# 2024 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 to elect members of the Legislative Yuan. The elections were held alongside presidential elections.
The results saw the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lose its majority in the Legislative Yuan that it had held since 2016, losing 11 seats and retaining 51, while the Kuomintang (KMT) became the largest single party with 52 seats, and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) won eight seats. The New Power Party lost all its three seats after failing to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold for at-large representation. The election marked the first time under the current electoral system (introduced in 2008) that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan, and the first in which the largest party in the legislature won neither the most constituency votes nor the most party votes. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2024.

## Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting. 73 members were elected by first-past-the-post, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by single non-transferable vote, and 34 by party-list proportional representation.

## Contesting parties and candidates

A total of 315 candidates registered for first-past-the-post seats in the 2024 legislative election. Sixteen political parties submitted party lists to the Central Election Commission (CEC). A total of 178 nominees were included on party lists. On 15 December 2023, the CEC announced that six first-past-the post candidates, one candidate running for a reserved indigenous seat, and one party list candidate, were ineligible. The campaign period officially started on 16 December 2023.
| Party | Party | General seats | Aboriginal seats | Party list | Total |
| | Democratic Progressive Party | 69 | 2 | 34 | 105 |
| | Kuomintang | 64 | 4 | 34 | 102 |
| | Taiwan People's Party | 10 | 1 | 34 | 45 |
| | New Power Party | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| | Taiwan Statebuilding Party | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| | People First Party | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| | Green Party | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
| | New Party | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| | Taiwan Solidarity Union | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| | Taiwan Renewal Party | 10 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| | Chinese Unification Promotion Party | 10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| | Formosa Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | Labor Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | Independent | 65 | 9 | － | 74 |
| | Others | 72 | 1 | 21 | 94 |
| Total | Total | 309 | 19 | 177 | 505 |

## Results

The Kuomintang won 52 seats, making it the largest single party in the Legislative Yuan. The DPP, having won 51 seats, declined to the second largest party in the Legislative Yuan. The Taiwan People's Party ranked the third with 8 seats under its control. The DPP lost 11 seats in the election, which also meant the loss of the parliamentary majority that it had held since 2016. The election results also led to the removal of the New Power Party, which previously held three seats, from the Legislative Yuan after it failed to win a constituency seat or meet the 5% threshold needed to win at-large seats. Two independents, namely Chen Chao-ming and Kao Chin Su-mei, who were members of the Kuomintang caucus in the 10th Yuan, were also elected.
The election was the first in Taiwanese history in which the party that received the most votes did not win the most seats, and also marked the first time since 2004 that no party held an absolute majority in the Legislative Yuan. This result that TPP therefore has the "kingmaker" position, it's also meant that the TPP’s support was crucial in the selection of the President of the Legislative Yuan and the major policies.
The election was also the first time that an openly bisexual candidate, Huang Jie (DPP) of Kaohsiung city's sixth constituency, was elected to the Legislative Yuan. It was also the first time that an openly transgender person, Abbygail ET Wu of the Green Party (at-large), ran for the chamber, albeit unsuccessfully.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Total seats | +/– |
| | Democratic Progressive Party | 4,982,062 | 36.16 | 13 | 6,095,276 | 45.09 | 38 | 51 | –10 |
| | Kuomintang | 4,764,576 | 34.58 | 13 | 5,401,933 | 39.96 | 39 | 52 | +14 |
| | Taiwan People's Party | 3,040,615 | 22.07 | 8 | 403,357 | 2.98 | 0 | 8 | +3 |
| | New Power Party | 353,670 | 2.57 | 0 | 96,589 | 0.71 | 0 | 0 | –3 |
| | Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party [zh] | 128,613 | 0.93 | 0 | 78,138 | 0.58 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Green Party Taiwan | 117,298 | 0.85 | 0 | 15,557 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Taiwan Statebuilding Party | 95,078 | 0.69 | 0 | 32,583 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| | People First Party | 69,817 | 0.51 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 |
| | MiLinguall Party [zh] | 44,852 | 0.33 | 0 | 55,937 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Taiwan Solidarity Union | 43,372 | 0.31 | 0 | | | | 0 | 0 |
| | New Party | 40,429 | 0.29 | 0 | 9,143 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Judicial Reform Party [zh] | 37,755 | 0.27 | 0 | 38,685 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Institutional Island of Saving the World [zh] | 19,691 | 0.14 | 0 | 11,260 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Unionist Party | 18,425 | 0.13 | 0 | 13,203 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | The People Union Party [zh] | 11,746 | 0.09 | 0 | 25,216 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Taiwan Renewal Party [zh] | 10,303 | 0.07 | 0 | 33,347 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Social Democratic Party | | | | 74,375 | 0.55 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Formosa Alliance | | | | 15,433 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Taiwan Mahjong Greatest Party [zh] | | | | 7,839 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Rehabilitation Alliance Party | | | | 7,441 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Labor Party | | | | 6,453 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Justice Party | | | | 6,331 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | United China Party | | | | 4,139 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Taiwan Nationalist Party | | | | 3,293 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Taiwan Revolutionary Party | | | | 3,072 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Chinese Culture Republican Party | | | | 2,583 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Family Basic Income | | | | 2,361 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Taiwan Plastic Surgery Federation Labor Party | | | | 1,881 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Chinese Women's Party | | | | 1,029 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | People's Democratic Party | | | | 836 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Economic Party | | | | 472 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Patriot Alliance Association | | | | 310 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | United Action Alliance [zh] | | | | 174 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Revival of the Chinese Alliance | | | | 136 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | New |
| | Independents | | | | 1,069,758 | 7.91 | 2 | 2 | –3 |
| Total | Total | 13,778,302 | 100.00 | 34 | 13,518,140 | 100.00 | 79 | 113 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 13,778,302 | 98.10 | | 13,518,140 | 97.41 | | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 267,306 | 1.90 | | 359,917 | 2.59 | | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 14,045,608 | 100.00 | | 13,878,057 | 100.00 | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 19,566,007 | 71.79 | | 19,468,969 | 71.28 | | | |
| Source: Central Election Commission ||||||||||

### By constituency

| Constituency | Constituency | Result | Incumbent member | Incumbent member | Elected member | Elected member |
| Taipei City | I | DPP hold | | Rosalia Wu | Rosalia Wu | Rosalia Wu |
| Taipei City | II | DPP hold | | Ho Chih-wei | | Wang Shih-chien |
| Taipei City | III | Kuomintang hold | | Wang Hung-wei | Wang Hung-wei | Wang Hung-wei |
| Taipei City | IV | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Kao Chia-yu | | Lee Yen-hsiu |
| Taipei City | V | DPP hold | | Freddy Lim | | Wu Pei-yi |
| Taipei City | VI | Kuomintang hold | Vacant | Vacant | | Lo Chih-chiang |
| Taipei City | VII | Kuomintang hold | | Alex Fai | | Hsu Chiao-hsin |
| Taipei City | VIII | Kuomintang hold | | Lai Shyh-bao | Lai Shyh-bao | Lai Shyh-bao |
| New Taipei City | I | Kuomintang hold | | Hung Mong-kai | Hung Mong-kai | Hung Mong-kai |
| New Taipei City | II | DPP hold | | Lin Shu-fen | Lin Shu-fen | Lin Shu-fen |
| New Taipei City | III | DPP hold | | Yu Tian | | Lee Kuen-cheng |
| New Taipei City | IV | DPP hold | | Wu Ping-jui | Wu Ping-jui | Wu Ping-jui |
| New Taipei City | V | DPP hold | | Su Chiao-hui | Su Chiao-hui | Su Chiao-hui |
| New Taipei City | VI | DPP hold | | Chang Hung-lu | Chang Hung-lu | Chang Hung-lu |
| New Taipei City | VII | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lo Chih-cheng | | Yeh Yuan-chih |
| New Taipei City | VIII | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Chiang Yung-chang | | Chang Chih-lun |
| New Taipei City | IX | Kuomintang hold | | Lin Te-fu | Lin Te-fu | Lin Te-fu |
| New Taipei City | X | DPP hold | | Wu Chi-ming | Wu Chi-ming | Wu Chi-ming |
| New Taipei City | XI | Kuomintang hold | | Lo Ming-tsai | Lo Ming-tsai | Lo Ming-tsai |
| New Taipei City | XII | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lai Pin-yu | | Liao Hsien-hsiang |
| Taoyuan City | I | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Cheng Yun-peng | | Niu Hsu-ting |
| Taoyuan City | II | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Huang Shier-chieh | | Tu Chuan-chi |
| Taoyuan City | III | Kuomintang hold | | Lu Ming-che | Lu Ming-che | Lu Ming-che |
| Taoyuan City | IV | Kuomintang hold | | Wan Mei-ling | Wan Mei-ling | Wan Mei-ling |
| Taoyuan City | V | Kuomintang hold | | Lu Yu-ling | Lu Yu-ling | Lu Yu-ling |
| Taoyuan City | VI | Kuomintang gain from Independent | | Chao Cheng-yu | | Chiu Jo-hua |
| Taichung City | I | DPP hold | | Tsai Chi-chang | Tsai Chi-chang | Tsai Chi-chang |
| Taichung City | II | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Lin Ching-yi | | Yen Kuan-heng |
| Taichung City | III | Kuomintang hold | | Yang Chiung-ying | Yang Chiung-ying | Yang Chiung-ying |
| Taichung City | IV | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Chang Liao Wan-chien | | Sean Liao Wei-hsiang |
| Taichung City | V | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Zhuang Ching-cheng | | Huang Chien-hao |
| Taichung City | VI | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Huang Kuo-shu | | Lo Ting-wei |
| Taichung City | VII | DPP hold | | Ho Hsin-chun | Ho Hsin-chun | Ho Hsin-chun |
| Taichung City | VIII | Kuomintang hold | | Johnny Chiang | Johnny Chiang | Johnny Chiang |
| Tainan City | I | DPP hold | | Lai Huei-yuen | Lai Huei-yuen | Lai Huei-yuen |
| Tainan City | II | DPP hold | | Kuo Kuo-wen | Kuo Kuo-wen | Kuo Kuo-wen |
| Tainan City | III | DPP hold | | Chen Ting-fei | Chen Ting-fei | Chen Ting-fei |
| Tainan City | IV | DPP hold | | Lin I-chin | Lin I-chin | Lin I-chin |
| Tainan City | V | DPP hold | | Lin Chun-hsien | Lin Chun-hsien | Lin Chun-hsien |
| Tainan City | VI | DPP hold | | Wang Ting-yu | Wang Ting-yu | Wang Ting-yu |
| Kaohsiung City | I | DPP hold | | Chiu Yi-ying | Chiu Yi-ying | Chiu Yi-ying |
| Kaohsiung City | II | DPP hold | | Chiu Chih-wei | Chiu Chih-wei | Chiu Chih-wei |
| Kaohsiung City | III | DPP hold | | Liu Shyh-fang | | Lee Po-yi |
| Kaohsiung City | IV | DPP hold | | Lin Tai-hua | Lin Tai-hua | Lin Tai-hua |
| Kaohsiung City | V | DPP hold | | Lee Kun-tse | Lee Kun-tse | Lee Kun-tse |
| Kaohsiung City | VI | DPP hold | | Chao Tien-lin | | Huang Jie |
| Kaohsiung City | VII | DPP hold | | Hsu Chih-chieh | Hsu Chih-chieh | Hsu Chih-chieh |
| Kaohsiung City | VIII | DPP hold | | Lai Jui-lung | Lai Jui-lung | Lai Jui-lung |
| Hsinchu County | I | Kuomintang hold | | Lin Wei-chou | | Hsu Hsin-ying |
| Hsinchu County | II | Kuomintang hold | | Lin Si-ming | Lin Si-ming | Lin Si-ming |
| Miaoli County | I | Independent hold | | Chen Chao-ming | Chen Chao-ming | Chen Chao-ming |
| Miaoli County | II | Kuomintang hold | | Hsu Chih-jung | | Chiu Chen-chun |
| Changhua County | I | DPP hold | | Chen Hsiu-bao | Chen Hsiu-bao | Chen Hsiu-bao |
| Changhua County | II | DPP hold | | Huang Hsiu-fang | Huang Hsiu-fang | Huang Hsiu-fang |
| Changhua County | III | Kuomintang hold | | Hsieh Yi-fong | Hsieh Yi-fong | Hsieh Yi-fong |
| Changhua County | IV | DPP hold | | Chen Su-yueh | Chen Su-yueh | Chen Su-yueh |
| Nantou County | I | Kuomintang hold | | Ma Wen-chun | Ma Wen-chun | Ma Wen-chun |
| Nantou County | II | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Frida Tsai | | Yu Hao |
| Yunlin County | I | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Su Chih-fen | | Ting Hsueh-chung |
| Yunlin County | II | DPP hold | | Liu Chien-kuo | Liu Chien-kuo | Liu Chien-kuo |
| Chiayi County | I | DPP hold | | Tsai Yi-yu | Tsai Yi-yu | Tsai Yi-yu |
| Chiayi County | II | DPP hold | | Chen Ming-wen | | Chen Kuan-ting |
| Pingtung County | I | DPP hold | | Chung Chia-pin | Chung Chia-pin | Chung Chia-pin |
| Pingtung County | II | DPP gain from Independent | | Su Chen-ching | | Hsu Fu-kuei |
| Yilan County | Yilan County | DPP hold | | Chen Ou-po | | Chen Chun-yu |
| Hualien County | Hualien County | Kuomintang hold | | Fu Kun-chi | Fu Kun-chi | Fu Kun-chi |
| Taitung County | Taitung County | Kuomintang gain from Independent | | Liu Chao-how | | Huang Chien-pin |
| Penghu County | Penghu County | DPP hold | | Yang Yao | Yang Yao | Yang Yao |
| Kinmen County | Kinmen County | Kuomintang hold | | Chen Yu-jen | Chen Yu-jen | Chen Yu-jen |
| Lienchiang County | Lienchiang County | Kuomintang hold | | Cheng Hsueh-sheng | Cheng Hsueh-sheng | Cheng Hsueh-sheng |
| Keelung City | Keelung City | Kuomintang gain from DPP | | Tsai Shih-ying | | Jonathan Lin |
| Hsinchu City | Hsinchu City | Kuomintang hold | | Cheng Cheng-chien | Cheng Cheng-chien | Cheng Cheng-chien |
| Chiayi City | Chiayi City | DPP hold | | Wang Mei-hui | Wang Mei-hui | Wang Mei-hui |
| Lowland Aboriginal | I | Kuomintang hold | | Zheng Tian-cai (Sra Kacaw) | Zheng Tian-cai (Sra Kacaw) | Zheng Tian-cai (Sra Kacaw) |
| Lowland Aboriginal | II | DPP hold | | Chen Ying (Asenay Daliyalrep) | Chen Ying (Asenay Daliyalrep) | Chen Ying (Asenay Daliyalrep) |
| Lowland Aboriginal | III | Kuomintang hold | | Liao Kuo-tung (Sufin Siluko) | | Huang Jen (Kin Cyang) |
| Highland Aboriginal | I | Independent hold | | Kao Chin Su-mei (Ciwas Ali) | Kao Chin Su-mei (Ciwas Ali) | Kao Chin Su-mei (Ciwas Ali) |
| Highland Aboriginal | II | DPP hold | | Wu Li-hua (Saidhai Tahovecahe) | Wu Li-hua (Saidhai Tahovecahe) | Wu Li-hua (Saidhai Tahovecahe) |
| Highland Aboriginal | III | Kuomintang hold | | Kung Wen-chi (Yosi Takun) | | Lu Hsien-yi (Sasuyu Ruljuwan) |

### By National-at-large

National-at-large legislators are apportioned by largest remainder method. Political parties will gain seats upon reaching the 5% threshold and allocated based on total votes. The quota remains as 2.9412%, each political party will be allocated a seat. The remainder will be allocated based on the largest remainder (Remainder: Democratic Progressive Party 0.7244%; Kuomintang 1.9683%; Taiwan People's Party 0.2496%).
2024 Taiwanese legislative election national-at-large party vote share with elected national-at-large members :
| Counties/Cities | Total Voters | Democratic Progressive Party | Democratic Progressive Party | Kuomintang | Kuomintang | Taiwan People's Party | Taiwan People's Party |
| Counties/Cities | Total Voters | Votes | Votes % | Votes | Votes % | Votes | Votes % |
| Taipei | 2,090,062 | 511,126 | 33.36% | 575,004 | 37.53% | 334,389 | 21.83% |
| New Taipei City | 3,402,064 | 846,766 | 34.81% | 854,558 | 35.13% | 556,980 | 22.90% |
| Keelung | 312,207 | 67,018 | 31.01% | 85,320 | 39.48% | 48,401 | 22.40% |
| Yilan County | 379,026 | 107,725 | 41.02% | 78,944 | 30.06% | 58,456 | 22.26% |
| Taoyuan City | 1,882,592 | 429,373 | 32.14% | 475,063 | 35.56% | 338,329 | 25.32% |
| Hsinchu County | 466,558 | 79,315 | 23.59% | 132,160 | 39.31% | 96,734 | 28.78% |
| Hsinchu City | 359,465 | 79,721 | 30.20% | 83,499 | 31.63% | 77,496 | 29.35% |
| Miaoli County | 447,767 | 79,224 | 25.32% | 135,107 | 43.18% | 72,815 | 23.27% |
| Taichung City | 2,328,896 | 568,839 | 33.74% | 576,758 | 34.21% | 416,866 | 24.73% |
| Changhua County | 1,032,636 | 251,994 | 34.58% | 255,616 | 35.08% | 170,903 | 23.45% |
| Nantou County | 407,149 | 91,948 | 32.66% | 114,454 | 40.66% | 56,939 | 20.23% |
| Yunlin County | 560,296 | 151,912 | 40.77% | 119,039 | 31.95% | 77,581 | 20.82% |
| Chiayi County | 423,199 | 126,328 | 44.20% | 84,207 | 29.46% | 54,451 | 19.05% |
| Chiayi City | 217,549 | 60,947 | 39.07% | 50,475 | 32.35% | 33,507 | 21.48% |
| Tainan City | 1,567,432 | 508,784 | 45.97% | 296,987 | 26.83% | 214,469 | 19.38% |
| Kaohsiung City | 2,312,303 | 728,109 | 44.90% | 496,423 | 30.61% | 283,062 | 17.46% |
| Pingtung County | 681,631 | 207,893 | 44.40% | 153,480 | 32.78% | 76,870 | 16.42% |
| Taitung County | 178,728 | 25,918 | 24.17% | 56,017 | 52.23% | 18,182 | 16.95% |
| Hualien County | 267,824 | 36,580 | 21.45% | 90,090 | 52.85% | 33,383 | 19.57% |
| Penghu County | 92,642 | 17,472 | 36.24% | 18,523 | 38.42% | 9,395 | 19.49% |
| Kinmen County | 126,422 | 3,586 | 7.97% | 28,688 | 63.79% | 9,796 | 21.7% |
| Lienchiang County | 12,083 | 482 | 7.96% | 3,881 | 64.12% | 1,330 | 21.97% |
| Note： Total votes are accurate as per Republic of China Central Election Commission ||||||||
Elected National-at-large members :
| Democratic Progressive Party | Kuomintang | Taiwan People's Party |
| Lin Yueh-chin Puma Shen Ariel Chang Hung Sun-han Loh Meei-ling You Si-kun Fan Yun Ker Chien-ming Shen Fa-hui Chuang Jui-hsiung Michelle Lin Jean Kuo Chen Pei-yu | Han Kuo-yu Ko Chih-en Ko Ju-chun Weng Hsiao-ling Chen Jing-hui Wu Tsung-hsien Lin Chien-chi Chen Yeong-kang Hsu Yu-chen Hsieh Lung-chieh Su Ching-chuan Chang Chia-chun Wang Yu-min | Huang Shan-shan Huang Kuo-chang Chen Gau-tzu Wu Chun-cheng Mạch Ngọc Trân Lin Kuo-cheng Lin Yi-chun Chang Chi-kai |

## Aftermath

At the opening of the new Legislative Yuan on 1 February 2024, Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang was elected as President of the Legislative Yuan following two rounds of voting in which all eight members of the TPP abstained in the second round. Han obtained the support of the KMT's 52 members in the Legislative Yuan as well as two independents and defeated the DPP's You Si-kun and the TPP's Huang Shan-shan. The KMT's Johnny Chiang was also elected as deputy speaker, defeating the DPP's Tsai Chi-chang and the TPP's Chang Chi-kai.