2024 Taiwanese legislative election

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2024 Taiwanese legislative election

← 2020 13 January 2024 (2024-01-13)

All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Lai Ching-te Eric Chu Ko Wen-je
Party DPP Kuomintang TPP
Alliance Pan-Green Pan-Blue
Last election 61 seats 38 seats 5 seats
Current seats 62 37 5
Seats needed Steady Increase 20 Increase 52

 
Leader Claire Wang Wang Hsing-huan
Party NPP Statebuilding
Last election 3 seats 1 seats
Current seats 3 0
Seats needed Increase 54 Increase 50


Incumbent President

Yu Shyi-kun
DPP



Legislative elections are scheduled in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 for the Legislative Yuan concurrently with the presidential elections.[1][2] This election will be the fifth to use the mixed electoral system after it was introduced to legislative elections. The term of the Legislative Yuan is scheduled to begin on 1 February 2024.

Electoral system[edit]

Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

Contesting parties and candidates[edit]

A total of 315 candidates registered for first-past-the-post seats in the 2024 legislative election.[3] Sixteen political parties submitted party lists to the Central Election Commission (CEC). A total of 178 nominees were included on party lists.[4] On 15 December 2023, the CEC announced that six first-past-the post candidates, one candidate running for a reserved indigenous seat, and one party list candidate, were ineligible.[5] The campaign period officially started on 16 December 2023.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Taiwan sets Jan 13, 2024 for presidential, legislative elections". Taiwan News. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  2. ^ "2024 presidential, legislative elections slated for Jan. 13: CEC". Focus Taiwan - CNA English News. 10 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  3. ^ "315 legislative candidates have registered". Taipei Times. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  4. ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Wang, Cheng-chung; Yeh, Su-ping; Wang, Yang-yu; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Tsai, Meng-yu; Hsiao, Alison (25 November 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Parties weigh effect of KMT-TPP joint ticket failure on legislative elections". Central News Agency. Retrieved 26 November 2023. Friday marked the last day of candidacy registration for both presidential and legislative elections next year. According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), a total of 315 legislative candidates have registered to compete for 73 seats in the single-member districts, while 16 political parties registered their lists, with a total of 178 nominees, for 34 at-large seats.
  5. ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Liu, Kuan-ting; Yang, Evelyn (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/8 ineligible to register as legislative candidates: CEC". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  6. ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Ko, Lin (15 December 2023). "ELECTION 2024/Campaign for Taiwan's Jan. 13 elections to officially start Saturday". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2023. Republished as: "Election commission officially starts campaign". Taipei Times. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.