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Taiwan 2020 legislative election

What was the result of the 2020 legislative election in Taiwan?

Democratic Progressive Party won 61 of 113 seats with 34.0% of the vote. 74.9% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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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 61 of 113 seats with 34.0% of the vote; 74.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 8.6 points on 2016.

  • Democratic Progressive Party 61 −7 seats 34.0% −10.1 points
  • Kuomintang 38 +3 seats 33.4% +6.4 points
  • Taiwan People's Party 5 11.2%
  • New Power Party 3 −2 seats 7.8% +1.6 points
  • People First Party 0 −3 seats 3.7% −2.9 points
  • Taiwan Statebuilding Party 1 3.2%
  • Green Party Taiwan 0 2.4%
  • New Party 0 0 seats 1.0% −3.1 points
  • 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 2016 legislative election, party by party.

57 of 113 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.0%

    Share of the vote won by Democratic Progressive Party

    Democratic Progressive Party won 61 of 113 seats. A majority needs 57.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by Kuomintang

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2016. Democratic Progressive Party lost 7 seats.

  3. 74.9%

    Voter turnout

    Up 8.6 points on 2016.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Democratic Progressive Party61−734.0−10.14,811,241
Kuomintang38+333.4+6.44,723,504
Taiwan People's Party511.21,588,806
New Power Party3−27.8+1.61,098,100
People First Party0−33.7−2.9518,921
Taiwan Statebuilding Party13.2447,286
Green Party Taiwan02.4341,465
New Party001.0−3.1147,373
一邊一國行動黨01.0143,617
安定力量00.794,563
Taiwan Solidarity Union000.4−2.250,435
國會政黨聯盟00.340,331
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Chinese Unification Promotion Party000.2−0.232,966
宗教聯盟00.231,117
喜樂島聯盟00.229,324
勞動黨00.119,941
合一行動聯盟00.117,515
台灣維新00.111,952
台澎黨00.111,681
Independents5+4

± is the change against the Taiwan 2016 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Democratic Progressive Party 4,811,241
  • Kuomintang 4,723,504
  • Taiwan People's Party 1,588,806
  • New Power Party 1,098,100
  • People First Party 518,921
  • Taiwan Statebuilding Party 447,286
  • Green Party Taiwan 341,465
  • New Party 147,373
  • 一邊一國行動黨 143,617
  • 安定力量 94,563
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 50,435
  • 國會政黨聯盟 40,331
  • Chinese Unification Promotion Party 32,966
  • 宗教聯盟 31,117
  • 喜樂島聯盟 29,324
  • 勞動黨 19,941
  • 合一行動聯盟 17,515
  • 台灣維新 11,952
  • 台澎黨 11,681
  • 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?

74.9% of the 19,312,105 registered voters cast a ballot (14,456,293 ballots), up 8.6 points on 2016. 14,160,138 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?

  • Democratic Progressive Party34.0% of votes54.0% of seats
  • Kuomintang33.4% of votes33.6% of seats
  • Taiwan People's Party11.2% of votes4.4% of seats
  • New Power Party7.8% of votes2.7% of seats
  • Taiwan Statebuilding Party3.2% of votes0.9% of seats
  • People First Party3.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Green Party Taiwan2.4% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 16.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.0 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Democratic Progressive Party led Kuomintang by 0.6 points of the vote.

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