IFES Election Guide - Election Profile for Taiwan

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Country: Taiwan
Official Name: Republic of China
Election Type: Parliamentary
Date: January 12, 2008

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At stake in this election:

113 seats in the Legislative Yuan

Description of government structure:

Chief of State: President CHEN Shui-bian
Head of Government: Premier Chun-hsiung CHANG
Assembly: Taiwan has a unicameral Legislative Yuan with 113 seats.

Description of electoral system:

The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
In the Legislative Yuan, 73 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms, 6 members are reserved to serve 4-year terms and 34 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Members of the Legislative Yuan are elected through a mixed member proportional system. 73 seats are elected from constituencies, 6 reserved for the representation of indigenous people, and 34 members from at-large seats.

Main parties in the electoral race:

Party: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
Leader: Shui-bian CHEN
Seats won in this election: 27
Seats won in last election: 89
Party: Kuomintang Party (KMT)
Leader: Poh-hsiung WU
Seats won in this election: 81
Seats won in last election: 79
Party: People First Party (PFP)
Leader: James SOONG
Seats won in this election: 1
Seats won in last election: 34
Party: Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU)
Leader: Kun-huei HUANG
Seats won in this election: 0
Seats won in last election: 12
Party: Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU)
Leader: Po-ya CHANG
Seats won in this election: 3
Seats won in last election: 6