1998 Taiwanese legislative election

1998 Taiwanese legislative election
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All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout68.09%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lee Teng-hui Lin Yi-hsiung Chou Yang-shan
Party Kuomintang DPP New
Last election 46.06%, 85 seats 33.17%, 54 seats 12.95%, 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
  •   National Democratic Non-Party Union
  •   Taiwan Independence
  •   New Nation Alliance
  •   Independent
President before election

Liu Sung-pan
Kuomintang

Elected President

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68%.[2]

  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