2012 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2012 for all 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan. For the first time, the 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

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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority
Registered	17,980,578[a]
Turnout	74.47%[b] 15.97 pp
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ma Ying-jeou Tsai Ing-wen Party Kuomintang Democratic Progressive Leader since 17 October 2009 20 May 2008 Last election 81 seats 27 seats Seats won 64 40 Seat change 17 13 Constituency vote 6,339,301 48.18% 5.32pp 5,763,186 43.80% 5.63pp Party vote 5,863,379 44.55% 6.68pp 4,556,526 34.62% 2.29pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Huang Kun-huei James Soong Party TSU People First Leader since 26 January 2007 31 March 2000 Last election 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 3 3 Seat change 3 2 Constituency vote Did not stand 175,032 1.33% 1.04pp Party vote 1,178,896 8.96% 3.53pp 722,089 5.49% —[c]
Vote share by constituencies Seat changes
Election cartogram
President before election Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang Elected President Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

Electoral system

Main article: Legislative Yuan elections in Taiwan

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

Party		Party-list			Constituency/Indigenous			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Kuomintang	5,863,379	44.55	16	6,339,301	48.18	48	64	–17
	Democratic Progressive Party	4,556,526	34.62	13	5,763,186	43.80	27	40	+13
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	1,178,896	8.96	3				3	+3
	People First Party	722,089	5.49	2	175,032	1.33	1	3	+2
	Green Party Taiwan	229,566	1.74	0	79,729	0.61	0	0	0
	New Party	195,960	1.49	0	10,678	0.08	0	0	0
	National Health Service Alliance [zh]	163,344	1.24	0	19,088	0.15	0	0	New
	Taiwan National Congress	118,632	0.90	0	19,987	0.15	0	0	New
	People United Party [zh]	84,818	0.64	0	13,044	0.10	0	0	New
	Taiwanism Party	29,889	0.23	0	16,280	0.12	0	0	New
	Taiwan Basic Laws Party	19,274	0.15	0	9,666	0.07	0	0	New
	Non-Partisan Solidarity Union				168,861	1.28	2	2	–1
	People are the Boss Alliance				5,852	0.04	0	0	New
	Taiwan Businessmen Party				3,156	0.02	0	0	New
	Righteous Party				1,852	0.01	0	0	New
	Independents				532,270	4.05	1	1	0
Total		13,162,373	100.00	34	13,157,982	100.00	79	113	0
Valid votes		13,162,373	97.89		13,157,982	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		283,619	2.11		232,344	1.74
Total votes		13,445,992	100.00		13,390,326	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		18,090,295	74.33		17,980,578	74.47
Source: Election Study Center, Election Study Center, CSES

Subsequent 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 indigenous electorate; party-list electorate size was 18,090,295
2. District and indigenous electorate; party-list voter turnout was 74.33%
3. Did not stand in the party-list election in 2008