2012 Taiwanese legislative election

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
Turnout	74.47% 15.97 pp
	Election cartogram
President before election; Wang Jin-pyng; Kuomintang	Elected President ; Wang Jin-pyng; Kuomintang

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]

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



Party		Party-list			Constituency/Indigenous			Total seats	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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	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	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
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

Notes

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