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Taiwan 2016 legislative election

What was the result of the 2016 legislative election in Taiwan?

Democratic Progressive Party won 68 of 113 seats with 44.1% of the vote. 66.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Democratic Progressive Party won 68 of 113 seats with 44.1% of the vote; 66.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 8.1 points on 2012.

  • Democratic Progressive Party 68 +28 seats 44.1% +9.4 points
  • Kuomintang 35 −29 seats 26.9% −17.6 points
  • People First Party 3 0 seats 6.5% +1.0 points
  • New Power Party 5 6.1%
  • New Party 0 0 seats 4.2% +2.7 points
  • 綠黨社會民主黨聯盟 0 2.5%
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 0 −3 seats 2.5% −6.4 points
  • 信心希望聯盟 0 1.7%
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 1 −1 seat 0.6%
  • 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 2012 legislative election, party by party.

57 of 113 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.1%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Progressive Party

    Democratic Progressive Party won 68 of 113 seats. A majority needs 57.

  2. +28 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Progressive Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2012. Kuomintang lost 29 seats.

  3. 66.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 8.1 points on 2012.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Progressive Party68+2844.1+9.45,370,953
Kuomintang35−2926.9−17.63,280,949
People First Party306.5+1.0794,838
New Power Party56.1744,315
New Party004.2+2.7510,074
綠黨社會民主黨聯盟02.5308,106
Taiwan Solidarity Union0−32.5−6.4305,675
信心希望聯盟01.7206,629
民國黨01.6197,627
軍公教聯盟黨00.787,213
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union1−10.677,672
樹黨00.677,174
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Chinese Unification Promotion Party00.556,347
健保免費連線000.4−0.851,024
自由台灣黨00.447,988
和平鴿聯盟黨00.330,617
台灣獨立黨00.227,496
大愛憲改聯盟00.115,442
Independents10

± is the change against the Taiwan 2012 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Progressive Party 5,370,953
  • Kuomintang 3,280,949
  • People First Party 794,838
  • New Power Party 744,315
  • New Party 510,074
  • 綠黨社會民主黨聯盟 308,106
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 305,675
  • 信心希望聯盟 206,629
  • 民國黨 197,627
  • 軍公教聯盟黨 87,213
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 77,672
  • 樹黨 77,174
  • Chinese Unification Promotion Party 56,347
  • 健保免費連線 51,024
  • 自由台灣黨 47,988
  • 和平鴿聯盟黨 30,617
  • 台灣獨立黨 27,496
  • 大愛憲改聯盟 15,442
  • 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?

66.3% of the 18,786,940 registered voters cast a ballot (12,447,036 ballots), down 8.1 points on 2012. 12,190,139 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Democratic Progressive Party44.1% of votes60.2% of seats
  • Kuomintang26.9% of votes31.0% of seats
  • New Power Party6.1% of votes4.4% of seats
  • People First Party6.5% of votes2.7% of seats
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union0.6% of votes0.9% of seats
  • New Party4.2% of votes0.0% of seats
  • 綠黨社會民主黨聯盟2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union2.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 12.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 2.2 by seats; Democratic Progressive Party led Kuomintang by 17.1 points of the vote.

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