2012 Taiwanese legislative election

14 January 2012 (2012-01-14)[1]
All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Registered	17,980,578[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout	74.47%[lower-alpha 2] 15.97 pp
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen Huang Kun-huei Party Kuomintang DPP TSU Leader since 17 October 2009 20 May 2008 26 January 2007 Last election 81 seats, 51.23%[lower-alpha 3] 27 seats, 36.91%[lower-alpha 3] 0 seats, 3.53%[lower-alpha 3] Seats won 64 40 3 Seat change 17 13 3 Constituency vote 6,339,301 48.18% 5.32pp 5,763,186 43.80% 5.63pp Did not stand Party vote 5,863,379 44.55% 6.68pp 4,556,526 34.62% 2.29pp 1,178,896 8.96% 3.53pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader James Soong Lin Pin-kuan Party People First NPSU Leader since 31 March 2000 15 June 2007 Last election 1 seat 3 seats, 0.70%[lower-alpha 3] Seats won 3 2 Seat change 2 1 Constituency vote 175,032 1.33% 1.04pp 168,861 1.28% 1.04pp Party vote 722,089 5.49% —[lower-alpha 4] Did not stand
Vote share by constituencies Seat changes
Election cartogram
President before election Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang Elected President Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide.^[2]

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting.

Subsidies

According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications:^[3]

Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year. The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the party to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires.

Results

Party		Party-list			Constituency/Indigenous			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Kuomintang	5,863,379	44.55	16	6,339,301	48.18	48	64	–17
	Democratic Progressive Party	4,556,526	34.62	13	5,763,186	43.80	27	40	+13
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	1,178,896	8.96	3				3	+3
	People First Party	722,089	5.49	2	175,032	1.33	1	3	+2
	Green Party Taiwan	229,566	1.74	0	79,729	0.61	0	0	0
	New Party	195,960	1.49	0	10,678	0.08	0	0	0
	National Health Service Alliance	163,344	1.24	0	19,088	0.15	0	0	New
	Taiwan National Congress	118,632	0.90	0	19,987	0.15	0	0	New
	People United Party	84,818	0.64	0	13,044	0.10	0	0	New
	Taiwanism Party	29,889	0.23	0	16,280	0.12	0	0	New
	Taiwan Basic Laws Party	19,274	0.15	0	9,666	0.07	0	0	New
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union				168,861	1.28	2	2	–1
	People are the Boss Alliance				5,852	0.04	0	0	New
	Taiwan Businessmen Party				3,156	0.02	0	0	New
	Righteous Party				1,852	0.01	0	0	New
	Independents				532,270	4.05	1	1	0
Total		13,162,373	100.00	34	13,157,982	100.00	79	113	0
Valid votes		13,162,373	97.89		13,157,982	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		283,619	2.11		232,344	1.74
Total votes		13,445,992	100.00		13,390,326	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,090,295	74.33		17,980,578	74.47
Source: Election Study Center, Election Study Center, CSES

Subsequent by-elections

See also

• Ninth Legislative Yuan

Notes

References