Presidential elections in Taiwan

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The election of the president and vice president of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國總統、副總統選舉) is a universal direct election through secret vote by the Taiwanese citizens. The most recent election took place on January 11, 2020.

  • The Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act[1] states that a candidate for President or Vice President must be a citizen of the Republic of China, at least 40 years old, and a resident of Taiwan for a period of no less than 15 years with a physical presence of no less than 6 consecutive months.
  • The following persons shall not be registered as candidates for the President:
    • Military personnel
    • Election officials
    • People who hold foreign nationality or who hold residency of the People's Republic of China
    • People who have restored their nationality or acquired their nationality by naturalization
  • The president and vice president are nominated on a joint ticket. Political parties which have gained at least 5% of the votes in the last presidential or legislative election may nominate a set of candidates directly. For example, during the 2012 elections, only the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party were qualified to nominate candidates through this rule. Alternatively, candidates may be nominated by a petition signed by eligible voters numbering no less than 1.5% of the electors in the last legislative election. (This equals 252,848 signatures for the 2012 election.)[1]

List of presidential elections in Taiwan[]

Main articles: List of presidents of the Republic of China and List of unsuccessful candidates for President of the Republic of China
President Election year Winner Other candidates
9 1996 Lee Teng-hui (Kuomintang) – 54.00% Peng Ming-min (Democratic Progressive) – 21.13%
Lin Yang-kang (Independent) – 14.90%
Chen Li-an (Independent) – 9.98%
10 2000 Chen Shui-bian (Democratic Progressive) – 39.30% James Soong (Independent) – 36.84%
Lien Chan (Kuomintang) – 23.10%
11 2004 Chen Shui-bian (Democratic Progressive) – 50.11% Lien Chan (Kuomintang) – 49.89%
12 2008 Ma Ying-jeou (Kuomintang) – 58.45% Frank Hsieh (Democratic Progressive) – 41.55%
13 2012 Ma Ying-jeou (Kuomintang) – 51.60% Tsai Ing-wen (Democratic Progressive) – 45.63%
James Soong (People First) – 2.77%
14 2016 Tsai Ing-wen (Democratic Progressive) – 56.12% Eric Chu (Kuomintang) – 31.04%
James Soong (People First) – 12.84%
15 2020 Tsai Ing-wen (Democratic Progressive) – 57.13% Han Kuo-yu (Kuomintang) – 38.61%
James Soong (People First) – 4.26%
Electoral maps of Taiwanese direct presidential elections.
Election results of the most recent presidential election.
Comparison of the vote percentages in the direct presidential elections.
  DPP candidates
  Kuomintang candidates
  PFP candidates or James Soong
  New Party nominated or endorsed candidates
  Chen Li-an
  Other independents

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act".
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