2004 Taiwanese legislative election

2004 Taiwanese legislative election

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All 225 seats to the Legislative Yuan
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Chen Shui-bian Lien Chan
Party DPP Kuomintang
Alliance Pan-Green Pan-Blue
Leader since 21 July 2002 20 March 2000
Last election 33.38%, 87 seats 28.56%, 68 seats
Seats won 89 79
Seat change Increase2 Increase11
Popular vote 3,471,429 3,190,081
Percentage 35.72% 32.83%
Swing Increase2.34pp Increase4.27pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader James Soong Huang Chu-wen
Party People First TSU
Alliance Pan-Blue Pan-Green
Leader since 31 March 2000 12 August 2001
Last election 18.57%, 46 seats 7.76%, 13 seats
Seats won 34 12
Seat change Decrease12 Decrease1
Popular vote 1,350,613 756,712
Percentage 13.90% 7.79%
Swing Decrease4.67pp Increase0.03pp


Elected member party by seat

President before election

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

Elected President

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

The 2004 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 11 December 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by single non-transferable vote, 41 elected through party-list Proportional representation, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginal populations. Members served three-year terms beginning on 1 February 2005, and ending 31 January 2008. The next term served four years.

This was the first election following Pan-Blue coalition candidate Lien Chen's narrow defeat in the presidential election in March. With the results of the presidential election still contested, many saw the legislative election as a referendum on Chen Shui-bian's Government and on the Pan-Blue Coalition's electoral viability. With the failure of the Pan-Green Coalition to win a majority, President Chen Shui-bian found it difficult, as in the past, to enact his policies.[citation needed]