1998 Taiwanese legislative election

The 1998 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 5 December 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68.1%.

1998 Taiwanese legislative election
5 December 1998
All 225 seats to the Legislative Yuan
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Lee Teng-hui Lin Yi-hsiung Chou Yang-shan
Party Kuomintang DPP New
Last election 85 seats, 46.1% 54 seats, 33.2% 21 seat, 13.0%
Seats won 123 70 11
Seat change 38 16 10
Popular vote 4,659,679 2,966,835 708,465
Percentage 46.43% 29.56% 7.06%
Swing 0.33% 3.64% 5.94%
Leading party and vote count by township/city and district
President before election

Liu Sung-pan
Kuomintang

 Elected President

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

Results
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Kuomintang4,659,67946.4123+38
Democratic Progressive Party2,966,83429.670+16
New Party708,4657.111–10
Democratic Union of Taiwan375,1183.74New
New Nation Alliance157,8261.61New
Taiwan Independence Party145,1181.51New
Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance66,0330.73+3
Green Party Taiwan8,0890.10New
Taiwan Indigenous Party1,1710.000
Chinese Youth Party7230.00New
National Democratic Party3420.00New
Independents946,4319.412+8
Invalid/blank votes152,473–––
Total10,188,302100225+61
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
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