1998 Taiwanese legislative election

The 1998 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 5 December 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68.1%.[2]

1998 Taiwanese legislative election
5 December 1998
All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.1%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lee Teng-hui Lin Yi-hsiung Chou Yang-shan
Party Kuomintang DPP New
Last election 46.1%, 85 seats 33.2%, 54 seats 13.0%, 21 seats
Seats won 123 70 11
Seat change Increase38 Increase16 Decrease10
Popular vote 4,659,679 2,966,835 708,465
Percentage 46.43% 29.56% 7.06%
Swing Increase0.33pp Decrease3.64pp Decrease5.94pp
Elected member party by seat
  •   Kuomintang
  •   Democratic Progressive Party
  •   New Party
  •   Democratic Union
  •   Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance
  •   Taiwan Independence
  •   New Nation Alliance
  •   Independent
President before election

Liu Sung-pan
Kuomintang

 Elected President

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kuomintang4,659,67946.43123+38
Democratic Progressive Party2,966,83429.5670+16
New Party708,4657.0611–10
Democratic Union of Taiwan375,1183.744New
New Nation Alliance157,8261.571New
Taiwan Independence Party145,1181.451New
Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance66,0330.663+3
Green Party Taiwan8,0890.080New
Taiwan Indigenous Party1,1710.0100
Chinese Youth Party7230.010New
National Democratic Party3420.000New
Independents946,4319.4312+8
Total10,035,829100.00225+61
Valid votes10,035,82998.50
Invalid/blank votes152,4731.50
Total votes10,188,302100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,961,90068.09
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. Nohlen et al., p540
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