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
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	+/–
Kuomintang	4,659,679	46.4	123	+38
Democratic Progressive Party	2,966,834	29.6	70	+16
New Party	708,465	7.1	11	–10
Democratic Union of Taiwan	375,118	3.7	4	New
New Nation Alliance	157,826	1.6	1	New
Taiwan Independence Party	145,118	1.5	1	New
Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance	66,033	0.7	3	+3
Green Party Taiwan	8,089	0.1	0	New
Taiwan Indigenous Party	1,171	0.0	0	0
Chinese Youth Party	723	0.0	0	New
National Democratic Party	342	0.0	0	New
Independents	946,431	9.4	12	+8
Invalid/blank votes	152,473	–	–	–
Total	10,188,302	100	225	+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