2012 Taiwanese legislative election

The 2012 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, legislative elections were held simultaneously with the presidential election. Elected parliamentarians formed the fifteenth Legislative Yuan session since 1946, when the current constitution came into effect. Voting took place on 14 January 2012 between 08:00 and 16:00 local Taipei time at 14,806 polling stations nationwide.[2]

2012 Taiwanese legislative election

14 January 2012[1]
All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Registered	17,980,578[lower-alpha 1]
Turnout	74.47%[lower-alpha 2] 15.97 pp
Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen Huang Kun-huei Party Kuomintang DPP TSU Leader since 17 October 2009 20 May 2008 26 January 2007 Last election 81 seats, 51.23%[lower-alpha 3] 27 seats, 36.91%[lower-alpha 3] 0 seats, 3.53%[lower-alpha 3] Seats won 64 40 3 Seat change 17 13 3 Popular vote 5,863,379[lower-alpha 3] 4,556,526[lower-alpha 3] 1,178,896[lower-alpha 3] Percentage 44.55% 34.62% 8.96% Swing 6.68 pp 2.29 pp 5.43 pp Constituency seats won[lower-alpha 4] 48 out of 75 27 out of 70 Did not stand   Leader James Soong Lin Pin-kuan Party People First NPSU Leader since 31 March 2000 15 June 2007 Last election 1 seat 3 seats, 0.70%[lower-alpha 3] Seats won 3 2 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 722,089[lower-alpha 3] Did not stand[lower-alpha 3] Percentage 5.49% N/A Swing N/A[lower-alpha 5] N/A Constituency seats won[lower-alpha 6] 1 out of 12 2 out of 3
Elected member party by constituency
Party-list leading party and vote count by township/city and district
President before election Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang Elected President Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting.

Subsidies

According to the "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act", subsidies are payable to the political parties who sponsor candidates for Legislative Yuan elections. Article 43 has the following specifications:[3]

Every year the state shall apportion subsidies for campaign to the political parties, and the standard of apportionment shall be determined based on the latest election of members of the Legislative Yuan. If a ratio of vote attained by the political party achieves not less than 5% in the national integrated election and the overseas election of central civil servants, the subsidy for campaign funds shall be granted to the political party by a rate of NT$50 per vote every year. The Central Election Commission shall work out the amount of the subsidy every fiscal year, and notify the party to prepare the receipt and receive the subsidy from the Central Election Commission within 1 month, till the tenure of the current session of the members of the Legislative Yuan expires.

Results

Summary

A summarised results of the parties that won seats at the election is as follows:

Party		Leader	Overall				District and indigenous seats				Party-list seats
			Seats	±	%		Seats	Votes	%		Seats	Votes	%
	Kuomintang	Ma Ying-jeou	64	17	56.64%	64 / 113	48	6,339,301	48.12%		16	5,863,279	44.55%
	Democratic Progressive Party	Tsai Ing-wen	40	13	35.40%	40 / 113	27	5,763,186	43.80%		13	4,556,424	34.62%
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	Huang Kun-huei	3	3	2.65%	3 / 113	0	Did not stand	0.00%		3	1,178,797	8.96%
	People First Party	James Soong	3	2	2.65%	3 / 113	1	175,032	1.33%		2	722,089	5.49%
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	Lin Pin-kuan	2	1	1.77%	2 / 113	2	168,861	1.28%		0	Did not stand	0.00%

Full results

Elected party composition of the 8th Legislative Yuan

 Summary of the 14 January 2012 Legislative Yuan election results

Parties (alliances)		constituency + Aboriginal		Party block		Votes	%	Total seats
		Seats	±	Seats	±			Before	After	±
	Kuomintang	48	13	16	4	5,863,379	44.55	81	64	17
	People First Party	1	0	2	2	722,089	5.49	1	3	2
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union	2	1	0	0	148,105	1.12	3	2	1
	New Party	0	0	0	0	195,960	1.49	0	0	0
	Pan-Blue coalition	51	14	18	2	7,651,622	51.48	85	69	16
	Democratic Progressive Party	27	14	13	1	4,556,526	34.62	27	40	13
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	0	0	3	3	1,178,896	8.96	0	3	3
	Pan-Green coalition	27	14	16	2	5,735,422	43.56	27	43	16
	Independents	1	0	0	0	2,528	0.02	1	1	0
Total		79	0	34	0	13,241,467	100%	113	113	0
Source: Central Election Commission

By-elections

Date	Constituency	Outgoing member		Incoming member
26 January 2013	Taichung 2		Yen Ching-piao		Yen Kuan-heng
7 February 2015	Changhua 4		Wei Ming-ku		Chen Su-yueh (陳素月)
7 February 2015	Miaoli 2		Hsu Yao-chang		Hsu Chih-jung (徐志榮)
7 February 2015	Nantou 2		Lin Ming-chen		Hsu Shu-hua
7 February 2015	Pingtung 3		Pan Men-an		Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄)
7 February 2015	Taichung 6		Lin Chia-lung		Huang Kuo-shu

See also

• Ninth Legislative Yuan

Notes

1. District and aboriginal electorate; party-list electorate size was 18,090,295
2. District and aboriginal electorate; party-list voter turnout was 74.33%
3. Party-list election
4. District and aboriginal
5. Did not stand in the party-list election in 2008
6. District and aboriginal

References

1. "中選會資料庫網站". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 January 2020.
2. CEC finalizes two-in-one poll preparations Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Taiwan Today. 13 January 2012
3. Civil Servants Election And Recall Act, Laws and Regulations Database of the Republic of China. Act last amended 25 May 2011.