Taiwan 1998 legislative election
What was the result of the 1998 legislative election in Taiwan?
Kuomintang led with 46.4% of the vote. 68.1% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Taiwan- Held:
- Final result
- Central Election Commission (Taiwan), read 28 October 2026
Which party won the most votes?
Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Kuomintang led with 46.4% of the vote; 68.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1995.
- Kuomintang 46.4% +0.4 points
- Democratic Progressive Party 29.6% −3.6 points
- New Party 7.1% −5.9 points
- 民主聯盟 3.7%
- 新國家連線 1.6%
- 建國黨 1.4%
- 全國民主非政黨聯盟 0.7% +0.7 points
- 綠色本土清新黨 0.1%
- Share of the vote
- Share at the previous election
- Change in points at the right
Changes are against the Taiwan 1995 legislative election, party by party.
Key numbers
46.4%
Share of the vote won by Kuomintang
It led Democratic Progressive Party by 16.9 points of the vote.
+0.7 points
Share of the vote gained by 全國民主非政黨聯盟
The largest gain in votes compared with 1995. New Party lost 5.9 points.
68.1%
Voter turnout
Up 0.4 points on 1995.
Votes by party
| Party | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuomintang | 46.4 | +0.4 | 4,659,679 |
| Democratic Progressive Party | 29.6 | −3.6 | 2,966,834 |
| Independents | 9.4 | +1.7 | 946,431 |
| New Party | 7.1 | −5.9 | 708,465 |
| 民主聯盟 | 3.7 | 375,118 | |
| 新國家連線 | 1.6 | 157,826 | |
| 建國黨 | 1.4 | 145,118 | |
| 全國民主非政黨聯盟 | 0.7 | +0.7 | 66,033 |
| 綠色本土清新黨 | 0.1 | 8,089 | |
| 中國台灣原住民黨 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1,171 |
| 中國青年黨 | 0.0 | 723 | |
| 國家民主黨 | 0.0 | 342 |
± is the change against the Taiwan 1995 legislative election, party by party. Shares are computed by us from the votes.
Votes by party
- Kuomintang 4,659,679
- Democratic Progressive Party 2,966,834
- Independents 946,431
- New Party 708,465
- 民主聯盟 375,118
- 新國家連線 157,826
- 建國黨 145,118
- 全國民主非政黨聯盟 66,033
- 綠色本土清新黨 8,089
- 中國台灣原住民黨 1,171
- 中國青年黨 723
- 國家民主黨 342
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.
Before 2008 voters cast one vote, for a candidate. A party's votes here are the votes of its candidates added up, and independents are counted together. The database holds no list seats for these years, so no seats are shown.
How many people voted?
68.1% of the 14,961,938 registered voters cast a ballot (10,188,302 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1995. 10,035,829 of them were valid votes.
How the result is shaped
The effective number of parties by votes is 3.1; Kuomintang led Democratic Progressive Party by 16.9 points of the vote.
Time and source Data as of
Sources
- Central Election Commission, Taiwan: election database (open data dataset 13119), Open Government Data License v1.0. (source). Licence: Open Government Data License, version 1.0 (Taiwan)