Presidential elections in Taiwan

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 an ROC citizen, at least 40 years old, and a resident of Taiwan for a period of no less than 15 years with physical presence for not less than 6 consecutive months. (The citizenship refers to household registration in Taiwan)
  • 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 restored their nationality or acquired 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 at the last presidential or legislature election may nominate a set of candidates directly. For example, for 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 electors at the last legislature 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
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
PresidentElection yearWinnerOther major candidates
152020 Tsai Ing-wen, William Lai (Democratic Progressive) – 57.1% Han Kuo-yu, Chang San-cheng (Kuomintang) – 38.6%
James Soong, Sandra Yu (People First) – 4.3%
142016 Tsai Ing-wen, Chen Chien-Jen (Democratic Progressive) – 56.1% Eric Chu, Wang Ju-hsuan (Kuomintang) – 31.0%
James Soong, Hsu Hsin-ying (People First) – 12.8%
132012 Ma Ying-jeou, Wu Den-yih (Kuomintang) – 51.60% Tsai Ing-wen, Su Jia-chyuan (Democratic Progressive) – 45.63%
James Soong, Lin Ruey-shiung (People First) – 2.77%
122008 Ma Ying-jeou, Vincent Siew (Kuomintang) – 58.45% Frank Hsieh, Su Tseng-chang (Democratic Progressive) – 41.55%
112004 Chen Shui-bian, Annette Lu (Democratic Progressive) – 50.11% Lien Chan, James Soong (Kuomintang) – 49.89%
102000 Chen Shui-bian, Annette Lu (Democratic Progressive) – 39.3% James Soong, Chang Chau-hsiung (Independent) – 36.8%
Lien Chan, Vincent Siew (Kuomintang) – 23.1%
91996 Lee Teng-hui, Lien Chan (Kuomintang) – 54.0% Peng Ming-min, Frank Hsieh (Democratic Progressive) – 21.1%
Lin Yang-kang, Hau Pei-tsun (Independent) – 14.9%
Chen Li-an, Wang Ching-feng (Independent) – 9.9%
Maps of results by party
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See also

References
  1. "Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act".
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