2001 Taiwanese legislative election

Results

The KMT lost its majority for the first time, losing 46 seats and falling to 68 seats. The largest party had become the DPP with 87 seats, followed by the KMT, and the PFP with 46 seats. Various parties and independents held the remainder. The New Party which lost all of its seat except the one seat on

Part of the KMT's loss could be attributed to defections to both the People First Party and Taiwan Solidarity Union. The People First Party formed by

The KMT's loss in the election could also be attributed partly to the

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Progressive Party	3,447,740	33.38	87	+17
	Kuomintang	2,949,371	28.56	68	–55
	People First Party	1,917,836	18.57	46	New
	Taiwan Solidarity Union	801,560	7.76	13	New
	New Party	269,620	2.61	1	–10
	Democratic Non-Partisan Alliance	22,784	0.22	0	–3
	Taiwan Number One Party	12,917	0.13	1	New
	Wisdom Action Party	3,224	0.03	0	New
	Taiwan Independence Party	1,382	0.01	0	–1
	Green Party Taiwan	1,045	0.01	0	0
	Chinese Taiwan Aborigine Democratic Party	790	0.01	0	New
	Great Chinese Battle Line of Unification	332	0.00	0	New
	Independents	899,254	8.71	9	–3
Total		10,327,855	100.00	225	0
Valid votes		10,327,855	98.65
Invalid/blank votes		141,150	1.35
Total votes		10,469,005	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		15,822,583	66.16
Source: Election Study Center, Psephos

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