1954 Taiwanese presidential election

1954 Taiwanese presidential election
Turnout	51.7%
President before election; Chiang Kai-shek; Kuomintang	Elected President ; Chiang Kai-shek; Kuomintang

Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 22, 1954. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected for the second term. The premier Chen Cheng was elected to be the Vice-President.

Electors

The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, the term of the delegates who were elected during the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election was extended indefinitely until "re-election is possible in their original electoral district". In total, there were 1,578 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this second session of the first National Assembly.^[1]

The 1947 Chinese National Assembly election elected 2,961 delegates for the 3,045 seats of the National Assembly. About half of them did not retreat to Taiwan with the government. The 1,578 delegates reported to this session barely passed the 50% requirement (1,523) of the National Assembly to hold a valid meeting.


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chiang Kai-shek	Kuomintang	1,507	96.91
	Hsu Fu-lin	China Democratic Socialist Party	48	3.09
Total			1,555	100.00

Valid votes			1,555	98.73
Invalid/blank votes			20	1.27
Total votes			1,575	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,961	53.19
Source: Schafferer^[2]


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Chen Cheng	Kuomintang	1,417	92.86
	Shih Chih-chuan	China Democratic Socialist Party	109	7.14
Total			1,526	100.00

Valid votes			1,526	97.26
Invalid/blank votes			43	2.74
Total votes			1,569	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,961	52.99
Source: Schafferer^[2]

^ 第一屆國民大會第二次會議實錄 ^{[dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b Christian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan