1998 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998. The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68%.

1998 Taiwanese legislative election

5 December 1998
All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	68.09%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Lee Teng-hui Lin Yi-hsiung Chou Yang-shan Party Kuomintang DPP New Last election 46.06%, 85 seats 33.17%, 54 seats 12.95%, 21 seats Seats won 123 70 11 Seat change 38 16 10 Popular vote 4,659,679 2,966,835 708,465 Percentage 46.43% 29.56% 7.06% Swing 0.33pp 3.64pp 5.94pp
Elected member party by seat   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   New Party   Democratic Union   National Democratic Non-Party Union   Taiwan Independence   New Nation Alliance   Independent
President before election Liu Sung-pan Kuomintang Elected President Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Kuomintang	4,659,679	46.43	123	+38
	Democratic Progressive Party	2,966,834	29.56	70	+16
	New Party	708,465	7.06	11	–10
	Democratic Union of Taiwan	375,118	3.74	4	New
	New Nation Alliance	157,826	1.57	1	New
	Taiwan Independence Party	145,118	1.45	1	New
	Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance	66,033	0.66	3	+3
	Green Party Taiwan	8,089	0.08	0	New
	Taiwan Indigenous Party	1,171	0.01	0	0
	Chinese Youth Party	723	0.01	0	New
	National Democratic Party	342	0.00	0	New
	Independents	946,431	9.43	12	+8
Total		10,035,829	100.00	225	+61
Valid votes		10,035,829	98.50
Invalid/blank votes		152,473	1.50
Total votes		10,188,302	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,961,900	68.09
Source: Nohlen et al.