Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016 to elect all 113 members in the Legislative Yuan, alongside presidential elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen, who also won the presidential election on the same day, secured a majority for the first time in history by winning 68 seats. The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) lost both the presidency and its legislative majority and returned to the opposition.

The DPP managed to unseat the KMT in its traditional blue strongholds across Taiwan, turning districts in Taipei, Taichung and Hualien green, while KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin conceded defeat to relatively unknown city councilor Tsai Shih-ying from the DPP, becoming one of the most notable upsets in the election. The year-old New Power Party (NPP), founded by young activists in the wake of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, entered the Legislative Yuan, winning five seats from KMT veterans.

Electoral system

Members were elected by parallel voting.

Contesting parties and candidates The two major parties, the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party, used different strategies when nominating candidates for the Legislative Yuan elections. The Kuomintang nominated a candidate in all but one of the constituency seats. The sole exception was Taipei 2, where they instead supported the New Party candidate. The DPP, on the other hand, developed a cooperation strategy with several minor parties. The DPP agreed to support candidates from these parties in exchange for agreements not to stand in tight races where they might sap DPP votes. These included the New Power Party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, and the Green-Social Democratic Coalition, as well as several independents. This strategy did not work in Hsinchu, where the NPP and DPP backed separate candidates. A total of 43 female candidates won election to the Legislative Yuan, the most ever to take office. Alt URL

PartyGeneral electoratesAboriginal electoratesParty listTotal Kuomintang72533110 Democratic Progressive Party6023496 Unionist Party14－1024 Minkuotang1311024 People First Party611623 Constitutional Conventions of Taiwan12－618 New Power Party12－618 Free Taiwan Party11－617 MCFAP111517 Green-Social Democratic Coalition11－617 Taiwan Solidarity Union2－1517 Faith And Hope League82616 Trees Party11－213 91313 Peace Pigeon Union Party10313 New Party2－1012 Taiwan Independence Party91111 Non-Partisan Solidarity Union－178 Taiwan Labor Party5－－5 People's Democratic Front2－－2 Social Welfare Party2－－2 Pan-Pacific E.P. Union Party2－－2 The Motorists' Party of ROC1－－1 Taiwan Win Party1－－1 Labor Party1－－1 Zheng Party1－－1 Taiwan First Nations Party1－－1 China Production Party1－－1 Independents666－72Total35423179556

Opinion polls

Single and multi member districts SourceDateKMTDPPTSUPFPMKT NPP G–SDNPFTPIND OtherUndecidedLeadTrend 9 February 201518.5%31.2%–––––––14.5%1.4%34.4%12.7%Trend 19 May 201519.1%25.2%2.6%3.8%0.4%3.3%2.4%0.9%–13.4%3.6%25.2%6.1%Trend112 July 201515.5%30.7%1.2%3.4%–––0.7%–14.0%–29.6%15.2%Trend2 16 July 201520.3%27.8%0.6%4.3%–––0.8%–12.9%1.2%26.9%7.5%Trend36 August 201519.9%25.9%0.9%4.9%–––1.2%–2.2%–36.7%6.0%Taiwan index12 September 201521.4%30.9%0.1%2.5%–0.7%0.4%0.0%––1.5%42.3%9.5%Apple Daily14 September 201530.29%38.17%2.11%8.12%1.33%4.53%––––15.45%7.88%Trend14 September 201515.9%31.2%0.4%2.1%0.8%5.9%1.4%–0.5%11.4%2.5%27.9%15.3%Trend 17 September 201518.3%29.9%1.2%2.4%0.5%5.9%1.5%0.1%0.3%3.7%1.1%35.2%11.6%Trend24 September 201518.3%32.6%1.6%5.2%0.5%5.6%2.0%0.6%–0.4%2.7%30.5%14.3%Daily16 October 201531.28%38.11%1.93%4.75%1.33%5.94%1.04%1.49%–––13.68%6.83%TVBS 19 October 201530%30%–1%–1%–––2%1%35%TiedTrend24 October 201519.0%35.0%1.0%2.4%0.8%4.0%0.9%0.1%0.1%2.0%0.3%34.4%16.0%Notice： Third party (politics)：14.5%, 25.2%, 38.1%.

Proportional representation SourceDateKMTDPPTSUPFPMKT NPP G–SDNP*FTP OtherUndecidedLead Trend14 March 2015 19.9%25.7%4.0%7.0%––––––43.4%5.8%Trend 19 May 2015 26.7%33.4%4.4%6.6%0.4%3.6%4.2%1.5%–4.6%14.6%6.7%TVBS1 1 June 2015 24%29%3%4%0.8%0.4%1.1%0.8%–2%34%5.0%New Realm 9 July 2015 18.67%31.67%1.61%5.14%–3.86%1.12%1.29%–1.08%35.08%13.00%Trend2 12 July 2015 20.5%38.2%3.7%8.3%–––0.9%––20.1%13.7%Trend3 16 July 201524.6%35.6%4.1%9.2%–––2.1%–0.4%16.5%11.0%Decision 9 August 2015 24.3%30.3%1.8%6.6%–5.6%2.6%1.4%––27.4%6.0%Freedom Journal 26 August 2015 17.38%36.71%1.39%4.93%0.28%1.3%0.46%––2.42%35.13%19.33%Taiwan Index 12 September 2015 22.1%35.1%1.9%7.2%0.0%0.3%1.4%0.1%–2.1%29.9%13.0%Trend 14 September 2015 21.5%37.6%4.1%5.6%0.8%6.8%1.8%–0.5%0.9%20.4%16.0%Trend 17 September 2015 22.7%34.2%3.7%4.3%0.7%5.6%2.3%–1.6%0.5%24.4%11.5%Freedom journal 23 September 2015 17.81%34.26%1.54%3.56%–1.83%0.19%––40.82%16.45%Trend 23 September 2015 19.7%34.7%3.4%6.9%0.5%7.0%1.7%––2.4%23.7%15.0%Freedom Journal 16 October 201519.01%33.17%1.65%3.2%0.39%1.75%0.10%–––40.71%14.16%TVBS 18 October 201533%28%3%3%2%5%2%––2%22%5.0%Trend 24 October 2015 21.3%37.5%3.0%7.2%0.6%4.7%2.4%0.2%0.5%0.3%22.3%16.2%Shih Hsin University4 31 October 2015 23.3%34%2.3%4.1%0.5%3.1%–0.7%––30.2%11.7%TVBS 13 December 2015 23%27%2%5%2%6%3%––3%25%4%Notice:： New Party (Taiwan)：[*] New Party decided to fully support Kuomintang and withdrew all their candidates on proportional representation, but eventually still announced their own proportional candidates in November. Home Party：10.5% Non-Partisan Solidarity Union：41.8% Third party (politics)：28.3%,37.5%.

Results

By constituency