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Taiwan 2012 legislative election

What was the result of the 2012 legislative election in Taiwan?

Kuomintang won 64 of 113 seats with 44.5% of the vote. 74.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Central Election Commission (Taiwan), read 28 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Kuomintang won 64 of 113 seats with 44.5% of the vote; 74.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 16.0 points on 2008.

  • Kuomintang 64 −17 seats 44.5% −6.7 points
  • Democratic Progressive Party 40 +13 seats 34.6% −2.3 points
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 3 +3 seats 9.0% +5.4 points
  • People First Party 3 +2 seats 5.5%
  • Green Party Taiwan 0 0 seats 1.7% +1.1 points
  • New Party 0 0 seats 1.5% −2.5 points
  • 健保免費連線 0 1.2%
  • 台灣國民會議 0 0.9%
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 2 −1 seat
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Taiwan 2008 legislative election, party by party.

57 of 113 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.5%

    Share of the vote won by Kuomintang

    Kuomintang won 64 of 113 seats. A majority needs 57.

  2. +13 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Progressive Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2008. Kuomintang lost 17 seats.

  3. 74.3%

    Voter turnout

    Up 16.0 points on 2008.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Kuomintang64−1744.5−6.75,863,279
Democratic Progressive Party40+1334.6−2.34,556,424
Taiwan Solidarity Union3+39.0+5.41,178,797
People First Party3+25.5722,089
Green Party Taiwan001.7+1.1229,566
New Party001.5−2.5195,960
健保免費連線01.2163,344
台灣國民會議00.9118,632
人民最大黨00.684,818
台灣主義黨00.229,889
中華民國臺灣基本法連線00.119,274
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union2−1
Independents10

± is the change against the Taiwan 2008 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Kuomintang 5,863,279
  • Democratic Progressive Party 4,556,424
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 1,178,797
  • People First Party 722,089
  • Green Party Taiwan 229,566
  • New Party 195,960
  • 健保免費連線 163,344
  • 台灣國民會議 118,632
  • 人民最大黨 84,818
  • 台灣主義黨 29,889
  • 中華民國臺灣基本法連線 19,274
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
  • Independents

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.

From 2008 the party vote is the nationwide party-list ballot. A party's seats are all the seats it won in the Legislative Yuan: in the districts, in the two Indigenous constituencies and from the party list.

How many people voted?

74.3% of the 18,090,295 registered voters cast a ballot (13,445,691 ballots), up 16.0 points on 2008. 13,162,072 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1995.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Kuomintang44.5% of votes56.6% of seats
  • Democratic Progressive Party34.6% of votes35.4% of seats
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union9.0% of votes2.7% of seats
  • People First Party5.5% of votes2.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 10.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Kuomintang led Democratic Progressive Party by 9.9 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

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