1954 Taiwanese presidential election

Indirect presidential elections were held in the Republic of China on March 22, 1954 to elect the President and Vice President. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected for the second term. The premier Chen Cheng was elected to be the Vice-President. These were the first elections that took place since the fall of the mainland to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949.

1954 Taiwanese presidential election

← 1948 March 22, 1954 1960 →
Presidential election
Turnout53.19%
 
Nominee Chiang Kai-shek Hsu Fu-lin
Party Kuomintang Democratic Socialist
Running mate Chen Cheng Shih Chih-chuan
Electoral vote 1,507 48
Percentage 96.91% 3.09%

President before election

Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang

Elected President

Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang

Electors

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The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, the term of the delegates who were elected during the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election was extended indefinitely until "re-election is possible in their original electoral district". In total, there were 1,578 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this second session of the first National Assembly.[1]

The 1947 National Assembly election elected 2,961 delegates for the 3,045 seats of the National Assembly. About half of them did not flee to Taiwan with the government. The 1,578 delegates reported to this session barely passed the 50% requirement (1,523) of the National Assembly to hold a valid meeting.

Results

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President

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Chiang Kai-shekKuomintang1,50796.91
Hsu Fu-linChina Democratic Socialist Party483.09
Total1,555100.00
Valid votes1,55598.73
Invalid/blank votes201.27
Total votes1,575100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,96153.19
Source: Schafferer[2]

Vice-president

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CandidatePartyVotes%
Chen ChengKuomintang1,41792.86
Shih Chih-chuanChina Democratic Socialist Party1097.14
Total1,526100.00
Valid votes1,52697.26
Invalid/blank votes432.74
Total votes1,569100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,96152.99
Source: Schafferer[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 第一屆國民大會第二次會議實錄 [dead link]
  2. ^ a b Christian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan