Presidential elections in Taiwan

The election of the President and Vice President of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國總統、副總統選舉) is a direct election by the citizens of Taiwan. The most recent election took place on January 16, 2016.

• The Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act ^[1] states that a candidate for the President must be a Taiwanese citizen, at least 40 years old, and a resident of Taiwan for a period of no less than 15 years with physical presence for not less than 6 consecutive months. (The citizenship refers to household registration in the Free area of the Republic of China)

• The following persons shall not be registered as candidates for the President:
  • Military personnel
  • Election officials
  • People who hold foreign nationality or who hold residency of the People's Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau)
  • People who restored their nationality or acquired nationality by neutralization

• The President and Vice President are nominated on a joint ticket. Political parties which have gained at least 5% of the votes at the last presidential or legislature election may nominate a set of candidates directly. For the 2012 and 2016 elections, only Democratic Progressive Party and Kuomintang are qualified to nominate candidates through this rule in the elections of 2012 and 2016. Alternatively, candidates may be nominated by a petition signed by eligible voters numbering no less than 1.5% of electors at the last legislature election. (This equals 252,848 signatures for the 2012 election.)^[1]

List of presidential elections in Taiwan

Electoral maps of direct presidential elections of Taiwan.

Comparison of the vote percentages in the direct presidential elections.     : Democratic Progressive Party candidates     : Kuomintang candidates     : People First Party candidates, or independents predecessors.     : New Party candidates or endorsement         : Other independents

See also

• Elections in Taiwan
• President of the Republic of China
• List of Presidents of the Republic of China
• Vice President of the Republic of China
• List of Vice Presidents of the Republic of China

References

Elections and referendums in Taiwan
Presidential elections	1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
National Assembly elections	1969 1972 1980 1986 1991 1996 2005
Legislative elections	1969 1972 1975 1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2008 2012 2016
Municipal and provincial elections	1936 1940 1946 1951 1954 1957 1960 1963 1968 1969 1972 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Local elections	1935 1939 1950 1954 1957 1960 1964 1968 1972 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2014 2018
Referendums	2004 Jan 2008 Mar 2008
See also: Elections in the Republic of China (1912–49)