1969 Taiwanese legislative election
The first supplementary elections took place for the
Background
Between 1949 and 1969 both bodies were composed almost exclusively of delegates elected in
Results
All 15 newly elected members of the National Assembly belonged to the Kuomintang. Of the 11 newly elected members of the Legislative Yuan eight belonged to the Kuomintang and three were independent. All elected were born Taiwanese.
The newly elected delegates comprised only about one percent and three percent of the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan respectively. Still, on the assumption the island was part of China, the election gave Taiwan a greater representation in these legislative organs than was constitutionally justified by its population.
Legislative Yuan
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese Youth Party | 111,187 | 3.16 | 0 | |
Independents | 733,685 | 20.84 | 3 | |
Total | 3,520,782 | 100.00 | 11 | |
Valid votes | 3,520,782 | 95.61 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 161,575 | 4.39 | ||
Total votes | 3,682,357 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 6,694,978 | 55.00 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al., Taiwan Provincial Government |
By constituency
Constituency | Seats | Electorate | Turnout | % | Party | Votes | % | Seats won |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Taipei City | 4 | 891,351 | 388,359 | 43.57 | Kuomintang | 166,901 | 44.61 | 2 |
Chinese Youth Party
|
8,094 | 2.16 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 199,119 | 53.23 | 2 | |||||
Taiwan I | 3 | 2,495,227 | 1,442,617 | 57.82 | Kuomintang | 1,263,332 | 90.75 | 3 |
Independents | 128,796 | 9.25 | 0 | |||||
Taiwan II | 4 | 3,308,400 | 1,851,381 | 55.96 | Kuomintang | 1,245,677 | 71.00 | 3 |
Chinese Youth Party
|
103,093 | 5.88 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 405,765 | 23.12 | 1 |
National Assembly
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kuomintang | 15 | |||
Total | 15 | |||
Valid votes | 1,726,645 | 94.90 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 92,757 | 5.10 | ||
Total votes | 1,819,402 | 100.00 | ||
Registered voters/turnout | 3,325,203 | 54.72 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ISBN 0-19-924959-8
Further reading
Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan’s Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64),