1992 Taiwanese legislative election

The 1992 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 19 December 1992.[1][2]

1992 Taiwanese legislative election

19 December 1992

All 162 seats to the Legislative Yuan
82 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.02%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lee Teng-hui Hsu Hsin-liang
Party KMT DPP
Seats won 102 51
Seat change 1 30
Popular vote 5,030,725 2,944,195
Percentage 53.02% 31.03%

Elected member party by seat
  •   Independent

President before election

Liang Su-yung
KMT

Elected President

Liu Sung-pan
KMT

Background

This was the first direct legislative election in Taiwan. The result was a victory for the ruling party Kuomintang, 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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