Republic of China legislative election, 1992

Republic of China legislative election, 1992

19 December 1992

All 162 seats to the Legislative Yuan   Majority party Minority party   Leader Lee Teng-hui Hsu Hsin-liang Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Seats won 95 51

Election results

President of the Legislative Yuan before election Liang Su-yung Kuomintang Elected President of the Legislative Yuan Liu Sung-pan Kuomintang

The Election for the 2nd Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (R.O.C./Taiwan) on 19 December 1992.^[1][2]

Background

This was the first direct legislative election in Taiwan. The result was a victory for the ruling party Kuomintang, which won 95 of the 161 seats. Voter turnout was 72.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Kuomintang	5,030,725	53.0	95	+1
Democratic Progressive Party	2,944,195	31.0	51	+30
Chinese Social Democratic Party	126,313	1.3	1	New
Workers' Party	32,349	0.3	0	New
Labor Party	11,224	0.1	0	New
Truth Party	6,545	0.1	0	New
China Unity Party	1,438	0.0	0	New
PMP	1,221	0.0	0	New
Chinese Youth Party	1,035	0.0	0	–1
National Revival Party	886	0.0	0	New
China All People Welfare Party	677	0.0	0	New
China Democratic Socialist Party	418	0.0	0	New
China Great Harmony Democratic Party	201	0.0	0	New
China Justice Party	90	0.0	0	New
Independents	1,331,555	14.0	14	0
Invalid/blank votes	177,249	–	–	–
Total	9,666,021	100	161	+31
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
2. http://ips.sagepub.com/content/17/1/13