Election of the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China in 2012

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(Party list share of votes in%)

 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

44.55

34.62

8.96

5.49

1.49

1.1

3.79

KMT

DPP

TSU

Qinmin

Xindg

NPSU

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2008

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-6.68

-2.29

+5.43

+5.49

-2.46

+0.4

+0.11

KMT

DPP

TSU

Qinmin

Xindg

NPSU

Otherwise.

Kuomintang election rally in Taipei on January 8, 2012, 6 days before the election

Election event of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on December 25, 2011

The elections to the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China in 2012 were held on 14 January 2012 found. The presidential election also took place on the same day . It was the 15th election of a legislative yuan in the Republic of China to Taiwan.

background

Taiwanese society is divided. On the one hand, one feels part of the Chinese culture, on the other hand, there are also many supporters of a complete independence of Taiwan, giving up the goal of the "reunification" of China. The one-China policy is mainly represented by the parties of the pan-blue coalition (including the KMT), the latter by the parties of the pan-green coalition (including the Democratic Progressive Party as the main representative ). Across all political camps, however, there is a consensus that one does not want to join the People's Republic of China without further ado (e.g. following the Hong Kong model ), but only wants to do so under a democratic auspices. Proponents of independence are concerned about the reaction of the People's Republic of China, which has threatened more than once that a formal declaration of Taiwan independence would be casus belli and which has deployed Taiwan-directed ballistic missiles across the strait .

Suffrage and electoral procedure

The elections took place at 14,806 polling stations across the country. A maximum of 1,500 voters were registered per polling station. A total of 198,136 election workers took part in organizing the elections. The country is divided into 73 constituencies, each of which has one member elected. 6 MPs were elected by the indigenous population of Taiwan as a kind of minority representation, 3 of them in the highlands and three in the lowlands by 183,398 and 171,548 voters. The remaining 34 seats of the 113-seat parliament were filled according to the nationwide share of the votes of the parties via the party lists. Each voter had 2 votes, one for the constituency candidate and one for the party list, similar to the German electoral system . According to the law, half of the nominees on the party lists had to be women. A 5% clause applied , i.e. H. only parties with a nationwide share of the vote over 5% could send MPs via the party lists, unless they had won constituency seats. A total of 267 candidates applied for the 73 constituency mandates. 18,086,455 residents of Taiwan were eligible to vote. 11 registered political parties competed for the remaining 34 list places in the Legislative Yuan. Foreign Taiwanese were also eligible to vote here.

Results

Distribution of seats in the newly elected Legislative Yuan: Kuomintang (KMT) Qinmindang (PFP) Impartial Solidarity Union (NPSU) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Independent







Party / party alliance		be right			Mandates			Seats
		number	in %	+/-%	electoral circular	minority Non- controlling	List	number	+/-	in %
	Kuomintang (中國 國民黨)	5,863,379	44.55%	-5.1% p	44	4th	16	64	–7	56.6%
	Qinmindang ( 親民 黨 )	722.089	5.49%	-5.3% p	0	1	2	3	–6	2.7%
	Xindang ( 新 黨 )	195.960	1.49%	-1.8% p	0	0	0	0	-2	0%
	Impartial Solidarity Union ( 無 黨 團結 聯盟 )	148.105	1.1%	-0.9% p	1	1	0	2	-1	1.8%
	Pan-blue coalition (泛藍 陣營)	7,651,622	51.48%	-13.3% p	44	5	18th	69	-16	61.1%
	Democratic Progressive Party (民主 進步 黨)	4,556,526	34.62%	+ 11.5% p	27	0	13	40	+13	35.4%
	Taiwan Solidarity Union ( 台灣 團結 聯盟 )	1,178,896	8.96%	± 2.7% p	0	0	3	3	+3	2.7%
	Pan-green coalition (泛綠 陣營)	5,735,422	43.56%	+ 14.2% p.p.	27	0	16	43	+16	38.1%
	Independent and other parties	2,528	0.02%	± 0% p	1	0	0	1	± 0	0.9%
	total	13,241,467	100.0%	-	73	6th	34	113	-	100.0%

Of the 113 elected MPs, 75 were men and 38 (33.6%) women. The average age of those elected was 52.5 years.

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  Results in the 73 constituencies

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  Constituency results in the 73 constituencies, the 6 by the indigenous people and the 34 members elected via state lists in hexagonal representation (colors as described)

rating

As a result, the opposition DPP was able to increase its share of the vote compared to the last election in 2008 and increase the number of its parliamentary seats by almost 50%. Even so, the ruling Kuomintang retained a solid absolute majority of the seats in the newly elected legislative yuan. The same picture emerged in the presidential election held on the same day. Here, top candidate Ma (KMT) was able to prevail against his challenger Tsai Ing-wen (DPP). Both the presidency and the post of prime minister with the entire cabinet thus remained in the hands of the Kuomintang for the next four years.

See also

• History of Taiwan

literature

• Günter Schucher: Elections in Taiwan. Vote for stability. GIGA Focus Asia, No. 2/2012.
• Thomas Weyrauch: Taiwan's common color. The Democratic Profile of the Republic of China . Heuchelheim: Longtai 2015, ISBN 978-3-938946-26-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} CEC finalizes two-in-one poll preparations. Taiwan Today, January 13, 2012, accessed January 14, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} In the last election in 2008, 8 Qinmindang candidates on the Kuomintang list or as official constituency candidates of the Kuomintang were elected to parliament. Depending on whether you count them as KMT or Qinmindang, you arrive at different mandate and percentage figures for KMT (either -7 or -15 loss) or Qinmindang (-6 loss of mandate or +2 gain of mandate). In the table these MPs are assigned to the Qinmindang. In addition, 2 members of the Xindang moved into parliament on the KMT list in the last election.
3. ↑ 2012 - The 13th Presidential and Vice Presidential Election - The 8th Legislator Election. (No longer available online.) Central Election Commission, archived from the original December 8, 2009 ; accessed on January 18, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : ROC Legislative Yuan Elections 2012  - Pictures, Videos and Audio Files Collection

• Central Election Commission / 中央 選舉 委員會 / Central Election Commission
• 2012 Presidential Election Republic of China (Taiwan) , government information on presidential and parliamentary elections