1992 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 19 December 1992.[1][2]

1992 Taiwanese legislative election
19 December 1992
All 162 seats in the Legislative Yuan
82 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.02%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lee Teng-hui Hsu Hsin-liang
Party Kuomintang DPP
Seats won 102 51
Seat change Increase1 Increase30
Popular vote 5,030,725 2,944,195
Percentage 53.02% 31.03%
Elected member party by seat
  •   Kuomintang
  •   Democratic Progressive Party
  •   Independent
President before election

Liang Su-yung
Kuomintang

 Elected President

Liu Sung-pan
Kuomintang

Background

The Constitution of the Republic of China took effect on December 25, 1947 (36th year of the Republic) and held its first parliamentary election in 1948. Amidst the backdrop of the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang nationalist government and the Chinese Communist Party, the National Assembly invoked article 174 of the constitution and implemented the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion. After the mainland fell to the Communists, the central government retreated to Taiwan thus holding another nationwide elections would be too difficult in the Communist-held areas.

As democratization began in the late 1980s, the government repealed the Temporary Provisions and introduced the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, allowing the electorates residing in the free area to directly elect the president and the complete re-election of the Legislative Yuan.

The result was a victory for the KMT, which won 95 of the 161 seats. Voter turnout was 72.0%.

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kuomintang5,030,72553.0295+1
Democratic Progressive Party2,944,19531.0351+30
Chinese Social Democratic Party126,2131.331New
Workers' Party32,3490.340New
Labor Party11,2240.120New
Truth Party6,5450.070New
China Unity Party1,4380.020New
People's Action Party1,2210.010New
Chinese Youth Party1,0350.010–1
National Revival Party8860.010New
China All People Welfare Party6770.010New
China Democratic Socialist Party4180.000New
China Great Harmony Democratic Party2010.000New
China Justice Party900.000New
Independents1,331,55514.03140
Total9,488,772100.00161+31
Valid votes9,488,77298.17
Invalid/blank votes177,2491.83
Total votes9,666,021100.00
Registered voters/turnout13,421,17072.02
Source: Nohlen et al.

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. Hsieh, John Fuh-Sheng; Niou, Emerson M.S. (1996). "Issue Voting in the Republic of China on Taiwan's 1992 Legislative Yuan Election". International Political Science Review. 17: 13–27. doi:10.1177/019251296017001002. S2CID 144074789.
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