2012 Taiwanese legislative election
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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 17,980,578[a] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 74.47%[b] ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Elected member party by constituency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide.[2]
Electoral system[]
Members were elected by parallel voting.
Subsidies[]
According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications:[3]
Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year. The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the party to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires.
Results[]
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Party | Party-list | Constituency/Indigenous | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Kuomintang | 5,863,379 | 44.55 | 16 | 6,339,301 | 48.18 | 48 | 64 | –17 | |
Democratic Progressive Party | 4,556,526 | 34.62 | 13 | 5,763,186 | 43.80 | 27 | 40 | +13 | |
Taiwan Solidarity Union | 1,178,896 | 8.96 | 3 | 3 | +3 | ||||
People First Party | 722,089 | 5.49 | 2 | 175,032 | 1.33 | 1 | 3 | +2 | |
Green Party Taiwan | 229,566 | 1.74 | 0 | 79,729 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
New Party | 195,960 | 1.49 | 0 | 10,678 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
National Health Service Alliance | 163,344 | 1.24 | 0 | 19,088 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Taiwan National Congress | 118,632 | 0.90 | 0 | 19,987 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | New | |
People United Party | 84,818 | 0.64 | 0 | 13,044 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Taiwanism Party | 29,889 | 0.23 | 0 | 16,280 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Taiwan Basic Laws Party | 19,274 | 0.15 | 0 | 9,666 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | New | |
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union | 168,861 | 1.28 | 2 | 2 | –1 | ||||
People are the Boss Alliance | 5,852 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Taiwan Businessmen Party | 3,156 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Righteous Party | 1,852 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | New | ||||
Independents | 532,270 | 4.05 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 13,162,373 | 100.00 | 34 | 13,157,982 | 100.00 | 79 | 113 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 13,162,373 | 97.89 | 13,157,982 | 98.26 | |||||
Invalid/blank votes | 283,619 | 2.11 | 232,344 | 1.74 | |||||
Total votes | 13,445,992 | 100.00 | 13,390,326 | 100.00 | |||||
Registered voters/turnout | 18,090,295 | 74.33 | 17,980,578 | 74.47 | |||||
Source: Election Study Center, Election Study Center, CSES |
Subsequent by-elections[]
Date | Constituency | Outgoing member | Incoming member | ||
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26 January 2013 | Taichung 2 | Yen Ching-piao | Yen Kuan-heng | ||
7 February 2015 | Changhua 4 | Wei Ming-ku | (陳素月) | ||
7 February 2015 | Miaoli 2 | Hsu Yao-chang | (徐志榮) | ||
7 February 2015 | Nantou 2 | Lin Ming-chen | Hsu Shu-hua | ||
7 February 2015 | Pingtung 3 | Pan Men-an | (莊瑞雄) | ||
7 February 2015 | Taichung 6 | Lin Chia-lung | Huang Kuo-shu |
See also[]
- Ninth Legislative Yuan
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "中選會資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ CEC finalizes two-in-one poll preparations Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Taiwan Today. 13 January 2012
- ^ Civil Servants Election And Recall Act, Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China. Act last amended 25 May 2011.
- Legislative elections in Taiwan
- 2012 elections in Asia
- 2012 elections in Taiwan
- January 2012 events in Asia