1998 Taiwanese legislative election

1998 Taiwanese legislative election
All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan; 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.1%
	Leading party and vote count by township/city and district
President before election; Liu Sung-pan; KMT	Elected President ; Wang Jin-pyng; KMT

The 1998 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 5 December 1998.^[1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68.1%.^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Kuomintang	4,659,679	46.43	123	+38
	Democratic Progressive Party	2,966,834	29.56	70	+16
	New Party	708,465	7.06	11	–10
		375,118	3.74	4	New
		157,826	1.57	1	New
	Taiwan Independence Party	145,118	1.45	1	New
		66,033	0.66	3	+3
	Green Party Taiwan	8,089	0.08	0	New
	Taiwan Indigenous Party	1,171	0.01	0	0
	Chinese Youth Party	723	0.01	0	New
	National Democratic Party	342	0.00	0	New
	Independents	946,431	9.43	12	+8
Total		10,035,829	100.00	225	+61

Valid votes		10,035,829	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		152,473	1.50
Total votes		10,188,302	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,961,900	68.09
Source: Nohlen et al.

References[]

^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
^ Nohlen et al., p540

[1] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[2] Nohlen et al., p540

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