1998 Taiwanese legislative election

Taiwan legislative election, 1998

5 December 1998
All 225 seats to the Legislative Yuan
Majority party Minority party   File:President Direct Election Movement Yi-hsiung Lin.jpg Leader Lee Teng-hui Lin Yi-hsiung Party Kuomintang DPP Last election 85 54 Seats won 123 70
Popular vote of each constituency
President of the Legislative Yuan before election Liu Sung-pan Kuomintang Elected President of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

The Election for the 4th Legislative Yuan were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998. The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68.1%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Kuomintang	4,659,679	46.4	123	+38
Democratic Progressive Party	2,966,834	29.6	70	+16
New Party	708,465	7.1	11	–10
Democratic Union of Taiwan	375,118	3.7	4	New
New Nation Alliance	157,826	1.6	1	New
Taiwan Independence Party	145,118	1.5	1	New
Nationwide Democratic Nonpartisan Union	66,033	0.7	3	+3
Green Party Taiwan	8,089	0.1	0	New
Taiwan Indigenous Party	1,171	0.0	0	0
Chinese Youth Party	723	0.0	0	New
National Democratic Party	342	0.0	0	New
Independents	946,431	9.4	12	+8
Invalid/blank votes	152,473	–	–	–
Total	10,188,302	100	225	+61
Source: Nohlen et al.