1992 Taiwanese legislative election

1992 Taiwanese legislative election

19 December 1992
All 162 seats to the Legislative Yuan 82 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.02%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Lee Teng-hui Hsu Hsin-liang Party Kuomintang DPP Seats won 102 51 Seat change 1 30 Popular vote 5,030,725 2,944,195 Percentage 53.02% 31.03%
Elected member party by seat   Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Independent
President before election Liang Su-yung Kuomintang Elected President Liu Sung-pan Kuomintang

The 1992 Taiwanese legislative election were held on 19 December 1992.

Background

This was the first direct legislative election in Taiwan. The result was a victory for the ruling party Kuomintang, which won 95 of the 161 seats. Voter turnout was 72.0%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Kuomintang	5,030,725	53.0	95	+1
Democratic Progressive Party	2,944,195	31.0	51	+30
Chinese Social Democratic Party	126,313	1.3	1	New
Workers' Party	32,349	0.3	0	New
Labor Party	11,224	0.1	0	New
Truth Party	6,545	0.1	0	New
China Unity Party	1,438	0.0	0	New
PMP	1,221	0.0	0	New
Chinese Youth Party	1,035	0.0	0	–1
National Revival Party	886	0.0	0	New
China All People Welfare Party	677	0.0	0	New
China Democratic Socialist Party	418	0.0	0	New
China Great Harmony Democratic Party	201	0.0	0	New
China Justice Party	90	0.0	0	New
Independents	1,331,555	14.0	14	0
Invalid/blank votes	177,249	–	–	–
Total	9,666,021	100	161	+31
Source: Nohlen et al.