2020 Taiwanese legislative election

2020 Taiwanese legislative election

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11)

All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.93% ( 7.59pp)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Cho Jung-tai Wu Den-yih
Party DPP Kuomintang
Last election 68 seats, 44.06% 35 seats, 26.91%
Seats won 61 38
Seat change 7 3
Constituency vote 6,383,783
45.11%
0.52pp
5,761,995
40.71%
1.82pp
Party vote 4,811,241
33.98%
10.10pp
4,723,504
33.36%
6.45pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Ko Wen-je Hsu Yung-ming
Party TPP NPP
Last election Did not exist 5 seats, 6.11%
Seats won 5 3
Seat change New 2
Constituency vote 264,478
1.87%
New
141,952
1.00%
1.89pp
Party vote 1,588,806
11.22%
New
1,098,100
7.75%
1.64pp


Election cartogram

President before election

Su Jia-chyuan
DPP

Elected President

Yu Shyi-kun
DPP

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 to elect the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan. The elections were held concurrently with presidential elections. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost seven seats but retained a majority of 61 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The Kuomintang gained three seats, winning 38. The New Power Party won three seats, down from five in the last election. The Taiwan People's Party and Taiwan Statebuilding Party entered the Legislative Yuan with five seats and one seat, respectively, with five independent candidates winning their seats and the People First Party losing all of their seats.