Taiwanese legislative election, 1998

Republic of China legislative election, 1998

1 December 1998

All 225 seats to the Legislative Yuan

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Lee Teng-hui	Lin Yi-hsiung
Party	Kuomintang	Democratic Progressive
Last election	85	54
Seats won	123	70

Results:

Kuomintang

Democratic Progressive Party

New Party

Independent

President of the
Legislative Yuan before election

Liu Sung-pan
Kuomintang

Elected President of the
Legislative Yuan

Wang Jin-pyng
Kuomintang

The Election for the 4th Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (R.O.C./Taiwan) 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%.

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
Nationwide Democratic Nonpartisan Union	66,033	0.7	3	+3
Green Party Taiwan	8,089	0.1	0	New
Chinese Taiwan Aboriginies 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

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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See also: Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49)