| TAIWAN: Parliamentary (Yuan) Elections - 11/XII/04 |
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December 12, 2004.- The Election for the 6th Legislative Yuan (第六屆立法委員選舉) of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on December 11, 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the aboriginal populations. The Chinese reunification-leaning and center-right Pan-Blue Coalition (consisting of the Kuomintang, People First Party, and New Party) retained its majority in the legislature, winning 114 seats, compared to 101 seats won by the Taiwan independence-leaning and center-left Pan-Green Coalition (consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union). The remaining ten seats went to independents and other groups. Members will serve three-year terms beginning in February 1, 2005. This was the first election following Pan-Blue's narrow defeat in the March presidential election. With the results of the presidential election still contested, many saw the legislative election as a referendum on Chen Shui-bian's Government and on the Pan-Blue Coalition's electoral viability. With the failure of the Pan-Green Coalition to win a majority, President Chen Shui-bian will find it difficult, as in the past, to enact his policies. The current political composition: * Democratic Progressive Party：87 * Kuomintang：66 * People First Party：46 * Taiwan Solidarity Union：12 * Non-Partisan Solidarity Union：12 * New Party：1 * Taiwan Number One Party：1 |
