2020 Taiwan presidential election

The **15th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China** () took place in Taiwan on 11 January 2020. Voters re-elected President and Vice President.

The process of presidential primary elections and nominations were held during the last six months of 2019.

Current President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was elected in 2016, won re-election. She is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 May 2020.

#### Nominees

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|President of the Republic of China <small>(2016–present)</small>|Premier of the Republic of China <small>(2017–2019)</small>|||

#### Candidates

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|President of the Executive Yuan <small>(2017–2019)</small>||
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#### Nominees

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|style="width:3em; width:200px; background:skyblue;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px; background:skyblue;"|***for Vice President***|
|Mayor of Kaohsiung <small>(2018–present)</small>|Premier of the Republic of China <small>(2016)</small>|||

#### Candidates

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|Founder and Former Chairman of Foxconn|Mayor of New Taipei <small>(2010–2018)</small>|Magistrate of Taipei County <small>(2005–2010)</small>|National Taiwan University Professor|Member of the Legislative Yuan <small>(1976–present)</small>|Taipei City Councillor <small>(2018–present)</small>|||||||
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#### Nominees

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|colspan="28" style="background:#f1f1f1;"|<big>**2020 People First ticket**</big>|||
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|Governor of Taiwan <small>(1994–1998)</small>|United Communications Group chairwoman <small>(2009–2018)</small>|||

#### Withdrawn candidates

- **Chang San-cheng**,  President of the Executive Yuan (2016)
- **Yang Shih-kuang**, Television presenter and New Party Youth Corps leader
- **Annette Lu**, Vice President of the Republic of China (2000–2008)

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2020 Taiwanese presidential election
- **country**: Taiwan
- **type**: presidential
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2016 Taiwanese presidential election
- **previous year**: 2016
- **next election**: 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
- **next year**: 2024
- **registered**: 19,311,105
- **turnout**: 74.9%  8.6
- **image upright**: 0.6
- **image1**: Tsai Ing-wen election infobox.png
- **nominee1**: Tsai Ing-wen
- **party1**: Democratic Progressive Party
- **running mate1**: William Lai
- **popular vote1**: **8,170,231**
- **percentage1**: **57.1%**
- **image2**: 高雄市長 韓國瑜.jpg
- **nominee2**: Han Kuo-yu
- **party2**: Kuomintang
- **running mate2**: Chang San-cheng
- **popular vote2**: 5,522,119
- **percentage2**: 38.6%
- **image3**: James Soong election infobox.jpg
- **nominee3**: James Soong
- **party3**: People First Party (Taiwan)
- **running mate3**: Sandra Yu
- **popular vote3**: 608,590
- **percentage3**: 4.3%
- **map caption**: Leading candidates and vote share by administrative division
- **title**: President
- **before election**: Tsai Ing-wen
- **before party**: Democratic Progressive Party
- **after election**: Tsai Ing-wen
- **after party**: Democratic Progressive Party