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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.
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Fast Facts
- Took place: January 12, 2008
- Constituency votes cast: 10,050,619
- Party List votes cast: 10,076,239
- Voter turnout: 58.3%Adam Carr's Election Archive: 2008 Taiwanese Legislative Election Results
- Total number of seats: 113
- All seats available in election
- Previous ruling party: DPP's Pan-Green Coalition
- Previous opposition party: KMT's Pan-Blue Coalition
- Pan-Blue Coalition won supermajority, with 85 seats
- Pan-Green Coalition won only 27 seats
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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: 0
- Kuomintang (KMT)
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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: 0
- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
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Taiwan Election News
- Google News: Taiwan Election
- CNN.com: Opposition Sweep to Victory in Taiwan (January 12, 2008)
- With 90% of the votes counted, it appears that the KMT, which favors closer ties with mainland China, has won 85 of the 113 seats in Parliament.
- USAToday: "Nationalists Win Big in Taiwan Election" (January 12, 2008)
- Xinhua: "Ballot Counting Starts in Taiwan "legislator" Election" (January 12, 2008)
- Bloomberg: Taiwan's Opposition Kmt Set to Win Landslide Election Victory (January 12, 2008)
- VOA News: Opposition Takes Early Lead in Taiwan Parliamentary Election (January 12, 2008)
- Economist: "Taiwan's Elections" (January 8, 2008)
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Absentee voting is right for Taiwan: official: (ChinaPost.com.tw) - An election official called for law changes to http://bit.ly/1NZARD
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Legislator distributes China Morokot cash to constituents ahead of election http://bit.ly/2rhB07 double standard on #corruption in #taiwan
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RT @taura-e Taiwan President's blogger declares no kittens or hot chicks in their campaign but it still played big role in election win #bfa
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