page_title: 2016 Taiwanese presidential election
section_title: Opinion polling
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 Taiwanese presidential election / Opinion polling
caption_attribution_description: English: Polling for the 2016 Presidential Election with the eventual nomination of Eric Chu by the KMT. Polynomial regression model used.
context_page_description: The 14th President and Vice President election of the Taiwan was held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang and James Soong of the People First Party. Tsai became the first female president in Taiwan, as well as the Chinese-speaking world.
  A second time presidential candidate, Tsai secured the DPP's nomination uncontested as early as February 2015, while KMT candidate Hung Hsiu-chu who won the party's nomination in July 2015, was trailing behind Tsai by double digits. Alarmed by Hung's perceived pro-Beijing stance, the KMT held a special party congress to nullify Hung's candidacy in a controversial move, and replaced her with the party chairman Eric Chu, less than a hundred days before the general election. However, Chu did not fare much better than Hung in the polls, and it was almost certain that Tsai was going to win weeks before the election. Veteran politician James Soong also announced his presidential campaign for the fourth time, making the election a three-way contest.
caption: Nationwide polling for the Taiwanese presidential election of 2016.
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