2024 Taiwanese legislative election

13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)
All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Eric Chu Lai Ching-te Ko Wen-je Party Kuomintang DPP TPP Alliance Pan-Blue Pan-Green Last election 33.36%, 38 seats 33.98%, 61 seats 11.22%, 5 seats Seats won 52 51 8 Seat change 14 10 3 Constituency vote 5,401,933 39.96% 0.75pp 6,095,276 45.09% 0.02pp 403,357 2.98% 1.11pp Party vote 4,764,293 34.58% 1.22pp 4,981,060 36.16% 2.18pp 3,040,334 22.07% 10.85pp
Vote share by constituencies Seat changes
President before election Yu Shyi-kun DPP Elected President TBD

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 for the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China concurrently with the presidential elections.^[1][2] This election was the fifth to use the mixed electoral system after it was introduced to legislative elections.

The results saw the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lose its majority in the Legislative Yuan that it had held since 2016, losing 10 seats and retaining 51, while the Kuomintang (KMT) became the largest single party with 52 seats, and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) won eight seats. The New Power Party lost all its three seats after failing to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold for at-large representation. The election marked the first time under the current electoral system that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan.^[3] The term of the Legislative Yuan is scheduled to begin on 1 February 2024.

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

Contesting parties and candidates

A total of 315 candidates registered for first-past-the-post seats in the 2024 legislative election.^[4] Sixteen political parties submitted party lists to the Central Election Commission (CEC). A total of 178 nominees were included on party lists.^[5] On 15 December 2023, the CEC announced that six first-past-the post candidates, one candidate running for a reserved indigenous seat, and one party list candidate, were ineligible.^[6] The campaign period officially started on 16 December 2023.^[7]

Results

The Kuomintang won 52 seats in this election, making it the largest single party in the Legislative Yuan. The DPP, having won 51 seats, declined to the second largest party in the Legislative Yuan. The TPP ranked the third with 8 seats under its control. The DPP lost 11 seats in the election, which also meant the loss of the parliamentary majority that it had held since 2016. The election results also led to the removal of the New Power Party, which previously held three seats, from the Legislative Yuan after it failed to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold needed to win at-large seats. Two independents who are both ideologically aligned with the Kuomintang were also elected.^[3]

The election marked the first time since 2004 that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan.^[3] The results also meant that the TPP’s support was crucial in the selection of the President of the Legislative Yuan.^[8]

The election was also the first time that an openly gay candidate, Huang Jie (DPP) of Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency, was elected to the chamber.^[9]

Party		Party-list			Constituency/Aboriginal			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Democratic Progressive Party	4,981,060	36.16	13	6,095,276	45.09	38	51	–10
	Kuomintang	4,764,293	34.58	13	5,401,933	39.96	39	52	+14
	Taiwan People's Party	3,040,334	22.07	8	403,357	2.98	0	8	+3
	New Power Party	353,670	2.57	0	96,589	0.71	0	0	–3
	Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party	128,613	0.93	0	78,138	0.58	0	0	New
	Green Party Taiwan	117,298	0.85	0	15,557	0.12	0	0	0
	Taiwan Statebuilding Party	95,078	0.69	0	32,583	0.24	0	0	–1
	People First Party	69,817	0.51	0				0	0
	MiLinguall Party	44,852	0.33	0	55,937	0.41	0	0	New
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	43,372	0.31	0				0	0
	New Party	40,429	0.29	0	9,143	0.07	0	0	0
	Judicial Reform Party	37,755	0.27	0	38,685	0.29	0	0	New
	Institutional Island of Saving the World	19,691	0.14	0	11,260	0.08	0	0	New
	Unionist Party	18,425	0.13	0	13,203	0.10	0	0	0
	The People Union Party	11,746	0.09	0	25,216	0.19	0	0	New
	Taiwan Renewal Party	10,303	0.07	0	33,347	0.25	0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party				74,375	0.55	0	0	New
	Formosa Alliance				15,433	0.11	0	0	0
	Taiwan Mahjong Greatest Party				7,839	0.06	0	0	New
	Rehabilitation Alliance Party				7,441	0.06	0	0	New
	Labor Party				6,453	0.05	0	0	0
	Justice Party				6,331	0.05	0	0	New
	United China Party				4,139	0.03	0	0	New
	Taiwan Nationalist Party				3,293	0.02	0	0	New
	Taiwan Revolutionary Party				3,072	0.02	0	0	0
	Chinese Culture Republican Party				2,583	0.02	0	0	New
	Family Basic Income				2,361	0.02	0	0	New
	Taiwan Plastic Surgery Federation Labor Party				1,881	0.01	0	0	New
	Chinese Women's Party				1,029	0.01	0	0	0
	People's Democratic Party				836	0.01	0	0	0
	Economic Party				472	0.00	0	0	New
	Patriot Alliance Association				310	0.00	0	0	New
	United Action Alliance				174	0.00	0	0	0
	Revival of the Chinese Alliance				136	0.00	0	0	New
	Independents				1,069,758	7.91	2	2	–3
Total		13,776,736	100.00	34	13,518,140	100.00	79	113	0
Valid votes		13,776,736	98.10		13,518,140	97.41
Invalid/blank votes		267,306	1.90		359,917	2.59
Total votes		14,044,042	100.00		13,878,057	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		19,566,007	71.78		19,468,969	71.28
Source: Central Election Commission

See also

• 2024 Taiwanese general election

References