Legislative Yuan constituencies
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan), currently with 113 seats, down from the previous 225 in 1998.
73 are directly elected in local single-member districts by the citizens residing in the free area of the Republic of China.[1] 6 seats are elected by indigenous peoples voters in two three-member constituencies. 34 are elected on nationwide party-list.
Map
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List of single-member constituencies
[edit]Historical constituencies
[edit]1948
[edit]Prior to the Kuomintang's defeat in Mainland China to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, there were 759 seats in the Legislative Yuan.
Provinces
[edit]- Andong (Antung): 5 seats
- Anhui (Anhwei): 25 seats
- Chahar: 5 seats
- Fujian (Fukien): 14 seats
- Gansu (Kansu): 8 seats
- Guangdong (Kwangtung): 33 seats
- Guangxi (Kwanghsi): 16 seats
- Guizhou (Kweichow): 12 seats
- Hebei (Hopeh): 31 seats
- Heilongjiang (Heilongkiang): 5 seats
- Hejiang (Hojiang): 5 seats
- Henan (Honan): 36 seats
- Hubei (Hupeh): 28 seats
- Hunan: 33 seats
- Jiangsu (Kiangsu): 38 seats
- Jiangxi (Kiangsi): 22 seats
- Jilin (Kirin): 9 seats
- Liaobei (Liaopei): 5 seats
- Liaoning: 13 seats
- Ningxia (Ninghsia): 5 seats
- Nenjiang (Nunkiang): 5 seats
- Qinghai (Tsinghai): 5 seats
- Rehe (Jehol): 8 seats
- Shaanxi (Shensi): 13 seats
- Shandong (Shantung): 40 seats
- Shanxi (Shansi): 16 seats
- Sichuan (Szechuan): 53 seats
- Sonjiang (Sunkiang): 6 seats
- Suiyuan: 5 seats
- Taiwan: 8 seats
- Xikang (Hsikang): 5 seats
- Xing'an (Hsingan): 5 seats
- Xinjiang (Sinkiang): 6 (5) seats
- Yunnan: 14 seats
- Zhejiang (Chekiang): 23 seats
Directly-controlled municipalities
[edit]- Beiping (Peiping): 5 seats
- Chongqing (Chungking): 5 seats
- Dalian (Dairen): 5 seats – (Soviet-controlled to 1950)
- Guangzhou (Canton): 5 seats
- Hankou (Hankow): 5 seats
- Harbin: 5 seats
- Nanjing (Nanking): 5 seats – National capital
- Qingdao (Tsingtao): 5 seats
- Shanghai: 7 seats
- Shenyang (Mukden): 5 seats
- Tianjin (Tiensin): 5 seats
- Xi'an (Sian): 5 seats
Outer Mongolia
[edit]- Outer Mongolia: 22 seats
Tibet
[edit]- Tibet (Xizang): 5 (3) seats
- Overseas Tibetans: 5 seats
- Provincial Tibetans: 5 seats
Ethnic minority representatives
[edit]- Minorities in frontier regions: 6 seats
- Overseas diaspora: 19 (8) seats
Sectoral representatives
[edit]- Accounting: 1 seat
- Agriculture: 18 seats
- Business: 10 seats
- Education: 10 seats
- Engineering: 2 seats
- Fishery: 3 seats
- Healthcare: 4 seats
- Industrial and Mining: 10 seats
- Journalism: 5 seats
- Legal: 3 seats
- Post-secondary Education: 5 seats
- Workers: 18 seats
1992
[edit]Starting from the 1992 legislative election, the second Legislative Yuan had 161 members elected from the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China, 119 from 27 multi-member constituencies, 6 from indigenous constituencies, 6 from overseas constituencies and 30 elected on nationwide party-list.
1995
[edit]In 1995, the number of seats from the multi-member constituencies was increased to 122.
1998
[edit]In 1998, the number of seats was further increased to 225, 168 from 29 multi-member constituencies, 8 from indigenous constituencies, 8 from overseas constituencies and 41 elected on nationwide party-list.
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 2020 election; based on area rather than constituency name
- ^ New Taipei City was Taipei County prior to 2010 and its constituencies were named accordingly.
- ^ Taoyuan City was Taoyuan County prior to 2014 and its constituencies were named accordingly.
- ^ Also included two villages of Dali prior to 2019
- ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency 1 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency 2 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Taichung City Constituency 3 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Taichung County Constituency 4 prior to 2010
- ^ Two districts in Taichung Constituency 2 prior to 2019
- ^ Formerly Taichung County Constituency 5 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Kaohsiung County Constituency 1 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Kaohsiung County Constituency 2 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Kaohsiung City Constituency 1 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Kaohsiung County Constituency 3 prior to 2010
- ^ Formerly Kaohsiung City Constituency 8 2010–2019 and Kaohsiung County Constituency 4 prior to 2010
- ^ Elected member Su Chen-ching is a member of DPP but ran as an independent
References
[edit]- ^ "2020 Elections: PFP taps Terry Gou aides as lawmakers-at-large | Politics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "立法委員選舉公告" (PDF). cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "中選會資料庫". cec.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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| Regional constituencies (73) |
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| Aboriginal constituencies (6) | |
| Party list (34) | |