1975 Taiwanese legislative election

The third supplementary elections for the Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 20 December 1975.[1]

Compared with the second supplementary election the number of new delegates to the Legislative Yuan had been increased by one to 52, because of an increase in population. Of these, 37 were to be elected directly to represent Taiwan Province and the special municipality of Taipei. The remaining 15 seats were to represent overseas nationals and were appointed by the President.

Turnout for the supplementary election of the Legislative Yuan was 75.97% of 8,410,775 eligible votes. Of the 37 elected delegates, 30 belonged to the Kuomintang, one belonged to the Chinese Youth Party, and 6 were independent. All members chosen were born on Taiwan except for 5 delegates, who (or their parents) were from the Mainland.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kuomintang4,942,46179.4642+1
Chinese Youth Party143,9922.3110
Independents1,133,98118.2390
Total6,220,434100.0052+1
Valid votes6,220,43497.36
Invalid/blank votes168,8772.64
Total votes6,389,311100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,410,77575.97
Source: Executive Yuan, Dong[2]

By constituency

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Constituency Seats Electorate Turnout % Party Votes % Seats
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Taipei City 5 1,013,279 578,989 57.14 Kuomintang 356,809 63.01 3
Independents 209,359 36.99 2
Taiwan I 3 1,077,411 768,463 71.32 Kuomintang 305,936 41.41 2
Chinese Youth Party 143,992 19.49 1
Independents 288,871 39.1 0
Taiwan II 3 903,559 823,355 91.12 Kuomintang 809,367 100 3
Taiwan III 5 1,404,152 1,108,684 78.96 Kuomintang 951,533 88.05 4
Independents 129,035 11.95 1
Taiwan IV 5 1,442,204 1,104,955 76.62 Kuomintang 914,456 84.91 4
Independents 162,468 15.09 1
Taiwan V 4 1,256,684 929,583 73.97 Kuomintang 693,413 89.28 4
Independents 213,332 10.72 0
Taiwan VI 1 229,718 187,358 81.56 Kuomintang 155,174 84.99 1
Independents 27,409 15.01 0
Fujian 1 30,307 29,744 98.14 Kuomintang 29,436 100 1
Highland Aborigine 1 124,896 114,017 91.29 Kuomintang 112,590 100 1
Farmers 2 329,169 299,322 90.93 Kuomintang 288,188 100 2
Fishermen 1 81,829 61,982 75.75 Kuomintang 60,716 100 1
Workers 2 367,088 266,996 72.73 Kuomintang 173,142 68.00 1
Independents 81,480 32.00 1
Industrial group 1 21,221 13,627 64.21 Kuomintang 12,766 100 1
Business group 1 87,403 66,751 76.37 Kuomintang 46,634 73.24 1
Independents 17,038 26.76 0
Education group 1 41,855 38,437 88.71 Kuomintang 32,301 86.99 1
Independents 4,829 13.01 0
Source: Dong[2]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ a b Dong, Xiangfei (1984). The General Conditions Regarding Elections in the Republic of China.

Further reading

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Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan’s Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, [Baltimore, Md.], Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64), ISBN 0-942182-66-9