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In the national elections held in early months of 2008, the DPP won less than 25% of the seats (38.2% vote share) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin (41.55% vs. 58.45%). In May, the DPP elected moderate Tsai Ing-wen as their new ...
The KMT and TPP fail to form a unity ticket by their own deadline. 20 November 2023 The Lai-Hsiao DPP ticket is formed, and formally register at the Central Election Commission. 24 November 2023 Terry Gou withdraws from the election. 24 November 2023 Deadline for presidential candidate registration; the KMT and TPP file separate tickets.
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 13 January 2024 to elect members of the Legislative Yuan.The elections were held alongside presidential elections. [1] [2]The results saw the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lose its majority in the Legislative Yuan that it had held since 2016, losing 11 seats and retaining 51, while the Kuomintang (KMT) became the largest single party ...
This could happen if they are able to win over floating voters and capitalise on a desire for change after eight years of DPP government. The Kuomintang's (KMT) candidate Hou Yu-ih, Taiwan's ...
The KMT, which is relatively more friendly towards China than the DPP, characterized the election as a choice between peace (with the KMT) and war (with the DPP). Finally, the TPP positioned ...
Both the KMT, which traditionally favours close ties with China, and the TPP have floated the idea of working together to take down the DPP, but have been unable to agree on how to do that ...
Ma won by a margin of 17% against Hsieh. Ma took office on 20 May 2008, with vice-presidential candidate Vincent Siew, and ended 8 years of the DPP presidency. The KMT also won a landslide victory in the 2008 legislative elections, winning 81 of 113 seats, or 71.7% of seats in the Legislative Yuan. These two elections gave the KMT firm control ...
On Saturday, Lai, 64, the current vice president from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), won a widely watched election to become Taiwan’s next president. ... (KMT). Before lifting ...