Taiwan 2004 legislative election
What was the result of the 2004 legislative election in Taiwan?
Democratic Progressive Party led with 35.7% of the vote. 59.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Taiwan- Held:
- Final result
- Central Election Commission (Taiwan), read 28 October 2026
Which party won the most votes?
Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Democratic Progressive Party led with 35.7% of the vote; 59.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 7.0 points on 2001.
- Democratic Progressive Party 35.7% +2.3 points
- Kuomintang 32.8% +4.3 points
- People First Party 13.9% −4.7 points
- Taiwan Solidarity Union 7.8% 0.0 points
- Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 3.6%
- New Party 0.1% −2.5 points
- 工教聯盟 0.0%
- 建國黨 0.0%
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Taiwan 2001 legislative election, party by party.
Key numbers
35.7%
Share of the vote won by Democratic Progressive Party
It led Kuomintang by 2.9 points of the vote.
+4.3 points
Share of the vote gained by Kuomintang
The largest gain in votes compared with 2001. People First Party lost 4.7 points.
59.2%
Voter turnout
Down 7.0 points on 2001.
Votes by party
| Party | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Progressive Party | 35.7 | +2.3 | 3,471,429 |
| Kuomintang | 32.8 | +4.3 | 3,190,081 |
| People First Party | 13.9 | −4.7 | 1,350,613 |
| Taiwan Solidarity Union | 7.8 | 0.0 | 756,712 |
| Independents | 5.9 | −2.8 | 577,292 |
| Non-Partisan Solidarity Union | 3.6 | 353,164 | |
| New Party | 0.1 | −2.5 | 12,137 |
| 工教聯盟 | 0.0 | 3,176 | |
| 建國黨 | 0.0 | 1,935 | |
| 臺灣慧行志工黨 | 0.0 | 820 |
± is the change against the Taiwan 2001 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- Democratic Progressive Party 3,471,429
- Kuomintang 3,190,081
- People First Party 1,350,613
- Taiwan Solidarity Union 756,712
- Independents 577,292
- Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 353,164
- New Party 12,137
- 工教聯盟 3,176
- 建國黨 1,935
- 臺灣慧行志工黨 820
The source publishes votes only: shares are votes over the valid (expressed) votes, computed by us.
Source: Central Election Commission, Taiwan, election database (open data dataset 13119), under the Open Government Data License v1.0. Shown in our own layout.
Before 2008 voters cast one vote, for a candidate. A party's votes here are the votes of its candidates added up, and independents are counted together. The database holds no list seats for these years, so no seats are shown.
How many people voted?
59.2% of the 16,559,254 registered voters cast a ballot (9,796,299 ballots), down 7.0 points on 2001. 9,717,359 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1995.
How the result is shaped
The effective number of parties by votes is 3.8; Democratic Progressive Party led Kuomintang by 2.9 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of
Sources
- Central Election Commission, Taiwan: election database (open data dataset 13119), Open Government Data License v1.0. (source). Licence: Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (Taiwan)