2016 Taiwanese general election

2016 Taiwanese general election

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Presidential election
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Turnout	66.27% (8.11pp)
Nominee Tsai Ing-wen Eric Chu James Soong Party DPP Kuomintang People First Running mate Chen Chien-jen Wang Ju-hsuan Hsu Hsin-ying Popular vote 6,894,744 3,813,365 1,576,861 Percentage 56.12% 31.04% 12.84%
President before election Ma Ying-jeou Kuomintang Elected President Tsai Ing-wen DPP
Legislative election
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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.25% ( 8.08 pp, party-list) 66.34% ( 8.13 pp, constituency)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– DPP Tsai Ing-wen 44.06 68 +28 Kuomintang Eric Chu 26.91 35 −29 People First James Soong 6.52 3 0 NPP Huang Kuo-chang 6.11 5 New NPSU Lin Pin-kuan 0.64 1 −1 Independent – – 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President of the Legislative Yuan before President of the Legislative Yuan after Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang Su Jia-chyuan DPP

General elections were held in Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, on Saturday, 16 January 2016 to elect the 14th President and Vice President of the Republic of China, and all 113 members of the ninth Legislative Yuan:^[1]