Tainan County
Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....

 
3 Kinmen County
Kinmen
Kinmen , also known as Quemoy , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China : Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of its...

 
1
Miaoli County
Miaoli County
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people...

 
2 Tainan City  2 Lienchiang County
Matsu Islands
The Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province of the Republic of China . Only a small area of what is historically Lienchiang County is under the control of the ROC...

 
1
Taichung County
Taichung County
Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan, the Republic of China, that surrounded but did not include Taichung City. The name Taichung means "central Taiwan"...

 
5


The delimitation of the single-member constituencies within the cities and counties was a major political issue, with bargaining between the government and the legislature. Of the 15 cities and counties to be partitioned (the ten others have only one seat), only seven of the districting schemes proposed by the CEC were approved in a normal way. The eight other schemes were decided by drawing lots: "Taipei and Taichung cities and Miaoli and Changhua counties will adopt the version suggested by the CEC, while Kaohsiung city will follow the consensus of the legislature. Taipei county will follow the proposal offered by the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union, Taoyuan county will adopt the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s scheme, and Pingtung county will use the scheme agreed upon by the Non-partisan Solidarity Union, People First Party, Kuomintang and Taiwan Solidarity Union."

Impact of the electoral system


The elections were the first held under a new electoral system which had been approved by both major parties in constitutional amendments adopted in 2005, but which one political scientist has argued favored the KMT.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}} The rules are set up so that every county has at least one seat, which gave a higher representation for smaller counties in which the KMT traditionally has done well. Northern counties tend to be marginally in favor of KMT, whereas southern counties tend to be strongly for DPP, and the single member system limits this advantage. The partially led to the result that the legislative count was highly in favor of the KMT while the difference in the number of votes cast for the KMT and DPP were less dramatic.

It was considered possible that the Republic of China presidential election, 2008 would be held on the same day as this election, but this was eventually not the case, with the presidential happening 10 weeks later, in March. Two referendums were held on the same date.

Results

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1
27
Pan-Blue coalition
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Pan-Green coalition

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Aboriginal
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan="5"| Total seats
|-
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! %
! +/−{{Ref label|Compare|2|}}
|- align=right
| bgcolor=#CCCCFF rowspan=8 |   
| align=left | Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 registration
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 5,291,512
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 53.5
| rowspan=4 valign=top | +20.7
| 61
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 5,010,801
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 51.2
| 20
| 90
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 40.0
| 81
| rowspan=4 valign=top | 71.7
| rowspan=4 valign=top | +31.7
|-
|      Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...


| 54
| 17
| 85
| 71
|-
|      {{PFP}} co-nomination{{Ref label|PFP|3|}}
| 5
| 3
| -
| 8
|-
|      {{New Party Taiwan}} endorsement{{Ref label|CNP|4|}}
| 2
| -
| 5
| 2
|- align=right
| align=left |{{NPSU}}{{Ref label|NPSU|5|}}
| 239,317
| 2.4
| -1.2
| 3
| 68,527
| 0.7
| 0
| 8
| 3.6
| 3
| 2.7
| -0.9
|- align=right
| align=left |{{PFP}}{{Ref label|PFP|3|}}
| 28,254
| 0.3
| -13.3
| 1
| -
| -
| -
| 20
| 8.9
| 1
| 0.9
| -8.0
|- align=right
| align=left |{{New Party Taiwan}}{{Ref label|CNP|4|}}
| -
| -
| (-0.1)
| -
| 386,660
| 4.0
| 0
| -
| -
| 0
| 0
| -
|- bgcolor=#CCCCFF align=right
| align=left | Pan-Blue coalition
Pan-Blue Coalition
The Pan-Blue Coalition 泛藍聯盟 or Pan-Blue Force is a political alliance in the Republic of China , consisting of the Kuomintang , the People First Party , and the New Party . The name comes from the party colours of the Kuomintang...

{{Ref label|Ind|6|}}
| 5,559,083
| 56.2
| +5.7
| 65
| 5,465,988
| 55.9
| 20
| 118
| 52.4
| 85
| 75.2
| +22.8
|- align=right
| rowspan=4 bgcolor=#99FF99 |   
| align=left | Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...


| 3,775,352
| 38.2
| +2.5
| 13
| 3,610,106
| 36.9
| 14
| 90
| 40.0
| 27
| 23.9
| -16.1
|- align=right
| align=left |{{TSU}}
| 93,840
| 0.9
| -6.9
| 0
| 344,887
| 3.5
| 0
| 7
| 3.1
| 0
| 0
| -3.1
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Taiwan Constitution Association}}
| 3,926
| <0.1
|
| 0
| 30,315
| 0.3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor=#99FF99 align=right
| align=left | Pan-Green coalition
Pan-Green Coalition
The Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Camp, is an informal political alliance of the Republic of China, commonly known as "Taiwan", consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party , Taiwan Solidarity Union , and the minor Taiwan Independence Party...


| 3,863,118
| 39.1
| -4.4
| 13
| 3,954,993
| 40.7
| 14
| 97
| 43.1
| 27
| 23.9
| -19.2
|- align=right
| rowspan=9 |   
| align=left |{{Taiwan Home Party}}
| 6,355
| <0.1
|
| 0
| 77,870
| 0.8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Green Party Taiwan}}
| 14,767
| 0.1
|
| 0
| 58,473
| 0.6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Taiwan Farmers Party}}
| 8,681
| <0.1
|
| 0
| 57,144
| 0.6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Civil Party Taiwan}}
| 6,562
| <0.1
|
| 0
| 48,192
| 0.5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Third Society Party}}
| 10,057
| 0.1
|
| 0
| 45,594
| 0.5
| 0
| 1
| 0.4
| 0
| 0
| -0.4
|- align=right
| align=left |{{Hakka Party}}
| 8,860
| <0.1
|
| 0
| 42,004
| 0.4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0

|- align=right
| align=left | {{IND-TW}}s{{Ref label|Ind|6|}}
| 393,346
| 4.0
| -1.9
| 1
| -
| -
| -
| 1
| 0.4
| 1
| 0.9
| +0.5
|- align=right
| align=left | Vacant
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| -
| 8
| 3.6
| -
| -
| -
|- align=right
| align=left | Total{{Ref label|turnout|7|}}
| 10,050,619
| -
| -
| -
| 10,076,239
| -
| -
| 225
| 100
| 113
| 100
| -
|}

1. {{note|Source}}The results of the election have been released by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of China http://www.cec.gov.tw/files//20080115163801_0970115-9.pdf (pdf)

2. {{note|Compare}} This is the first legislative election in the Republic of China in which voters cast separate ballots for constituency and party list candidates. In past elections, voters cast only a constituency ballot, and party list allocation was determined by the total constituency votes that each party received. Due to limited comparability between this election and past elections, an increase / decrease comparison is made here for: constituency votes received in 2004 vs 2008 and percentage of total seats in outgoing legislature vs incoming legislature in 2008.

3. {{note|PFP}}In a pre-election agreement, the Kuomintang and the People First Party agreed to register most PFP constituency candidates as KMT candidates, and nominate a common KMT party list, in order to prevent splitting of the Pan-Blue vote. The PFP won one aboriginal seat it contested under its own name, five constituency seats contested under the KMT banner, and three seats within the KMT party list.

4. {{note|CNP}}Under New Party direction, all New Party legislators in the outgoing legislature had joined the KMT, and New Party members ran as KMT candidates with New Party endorsement in this election. The New Party ran only party list candidates in this election but failed to pass the 5% threshold.

5. {{note|NPSU}}The NPSU is formally neither part of the Pan-Blue or Pan-Green coalition, but its members tend to ally themselves with the pan-Blue coalition, and were endorsed by the KMT
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...

 in this election.

6. {{note|Ind}}Chen Fu-hai of Kinmen
Kinmen
Kinmen , also known as Quemoy , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China : Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of its...

, the lone independent elected in this election, is a former KMT member and endorses the KMT presidential campaign. Hence the strength of the Pan-Blue coalition is taken as 86. (see here) The outgoing independent is Li Ao
Li Ao
Li Ao , is a writer, social commentator, historian, and independent politician in the Republic of China .He is considered by many to be one of the most important modern Chinese essayists today, although critics have termed him an intellectual narcissist...

, who while refusing ally with either coalition, usually voted with pan-Blue.

7. {{note|turnout}}Total ballots cast. The turnout was 58.28 % for the party-list ballots and 58.5 % for the constituency ballots. In addition to the parties above, the following minor parties did not contest party list seats and did not win constituency seats: Dadao Compassion Jishih Party, Democratic Freedom Party, Hongyun Jhongyi Party, World Peace Party.


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Legislators elected through constituency and aborigine ballots


{{main|Candidates for Constituency and aboriginal legislative seats for the Republic of China legislative election, 2008}}
 Summary of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan elections, 2008{{Ref label|Source|1|}
Constituency Elected Candidate(s) Runnerup Candidate(s)
Taipei City Constituency 1 Ting Shou-chung (丁守中)({{KMT}}) Gao Jian Jhih (高建智)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 2 Justin Chou (周守訓)({{KMT}}) Wang Shih Jian (王世堅)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 3 John Chiang(蔣孝嚴)({{KMT}}) Julian Kuo (郭正亮)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 4 Alex Tsai (蔡正元)({{KMT}}) Syu Guo Yong (徐國勇)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 5 Lin Yu Fang (林郁方)({{KMT}}) Duan Yi Kang段宜康(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 6 Diane Lee (李慶安)({{KMT}}) Luo Wen-jia
Luo Wen-jia
Luo Wen-jia |Hakka]]: Lò Vùn-kâ; born January 1, 1966), a Taiwanese politician, was born in Sinwu, Taoyuan. Luo is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party , he once served as an assistant to Chen Shui-bian, a national legislator at that time. After Chen elected as the mayor of Taipei, Luo...

 (羅文嘉)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 7 Alex Fei (費鴻泰)({{KMT}}) Tian Xin (田欣)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei City Constituency 8 Lai Shih Bao (賴士葆)({{KMT}}) Jhou Bo Ya (周柏雅)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung City Constituency 1 Huang Jhao Shun (黃昭順)({{KMT}}) Pasuya Yao (姚文智)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung City Constituency 2 Kuan Bi-ling
Kuan Bi-ling
Kuan Bi-ling is a female politician of the Republic of China . She is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party...

(管碧玲)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Luo Shih Syong (羅世雄)({{KMT}})
Kaohsiung City Constituency 3 Hou Cai Fong (侯彩鳳)({{KMT}}) Li Kun Ze (李昆澤)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung City Constituency 4 Li Fu Sing (李復興)({{KMT}}) Huang Jhao Huei (黃昭輝)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung City Constituency 5 Guo Wun Cheng (郭玟成)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Lin Guo Jheng (林國正)({{KMT}})
Taipei County
Taipei County
New Taipei City is the most populous city of Taiwan. The area includes a substantial stretch of Taiwan's northern coastline and surrounds the Taipei Basin...

 Constituency 1
Wu Yu Sheng (吳育昇)({{KMT}}) Li Sian Rong (李顯榮)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 2 Lin Shu Fen (林淑芬)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Ke Shu Min (柯淑敏)({{KMT}})
Taipei County Constituency 3 Yu Tian (余天)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Jhu Jyun Siao (朱俊曉)({{KMT}})
Taipei County Constituency 4 Li Hong Jyun (李鴻鈞)({{KMT}}) Wu Bing Ruei (吳秉叡)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 5 Huang Chih-Hsiung
Huang Chih-hsiung
Huang Chih-Hsiung , Taiwan) is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Taekwondo event...

(黃志雄)({{KMT}})
Liao Ben Yan (廖本煙)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 6 Lin Hong Chih (林鴻池)({{KMT}}) Wang Shu-hui
Wang Shu-hui
Wang Shu-hui is a former legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan.Wand Shu-hui has on occasion participated in physical confrontations during her time as a Taiwanese legislator, including one incident involving a thrown shoe....

(王淑慧)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 7 Wu Cing Chih (吳清池)({{KMT}}) Jhuang Shuo Han (莊碩漢)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 8 Jhang Cing Jhong (張慶忠)({{KMT}}) Jhao Yong Cing (趙永清)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 9 Lin De Fu (林德福)({{KMT}}) Hong Yi Ping (洪一平)(Independent)
Taipei County Constituency 10 Lu Jia Chen (盧嘉辰)({{KMT}}) Li Wun Jhong (李文忠)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 11 Luo Ming Cai (羅明才)({{KMT}}) Chen Yong Fu (陳永福)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taipei County Constituency 12 Li Cing Hua (李慶華)({{KMT}}) Chen Chao Long (陳朝龍)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Keelung City Sie Guo Liang (謝國樑)({{KMT}}) You Siang Yao (游祥耀)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Yilan County Lin Jian Rong (林建榮)({{KMT}}) Chen Jin De (陳金德)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County
Taoyuan County (Taiwan)
Taoyuan County is a county of the Republic of China , located in the northwestern part of the island, contiguous with New Taipei City, Hsinchu County, and Yilan County. Taoyuan City is located in this county and serves as the seat of Taoyuan County...

 Constituency 1
Chen Gen De (陳根德)({{KMT}}) Li Jhen Nan (李鎮楠)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County Constituency 2 Liao Jheng Jing (廖正井)({{KMT}}) Guo Rong Zong (郭榮宗)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County Constituency 3 John Chih-Yang Wu (吳志揚)({{KMT}}) Peng Tian Fu (彭添富)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County Constituency 4 Yang Li Huan (楊麗環)({{KMT}}) Huang Zong Yuan (黃宗源)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County Constituency 5 Jhu Fong Jhih (朱鳳芝)({{KMT}}) Li Yue Cin (李月琴)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taoyuan County Constituency 6 Sun Tai Cian (孫大千)({{KMT}}) Ciou Chuang Liang (邱創良)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the capital of Hsinchu, where the government office and county office is located...

Ciou Jing Chun (邱鏡淳)({{KMT}}) Syu Sin Ying (徐欣瑩)(Independent)
Hsinchu City Lyu Syue Jhang (呂學樟)({{KMT}}) Jheng Hong Huei (鄭宏輝)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Miaoli County
Miaoli County
Miaoli County is a county in western Taiwan. The name Miaoli was coined using two Hakka words, cat and raccoon dog , which phonetically approximate Pali , a community of Taokas people...

 Constituency 1
Li Yi Ting (李乙廷)({{KMT}}) Du Wun Cing (杜文卿)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Miaoli County Constituency 2 Syu Yao Chang (徐耀昌)({{KMT}}) He Jhih Huei (何智輝)({{KMT}})
Taichung County
Taichung County
Taichung County was a county in central Taiwan, the Republic of China, that surrounded but did not include Taichung City. The name Taichung means "central Taiwan"...

 Constituency 1
Liou Cyuan Jhong (劉銓忠)({{KMT}}) Cai Ci Chang (蔡其昌)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung County Constituency 2 Yan Cing Biao (顏清標)({{NPSU}}) Liou Ruei Long (劉瑞龍)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung County Constituency 3 Jiang Lian Fu (江連福)({{KMT}}) Jian Jhao Dong (簡肇棟)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung County Constituency 4 Syu Jhong Syong (徐中雄)({{KMT}}) Gao Ji Zan (高基讚)({{TSU}})
Taichung County Constituency 5 Yang Cyong Ying (楊瓊瓔)({{KMT}}) Guo Jyun Ming (郭俊銘)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung City Constituency 1 Cai Jin Long (蔡錦隆)({{KMT}}) Cai Ming Sian (蔡明憲)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung City Constituency 2 Lu Siou Yan (盧秀燕)({{KMT}}) Sie Ming Yuan (謝明源)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taichung City Constituency 3 Daniel Huang (黃義交)({{KMT}}) He Min Hao (何敏豪)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Changhua County
Changhua County
Changhua County is the smallest county in Taiwan located on the westside of Taiwan. It is officially governed as a county of the Republic of China .-Urban townships:# Beidou Township # Erlin Township...

 Constituency 1
Chen Siou Cing (陳秀卿)({{KMT}}) Chen Jin Ding (陳進丁)({{NPSU}})
Changhua County Constituency 2 Lin Cang Min (林滄敏)({{KMT}}) Ciou Chuang Jin (邱創進)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Changhua County Constituency 3 Jheng Ru Fen (鄭汝芬)({{KMT}}) Lin Chong Mo (林重謨)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Changhua County Constituency 4 Siao Ying Tian (蕭景田)({{KMT}}) Jiang Jhao Yi (江昭儀)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Nantou County
Nantou County
Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....

 Constituency 1
Wu Dun Yi (吳敦義)({{KMT}}) Lin Yun Sheng (林耘生)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Nantou County Constituency 2 Lin Ming Jhen (林明溱)({{KMT}}) Shang Huo Sheng (湯火聖)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Yunlin County
Yunlin County
Yunlin County is a county in the western part of Taiwan, the Republic of China. Yunlin is located to the right of the Taiwan Strait, the east of Nantou County and sharing a border with Changhua County divided by the Zhuoshui River. Yunlin is one of the counties of Taiwan that is part of the Chianan...

 Constituency 1
Jhang Jia Jyun (張嘉郡)({{KMT}}) Chen Sian Jhong (陳憲中)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Yunlin County Constituency 2 Jhang Shuo Wun (張碩文)({{KMT}}) Liou Jian Guo (劉建國)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Chiayi County
Chiayi County
Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City. Its historical name in Taiwanese Hokkien derives from Tsirosen in the Formosan languages...

 Constituency 1
Wong Chong Jyun (翁重鈞)({{KMT}}) Cai Ci Fang (蔡啟芳)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Chiayi County Constituency 2 Jhang Hua Guan (張花冠)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Tu Wun Sheng (涂文生)({{KMT}})
Chiayi City Jiang Yi Syong (江義雄)({{KMT}}) Jhuang Huo Jih (莊和子)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Tainan County
Tainan County
Tainan County was located in southern Taiwan. The name "Tainan" means "Southern Taiwan". Formerly a county of the Republic of China , Tainan County was merged with Tainan City at the end of 2010 to form a single special municipality....

 Constituency 1
Ye Yi Jin (葉宜津)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Hong Yu Cin (洪玉欽)({{KMT}})
Tainan County Constituency 2 Huang Wei Jhe (黃偉哲)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Li Huo Shun (李和順)({{NPSU}})
Tainan County Constituency 3 Li Jyun Yi (李俊毅)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Wu Jian Bao (吳健保)({{KMT}})
Tainan City Constituency 1 Chen Ting Fei (陳亭妃)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Wang Yu Ting (王昱婷)({{KMT}})
Tainan City Constituency 2 William Lai (賴清德)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Gao Sai Bo (高思博)({{KMT}})
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County
Kaohsiung County was a county in southern Taiwan that enclosed but did not include Kaohsiung City. On December 25, 2010, the county merged with Kaohsiung City to form a single special municipality.- Administration :-External links:*...

 Constituency 1
Jhong Shao Huo (鍾紹和)({{KMT}}) Yan Wun Jhang (顏文章)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung County Constituency 2 Lin Yi Shih (林益世)({{KMT}}) Yu Jheng Sian (余政憲)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kaohsiung County Constituency 3 Chen Ci Yu (陳啟昱)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Wu Guang Syun (吳光訓)({{KMT}})
Kaohsiung County Constituency 4 Jiang Ling Jyun (江玲君)({{KMT}}) Lin Dai Hua (林岱樺)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Pingtung County
Pingtung County
Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...

 Constituency 1
Su Jhen Cing (蘇震清)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Cai Hao (蔡豪)(Independent)
Pingtung County Constituency 2 Wang Jin Shih (王進士)({{KMT}}) Li Shih Bin (李世斌)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Pingtung County Constituency 3 Pan Meng An (潘孟安)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Su Cing Cyuan (蘇清泉)({{KMT}})
Hualien County
Hualien County
Hualien County is the largest county in Taiwan and is located on the mountainous eastern coast of Taiwan. It contains the island's largest port. It is the starting point of the Hualien-Taitung Line and the terminal point of North-Link Line of TRA...

Fu Kun Ji (傅崐萁)({{KMT}}) Lu Bo Ji (盧博基)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Taitung County
Taitung County
Taitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...

Huang Jian Ting (黃健庭)({{KMT}}) Syu Jhih Syong (許志雄)(Independent)
Penghu County Lin Bing Kun (林炳坤)({{NPSU}}) Chen Guang Fu (陳光復)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Kinmen County Chen Fu Hai (陳福海)(Independent) Wu Cheng Dian (吳成典)({{KMT}})
Lienchiang County Cao Er Jhong (曹爾忠)({{KMT}}) Lin Huei Guan (林惠官)( People First Party)
Lowland Aborigine
Luo Guo Dong (廖國棟)({{KMT}})

Yang Ren Fu (楊仁福)({{KMT}})

Lin Jheng Er (林正二)( People First Party)
Song Jin Cai (宋進財)(Independent)
Chen Siou Huei (陳秀惠)(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

Highland Aborigine
Jian Dong Ming (簡東明)({{KMT}})

Kong Wun Ji (孔文吉)({{KMT}})

May Chin
May Chin
Stage named May Chin, Kao Chin Su-mei , born on September 21, 1965 in Heping Township, Taichung County , Taiwan as Chin Su-mei, to a Han Chinese father and a Taiwanese Aborigine mother, is a Taiwanese singer, actress and politician...

(高金素梅)({{NPSU}})
Lin Chun De (林春德)( People First Party)
Hou Jin Jhu 侯金助(Democratic Progressive Party
Democratic Progressive Party
The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...


  • Notes:
  1. Candidates marked are People First Party candidates running under the KMT party banner.
  2. Candidates marked are New Party
    New Party
    New Party may refer to:* New Party * New Party Corrientes * New Party Japan* New Party * New Party * New Party - the party of Oswald Mosley...

     candidates who joined the Kuomintang with New Party endorsement.
  3. Most names on the list follow the Tongyong Pinyin
    Tongyong Pinyin
    Tongyong Pinyin was the official Romanization of Mandarin Chinese in the Republic of China between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for the Republic of China was being evaluated for adoption. The ROC's Ministry of Education...

     romanization used in the Central Election Committee website and may not accurately reflect the candidates' preferred romanization of their name.

Legislators elected through nationwide constituency and overseas Chinese ballots

No.|Elected∕CandidatesCandidate List
1 {{Civil Party Taiwan}} 0/4
  1. Lei Ciao Yun (雷僑雲)
  2. Cian Han Cing (錢漢清)
  3. Chen Hua Zu (陳華足)
  4. Kong Ren Yi (孔仁奕)
2 {{Taiwan Constitution Association}} 0/3
  • Wu Ying Siang (吳景祥)
  • Huang Sin Jhu (黃馨主)
  • Huang Cian Ming (黃千明)
  • 3 {{TSU}} 0/15
  • Chen Yong Sing (陳永興)
  • Chen Yu Fong (陳玉峯)
  • Lai Sing Yuan (賴幸媛)
  • Yi Chao Sian (施朝賢)
  • Cian Lin Huei Jyun (錢林慧君)
  • Jiang Wei Jyun (江偉君)
  • Huang Hun Huei (黃昆輝)
  • Luo Jhih Ming (羅志明)
  • Li Yi Jie (李宜潔)
  • Fan Sheng Bao (范盛保)
  • Jhang Jin Sheng (張金生)
  • Fu Sin Yi (傅馨儀)
  • Huang Jhao Jhan (黃昭展)
  • Ye Jin Ling (葉津鈴)
  • Li An Ni (李安妮)
  • 4 {{Third Society Party}} 0/5
  • Lyu Siou Jyu (呂秀菊)
  • Yang Wei Jhong (楊偉中)
  • Lin Jhih Jhen (林致真)
  • Yang Jing Hua (楊靜華)
  • Lin Jhih Cheng (林志成)
  • 5 Democratic Progressive Party
    Democratic Progressive Party
    The Democratic Progressive Party is a political party in Taiwan, and the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition. Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of human rights and a distinct Taiwanese identity,...

    14/33
  • Chen Jie Ru (陳節如)
  • Cai Huang Lang (蔡煌瑯)
  • Tu Sing Jhe (涂醒哲)
  • Ciou Yi Ying (邱議瑩)
  • Ker Chien-ming
    Ker Chien-ming
    Ker Chien-ming , is a member of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan.He is a member of the Democratic Progressive Party and has represented the electoral district of Hsinchu since 1 February 2005.-External links:*...

  • Huang Shu Ying (黃淑英)
  • Wang Sing-nan
    Wang Sing-nan
    Wang Sing-nan is the caucus whip for the Democratic Progressive Party in the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China on Taiwan. He has represented the electoral district of Tainan City since February 2005. On 10 October 1976, he sent a mail bomb to then-Governor of Taiwan Province Hsieh...

  • Syue Ling (薛凌)
  • Gao Jhih Peng (高志鵬)
  • Chen Ying (陳瑩)
  • Yu Jheng Dao (余政道)
  • Wong Jin Jhu (翁金珠)
  • Tsai Trong Rong (蔡同榮)
  • Tian Ciou Jin (田秋堇)
  • Hong Ci Chang (洪奇昌)
  • Jhang Fu Mei (張富美)
  • You Ying Long (游盈隆)
  • Syu Rong Shu (許榮淑)
  • Yu Shyi-kun
    Yu Shyi-kun
    Yu Shyi-kun , a Taiwanese politician of the Democratic Progressive Party, is a former chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan. He previously served as Premier of the Republic of China from 2002 to 2005...

  • Yang Fang Wan (楊芳婉)
  • Jhou Cing Yu (周清玉)
  • Chen Mao Nan (陳茂男)
  • Wu Ming Min (吳明敏)
  • Jhang Siou Jhen (張秀珍)
  • Fan Syun Lyu (范巽綠)
  • Wang Tu Fa (王塗發)
  • Jhang Cing Hui (張慶惠)
  • Jhou Guang Jhou (周光宙)
  • Liou Mei De (劉美德)
  • Yi Yi Fang (施義芳)
  • Li Yi Jing You Ma (麗依京·尤瑪)
  • Liang Jhen Siang (梁禎祥)
  • Chen Huei Ling (陳慧玲)
  • 6 {{New Party Taiwan}} 0/10
  • Jhou Yang Shan (周陽山)
  • Joanna Lei (雷倩)
  • Gao Jia Jyun (高家俊)
  • Lin Mei Lun (林美倫)
  • Syu Zong Mao (徐宗懋)
  • Guo Jia Fen (郭家芬)
  • Ge Jian Pu (葛建埔)
  • Sun Ji Jhen (孫吉珍)
  • Li Sheng Fong (李勝峰)
  • Yok Mu-ming (郁慕明)
  • 7 {{Green Party Taiwan}} 0/4
  • Chen Man Li (陳曼麗)
  • Jhang Huei Shan (張輝山)
  • Jhang Hong Lin (張宏林)
  • Wang Fang Ping (王芳萍)
  • 8 {{Taiwan Farmers Party}} 0/8
  • Cian Siao Fong (錢小鳳)
  • Ke Jyun Syong (柯俊雄)
  • Ma Guo Cing (馬國清)
  • Chen Shen Hong (陳信宏)
  • Fan Jiang Siou Jhen (范姜秀珍)
  • Chen Chong Guang (陳重光)
  • Hong Mei Jhen (洪美珍)
  • Jhang Wun Jheng (張文正)
  • 9 {{NPSU}} 0/2
  • Liou Yi Ru (劉憶如)
  • Chen Jie Ru (陳傑儒)
  • 10 {{KMT}} 20/34
  • Wang Jin-pyng
    Wang Jin-pyng
    Wang Jin-pyng , Taiwan, Empire of Japan), Taiwanese politician, is the President of the Legislative Yuan. As one of the leading figures of the Kuomintang, Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a conciliatory figure.-Early life:...

    (王金平)
  • Hung Hsiu-Chu (洪秀柱)
  • Ceng Yong Cyuan (曾永權)
  • Pan Wei Gang (潘維剛)
  • Chiu Yi
    Chiu Yi
    Chiu Yi is a KMT legislator of the Republic of China . He is known to target members of the competing Democratic Progressive Party with charges of corruption and embezzlement. The now imprisoned former Taiwan President Chen Shuibian and his family members, Chen Zhenan and Zhao Jianming are the...

    (邱毅)
  • Jheng Jin Ling (鄭金玲)
  • Chen Jie (陳杰)
  • Li Ji Jhu (李紀珠)
  • Jhang Sian Yao (張顯耀)
  • Jhao Li Yun (趙麗雲)
  • Li Jia Jin (李嘉進)
  • Liao Wan Ru (廖婉汝)
  • Ji Guo Dong (紀國棟)
  • Luo Shu Lei (羅淑蕾)
  • Lii Ming Shing (李明星)^
  • Guo Su Chun (郭素春)
  • Liou Sheng Liang (劉盛良)
  • Cheng Li-wen
    Cheng Li-wen
    Cheng Li-wen is a former spokeswoman for the Kuomintang in the Republic of China. She is now a member of the Central Standing Committee of the party. She was previously a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, but she switched sides, citing disappointment with the DPP.-References:...

  • Shuai Hua Min (帥化民)
  • Syu Shao Ping (徐少萍)
  • Syu Shu Bo (許舒博)
  • Chen Shu Huei (陳淑慧)
  • Li Cyuan Jiao (李全教)
  • Syu Yu Jhen (許宇甄)
  • Huang Liang Hua (黃良華)
  • Yang Yu Jhen (楊玉珍)
  • Lin Jheng Fong (林正峰)
  • Hua Jhen (華真)
  • Yao Jiang Lin (姚江臨)
  • Ciou Mei Ruei (邱美瑞)^
  • Jiang Ci Wun (江綺雯)
  • Lyu Chun Lin (呂春霖)
  • Ciou Run Rong (邱潤容)
  • Sie Kun Hong (謝坤宏)
  • 11 {{Taiwan Home Party}} 0/7
  • Yang Yu Sin (楊玉欣)
  • Yao Li Ming (姚立明)
  • Chen Yao Chang (陳耀昌)
  • Hu De Fu (胡德夫)
  • Huang Huei Jyun (黃惠君)
  • Zong Ying Yi (宗景宜)
  • Wei Yao Cian (魏耀乾)
  • 12 {{Hakka Party}} 0/3
  • Song Chu Yu (宋楚瑜)
  • Jhong Deng Ting (鍾棖婷)
  • Peng Yun Huang (彭雲煌)

    • Notes:
    1. Candidates marked with a ^ are overseas Chinese candidates.
    2. Elected candidates are marked with a next to their name.
    3. Candidates with are People First Party candidates running on a joint ticket with the Kuomintang。
    4. {{Green Party Taiwan}} candidate Wang Fang Ping is endorsed by the coalition Raging Citizens Act Now! (人民火大行動聯盟)。
    5. Most names on the list follow the Tongyong Pinyin
      Tongyong Pinyin
      Tongyong Pinyin was the official Romanization of Mandarin Chinese in the Republic of China between 2002 and 2008. The system was unofficially used between 2000 and 2002, when a new romanization system for the Republic of China was being evaluated for adoption. The ROC's Ministry of Education...

       romanization used in the Central Election Committee website and may not accurately reflect the candidates' preferred romanization of their name.

    Impact


    With this election the KMT and the Pan-Blue Coalition have more than the two-thirds majority needed to propose a recall election of the President and if NPSU votes are counted with the pan-Blue coalition, more than the three-quarters majority needed to propose constitutional amendments. However, KMT officials have denied that there are plans to do either saying that they intend on using their legislative power responsibly.

    Reaction from the People’s Republic of China


    The Government of the People's Republic of China
    People's Republic of China
    China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

    , which claims sovereignty over Taiwan, remained largely silent on the election result. State media carried brief updates of results and passed no comment on either the referendum or the Kuomintang victory.

    The People’s Republic of China appointed 13 representatives for Taiwan to its own National People's Congress
    National People's Congress
    The National People's Congress , abbreviated NPC , is the highest state body and the only legislative house in the People's Republic of China. The National People's Congress is held in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China; with 2,987 members, it is the...

    on the same day. These delegates are mostly descendants of Taiwanese who emigrated to the Mainland, or Communist supporters who fled Taiwan. Their positions are ceremonial as the PRC do not exercise effective jurisdiction over Taiwan.

    External links


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