1989 Taiwanese legislative election

The 1989 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 3 December 1989 for members of the Legislative Yuan.[1]

Background

Compared with the sixth supplementary election the number of new delegates to the Legislative Yuan had been increased from 100 to 130. Of these, 101 were to be elected directly representing Taiwan Province and the special municipalities of Taipei City and Kaohsiung City. The remaining 29 seats were to represent overseas nationals, these delegates were appointed by the President.

Results

Turnout for the supplementary election was 75.5%. Of the 101 directly elected delegates, 72 belonged to the Kuomintang, 21 to Democratic Progressive Party and 8 were independents.

By virtue of achieving more than 20 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party secured the prerogative to propose legislation in the Legislative Yuan.

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Kuomintang			94	+11
Chinese Youth Party			1	–1
Democratic Progressive Party			21	New
Independents			14	–4
Invalid/blank votes	354,748	–	–	–
Total	9,470,526	100	130	+30
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

See also

• History of Taiwan (1945–present)#Democratic Reform
• Politics of the Republic of China
• List of political parties in Taiwan
• Political status of Taiwan