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Taiwan 2008 legislative election

What was the result of the 2008 legislative election in Taiwan?

Kuomintang won 81 of 113 seats with 51.2% of the vote. 58.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from the Central Election Commission of Taiwan, read : Kuomintang won 81 of 113 seats with 51.2% of the vote; 58.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.9 points on 2004.

  • Kuomintang 81 51.2%
  • Democratic Progressive Party 27 36.9%
  • New Party 0 4.0%
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 0 3.5%
  • 紅黨 0 0.8%
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 3 0.7%
  • Green Party Taiwan 0 0.6%
  • 台灣農民黨 0 0.6%
  • People First Party 1
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
57 of 113 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 51.2%

    Share of the vote won by Kuomintang

    Kuomintang won 81 of 113 seats. A majority needs 57.

  2. 58.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.9 points on 2004.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Kuomintang8151.25,010,801
Democratic Progressive Party2736.93,610,106
New Party04.0386,660
Taiwan Solidarity Union03.5344,887
紅黨00.877,870
Non-Partisan Solidarity Union30.768,527
Green Party Taiwan00.658,473
台灣農民黨00.657,144
公民黨00.548,192
第三社會黨00.545,594
客家黨00.442,004
制憲聯盟00.330,315
Independents1
People First Party1

Shares are computed by us from the votes.

Votes by party
  • Kuomintang 5,010,801
  • Democratic Progressive Party 3,610,106
  • New Party 386,660
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union 344,887
  • 紅黨 77,870
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 68,527
  • Green Party Taiwan 58,473
  • 台灣農民黨 57,144
  • 公民黨 48,192
  • 第三社會黨 45,594
  • 客家黨 42,004
  • 制憲聯盟 30,315
  • Independents
  • People First Party

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?

58.3% of the 17,288,551 registered voters cast a ballot (10,076,239 ballots), down 0.9 points on 2004. 9,780,573 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1995.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Kuomintang51.2% of votes71.7% of seats
  • Democratic Progressive Party36.9% of votes23.9% of seats
  • Non-Partisan Solidarity Union0.7% of votes2.7% of seats
  • New Party4.0% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Taiwan Solidarity Union3.5% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 17.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.5 by votes and 1.7 by seats; Kuomintang led Democratic Progressive Party by 14.3 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of

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