Taiwan Election

Taiwan held legislative elections on January 12, 2008—little more than two months before its presidential elections. It was split into a constituency ballot and a party-list ballot; each citizen voted once for each ballot. The Democratic Progressive Party-controlled Pan-Green Coalition was the previous majority, and the KMT-aligned Pan-Blue Coalition was the opposition. The Pan-Blue coalition won a supermajority, earning 85 seats compared to the Pan-Green's 27.

Fast Facts

1. Took place: January 12, 2008
2. Constituency votes cast: 10,050,619
3. Party List votes cast: 10,076,239
4. Voter turnout: 58.3%¹
5. Total number of seats: 113
6. All seats available in election
7. Previous ruling party: DPP's Pan-Green Coalition
8. Previous opposition party: KMT's Pan-Blue Coalition
9. Pan-Blue Coalition won supermajority, with 85 seats
10. Pan-Green Coalition won only 27 seats

Election Results

Pan-Blue Coalition

• Kuomintang (KMT)
  • Constituency votes: 5,291,512 (53.5%)
  • Seats won: 61
  • Party list votes: 5,010,801 (51.2%)
  • Seats won: 20
• Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU)
  • Constituency votes: 239,317 (2.4%)
  • Seats won: 3
  • Party list votes: 68,527 (0.7%)
  • Seats won: 0
• People First Party (PFP)
  • Constituency votes: 28,254 (0.3%)
  • Seats won: 1
  • Party list votes: N/A
  • Seats won: N/A
• New Party (CNP)
  • Constituency votes: N/A
  • Seats won: N/A
  • Party list votes: 386,660 (4.0%)
  • Seats won: 0¹

Pan-Green Coalition

• Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
  • Constituency votes: 3,775,352 (38.2%)
  • Seats won: 13
  • Party list votes: 3,610,106 (36.9%)
  • Seats won: 14
• Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU)
  • Constituency votes: 93,480 (0.9%)
  • Seats won: 9
  • Party list votes: 344,887 (3.5%)
  • Seats won: 0
• Taiwan Constitution Association (TCA)
  • Constituency votes: 3,926 (<0.1%)
  • Seats won: 0
  • Party list votes: 30,315 (0.3%)
  • Seats won: 0¹

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