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Founded in 1986 by Hsu Hsin-liang, Hsieh Tsung-min and Lin Shui-chuan, [9] [10] a year prior to the end of martial law, the DPP is one of two major parties in Taiwan, the other being the Kuomintang (KMT), a Chinese nationalist party previously ruling the country as a one-party state, and its smaller allies in the Pan-Blue Coalition.
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 ...
Under Article 22 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act, only the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan People's Party (TPP), and New Power Party (NPP), having received more than five percent of the total vote in either the last presidential or legislative election, are eligible to contest the ...
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 ...
While a DPP win would continue to draw Taiwan closer to the US, a KMT victory could provide a temporary reprieve to tensions in the Taiwan Strait – something that senior US officials may quietly ...
Following Saturday's elections, the KMT is now the largest party in the 113-member Legislative Yuan by a whisker, winning 52 seats compared to the DPP's 51. That likely sets up the TPP, with 8 ...
Some DPP lawmakers have even accused their KMT peers of being a fifth column for the People’s Republic (PRC), pointing to how 17 KMT lawmakers traveled to Beijing in late April and met with CCP ...
The Kuomintang (KMT), [I] also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), [13] the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) [1] or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), [2] is a political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949. The KMT is a centre-right to right-wing party and the largest in the ...