2016 Taiwanese legislative election

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All 113 seats in theLegislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Registered	18,692,217[a]
Turnout	66.34% ( 8.13pp)[b]
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tsai Ing-wen Eric Chu Party DPP Kuomintang Last election 40 seats 65 seats Seats won 68 35 Seat change 28 29 Constituency vote 5,416,683 44.59% 0.79pp 4,724,394 38.89% 9.29pp Party vote 5,370,953 44.06% 9.44pp 3,280,949 26.91% 17.64pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Huang Kuo-chang James Soong Party NPP People First Last election Did not exist 3 seats Seats won 5 3 Seat change New Constituency vote 351,244 2.89% New 156,212 1.29% 0.74pp Party vote 744,315 6.11% New 794,383 6.52% 1.03pp
Vote share by constituencies Seat changes
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President before election Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang ElectedPresident Su Jia-chyuan DPP

Legislative elections were held inTaiwan on 16 January 2016 to elect all 113 members in theLegislative Yuan, alongsidepresidential elections. TheDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) led byTsai Ing-wen, who also won thepresidential election on the same day, secured a majority for the first time in history by winning 68 seats. The rulingKuomintang (KMT) lost both the presidency and its legislative majority and returned to the opposition.

The DPP managed to unseat the KMT in its traditional blue strongholds across Taiwan, turning districts in Taipei, Taichung and Hualien green, while KMT Vice ChairmanHau Lung-bin conceded defeat to relatively unknown city councilorTsai Shih-ying from the DPP, becoming one of the most notable upsets in the election. The year-oldNew Power Party (NPP), founded by young activists in the wake of the 2014Sunflower Movement, entered the Legislative Yuan, winning five seats from KMT veterans.^[2]

Members were elected byparallel voting.

The two major parties, the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party, used different strategies when nominating candidates for the Legislative Yuan elections. The Kuomintang nominated a candidate in all but one of the constituency seats.^[3] The sole exception wasTaipei 2, where they instead supported theNew Party candidate. The DPP, on the other hand, developed a cooperation strategy with several minor parties. The DPP agreed to support candidates from these parties in exchange for agreements not to stand in tight races where they might sap DPP votes. These included theNew Power Party, theTaiwan Solidarity Union, and theGreen-Social Democratic Coalition, as well as several independents.^[4][5] This strategy did not work inHsinchu, where the NPP and DPP backed separate candidates.^[6] A total of 43 female candidates won election to the Legislative Yuan, the most ever to take office.^[7]

Source	Date	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	MKT	NPP	G–SD	NP	FTP	IND	Other	Undecided	Lead
TrendArchived 13 February 2015 at theWayback Machine	9 February 2015	18.5%	31.2%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14.5%	1.4%	34.4%	12.7%
TrendArchived 29 May 2015 at theWayback Machine	19 May 2015	19.1%	25.2%	2.6%	3.8%	0.4%	3.3%	2.4%	0.9%	–	13.4%	3.6%	25.2%	6.1%
Trend1[1]	12 July 2015	15.5%	30.7%	1.2%	3.4%	–	–	–	0.7%	–	14.0%	–	29.6%	15.2%
Trend2Archived 23 July 2015 at theWayback Machine[2]Archived 23 July 2015 at theWayback Machine	16 July 2015	20.3%	27.8%	0.6%	4.3%	–	–	–	0.8%	–	12.9%	1.2%	26.9%	7.5%
Trend3[3]	6 August 2015	19.9%	25.9%	0.9%	4.9%	–	–	–	1.2%	–	2.2%	–	36.7%	6.0%
Taiwan index	12 September 2015	21.4%	30.9%	0.1%	2.5%	–	0.7%	0.4%	0.0%	–	–	1.5%	42.3%	9.5%
Apple Daily	14 September 2015	30.29%	38.17%	2.11%	8.12%	1.33%	4.53%	–	–	–	–	15.45%		7.88%
Trend	14 September 2015	15.9%	31.2%	0.4%	2.1%	0.8%	5.9%	1.4%	–	0.5%	11.4%	2.5%	27.9%	15.3%
TrendArchived 23 September 2015 at theWayback Machine	17 September 2015	18.3%	29.9%	1.2%	2.4%	0.5%	5.9%	1.5%	0.1%	0.3%	3.7%	1.1%	35.2%	11.6%
Trend	24 September 2015	18.3%	32.6%	1.6%	5.2%	0.5%	5.6%	2.0%	0.6%	–	0.4%	2.7%	30.5%	14.3%
Daily	16 October 2015	31.28%	38.11%	1.93%	4.75%	1.33%	5.94%	1.04%	1.49%	–	–	–	13.68%	6.83%
TVBSArchived 6 November 2015 at theWayback Machine	19 October 2015	30%	30%	–	1%	–	1%	–	–	–	2%	1%	35%	Tied
Trend	24 October 2015	19.0%	35.0%	1.0%	2.4%	0.8%	4.0%	0.9%	0.1%	0.1%	2.0%	0.3%	34.4%	16.0%
Notice：Third party (politics)：14.5%,25.2%,38.1%.

Source	Date	KMT	DPP	TSU	PFP	MKT	NPP	G–SD	NP*	FTP	Other	Undecided	Lead
Trend	14 March 2015	19.9%	25.7%	4.0%	7.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	43.4%	5.8%
TrendArchived 29 May 2015 at theWayback Machine[4]Archived 29 May 2015 at theWayback Machine	19 May 2015	26.7%	33.4%	4.4%	6.6%	0.4%	3.6%	4.2%	1.5%	–	4.6%	14.6%	6.7%
TVBS1Archived 1 July 2015 at theWayback Machine[5]Archived 1 July 2015 at theWayback Machine	1 June 2015	24%	29%	3%	4%	0.8%	0.4%	1.1%	0.8%	–	2%	34%	5.0%
New Realm[6]	9 July 2015	18.67%	31.67%	1.61%	5.14%	–	3.86%	1.12%	1.29%	–	1.08%	35.08%	13.00%
Trend2[7]	12 July 2015	20.5%	38.2%	3.7%	8.3%	–	–	–	0.9%	–	–	20.1%	13.7%
Trend3Archived 23 July 2015 at theWayback Machine[8]Archived 23 July 2015 at theWayback Machine	16 July 2015	24.6%	35.6%	4.1%	9.2%	–	–	–	2.1%	–	0.4%	16.5%	11.0%
Decision[9]	9 August 2015	24.3%	30.3%	1.8%	6.6%	–	5.6%	2.6%	1.4%	–	–	27.4%	6.0%
Freedom Journal	26 August 2015	17.38%	36.71%	1.39%	4.93%	0.28%	1.3%	0.46%	–	–	2.42%	35.13%	19.33%
Taiwan Index[10]	12 September 2015	22.1%	35.1%	1.9%	7.2%	0.0%	0.3%	1.4%	0.1%	–	2.1%	29.9%	13.0%
Trend	14 September 2015	21.5%	37.6%	4.1%	5.6%	0.8%	6.8%	1.8%	–	0.5%	0.9%	20.4%	16.0%
TrendArchived 23 September 2015 at theWayback Machine	17 September 2015	22.7%	34.2%	3.7%	4.3%	0.7%	5.6%	2.3%	–	1.6%	0.5%	24.4%	11.5%
Freedom journal	23 September 2015	17.81%	34.26%	1.54%	3.56%	–	1.83%	0.19%	–	–	40.82%		16.45%
Trend	23 September 2015	19.7%	34.7%	3.4%	6.9%	0.5%	7.0%	1.7%	–	–	2.4%	23.7%	15.0%
Freedom Journal	16 October 2015	19.01%	33.17%	1.65%	3.2%	0.39%	1.75%	0.10%	–	–	–	40.71%	14.16%
TVBSArchived 6 November 2015 at theWayback Machine	18 October 2015	33%	28%	3%	3%	2%	5%	2%	–	–	2%	22%	5.0%
Trend[11]	24 October 2015	21.3%	37.5%	3.0%	7.2%	0.6%	4.7%	2.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.3%	22.3%	16.2%
Shih Hsin University4[12]	31 October 2015	23.3%	34%	2.3%	4.1%	0.5%	3.1%	–	0.7%	–	–	30.2%	11.7%
TVBS	13 December 2015	23%	27%	2%	5%	2%	6%	3%	–	–	3%	25%	4%
Notice:： New Party (Taiwan)：[*] New Party decided to fully supportKuomintang and withdrew all their candidates on proportional representation,[11] but eventually still announced their own proportional candidates in November.[12] Home Party：10.5% Non-Partisan Solidarity Union：41.8% Third party (politics)：28.3%,37.5%.

Party		Party-list				Constituency/Aboriginal				Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	Votes	%	+/–	Seats
	Democratic Progressive Party	5,370,953	44.06	+9.44	18	5,416,683	44.59	+0.79	50	68	+28
	Kuomintang	3,280,949	26.91	–17.64	11	4,724,394	38.89	–9.29	24	35	–29
	People First Party	794,838	6.52	+1.03	3	156,212	1.29	–0.04	0	3	0
	New Power Party	744,315	6.11	New	2	351,244	2.89	New	3	5	New
	New Party	510,074	4.18	+2.69	0	75,372	0.62	+0.54	0	0	0
	Green–Social Democratic Coalition	308,106	2.53	+0.79	0	203,658	1.68	+1.07	0	0	0
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	305,675	2.51	–6.45	0	97,765	0.80	New	0	0	–3
	Faith And Hope League	206,629	1.70	New	0	71,101	0.59	New	0	0	New
	Minkuotang	197,627	1.62	New	0	195,140	1.61	New	0	0	New
	Military, Civil and Faculty Alliance Party	87,213	0.72	New	0	17,718	0.15	New	0	0	New
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	77,672	0.64	New	0	27,690	0.23	–1.05	1	1	–1
	Trees Party	77,174	0.63	New	0	30,224	0.25	New	0	0	New
	Chinese Unification Promotion Party	56,347	0.46	New	0	18,812	0.15	New	0	0	New
	National Health Service Alliance	51,024	0.42	–0.82	0	12,429	0.10	–0.05	0	0	0
	Free Taiwan Party	47,988	0.39	New	0	18,495	0.15	New	0	0	New
	Peace Dove Alliance Party	30,617	0.25	New	0	10,318	0.08	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Independence Party	27,496	0.23	New	0	7,809	0.06	New	0	0	New
	Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan	15,442	0.13	New	0	13,518	0.11	New	0	0	New
	People's Democratic Front					7,403	0.06	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Labor Party					6,098	0.05	New	0	0	New
	Labor Party					5,773	0.05	New	0	0	New
	The Motorists' Party of ROC					3,040	0.03	New	0	0	New
	Social Welfare Party					2,751	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Taiwan Win Party					2,700	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Pan-Pacific E.P. Union Party					1,946	0.02	New	0	0	New
	Righteous Party					847	0.01	–0.00	0	0	0
	Taiwan First Party					567	0.00	New	0	0	New
	Chinese Production Party					568	0.00	New	0	0	New
	Independents					668,446	5.50	+1.45	1	1	0
Total		12,190,139	100.00	–	34	12,148,721	100.00	–	79	113	0
Valid votes		12,190,139	97.94			12,148,721	97.97
Invalid/blank votes		256,897	2.06			251,308	2.03
Total votes		12,447,036	100.00			12,400,029	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,786,940	66.25			18,692,217	66.34
Source:CEC,Election Study Center,Election Study Center

Source:Central Election Commission

Kuomintang Vice ChairmanHau Lung-bin announced he was stepping down after his surprising defeat in theKeelung City Constituency by relatively unknown city councillorTsai Shih-ying from the DPP, following the Party ChairmanEric Chu, who also resigned from the leadership after his defeat in the presidential election.^[13]

A total of five legislative seats are scheduled to be contested in by-elections, as both the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party drew candidates for local office from sitting legislators during the2018 local elections. The first two by-elections are scheduled for 26 January 2019.^[14][15]

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