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Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 alongside Legislative Yuan election.Incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and former premier Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the election, defeating Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and his running mate Chang San-cheng, as well as third-party candidate James Soong.
The legislative election was held on 11 January 2020 for all 113 seats to the Legislative Yuan.The term of the Legislative Yuan will begin on 1 February 2020. In the last election in 2016, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a comfortable majority over the Kuomintang (KMT) for the first time with 68 seats, while the KMT's representation sharply dropped to only 35 seats.
The election of the president and vice president of Taiwan (Chinese: 中華民國總統、副總統選舉) is a universal direct election through secret vote by the citizens of Taiwan (ROC) in the Free Area. ROC presidents are elected by relative majority (plurality), meaning the candidate with the most votes wins without a runoff requirement.
Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious ...
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Polls closed on Saturday for Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections. ... Lai is a known quantity, having been vice president since the 2020 election.
Voters will head to the polls in Taiwan on January 13 to elect a new president and parliament amid increasing tensions between the self-governing island and China, which has ramped up its military ...
This is a list of nationwide public opinion polls that have been conducted relating to the general election for the 2020 Taiwanese general election.The persons named in the polls are declared candidates or have received media speculation about their possible candidacy.
Lanhee J. Chen looks at what the results of Taiwan’s election will mean for US-China relations in the coming years. Opinion: The repercussions from Taiwan’s election will continue for years ...