Taiwan Elections 2008

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Firstly, legislative elections on January 12, and presidential election on March 22.

Legislative Election

The Legislative Yuan has 225 members: 168 members elected for a 3 year term in multi-seat constituencies, 8 members representing the aboriginals, 41 members elected by PR and 8 members representing the overseas Chinese also elected by PR. In August 2004 the Yuan voted to:

-halve the number of seats from 225 to 113
-switch to FPTP + party list Additional Member System
-increase the terms of members from 3 to 4 years, to synchronize the legislative and presidential elections.

The new electoral system will include 73 plurality seats (one for each electoral district), 6 seats for aboriginals, with the remaining 34 seats to be filled from party lists with a 5% threshold.

2005 National Assembly elections (It elected an ad hoc National Assembly whose only function was to serve as a constitutional convention in order to approve or reject amendments to the constitution already proposed by the legislature. The Nat. Assembly is now abolished)
IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENTS:
DPP 42.52% 127
KMT 38.92% 117
Chinese People's Party  1.08% 3
Peasant Party 0.4% 0.4% 1
Civil Party 0.22% 1
AGAINST:
TSU 7.05% 21
PFP 6.11% 18
Independents List 1 1.68% 5
New Party 0.88% 3
NPSU 0.65% 2
TIP 0.3% 1
Indies List 2 0.19% 1

2004 results:
Pan-Blue [114]
KMT 34.9% 79
PFP 14.78% 34
New Party 0.13% 1
Pan-Green [101]
DPP 37.98% 89
TSU 8.28% 12
Others [10]
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 3.86% 6
Non partisans 4

Presidential

The candidates are Frank Hsieh/Su Tseng-chang for the DPP-TSU and Ma Ying-jeou/Vincent Siew for the KMT-PFP-New Party. A poll on December 29 showed Ma with 52% as opposed to 23% for Hsieh.

2004 results:
Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu (DPP) 50.11%
Lien Chan and James C.Y. Soong (KMT-PFP) 49.89%

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Poor Taiwan.  Returning to power the party of Chiang Kai-Shek...ick.  Not to mention that it is a party favoring "gradual reunification" with the tyrannical despotic regime on the other side of the straits.

As Lewis said, the DPP isn't filled with angels and it's not all roses.