2012 Presidential Elections
After a petition, Soong, for the first time as a People First Party presidential candidate, ran the 2012 presidential election together with Lin Ruey-shiung, a National Taiwan University professor in public health. Soong described the "Blue-Green rivalry" in Taiwanese politics as en epidemic and Lin, as a doctor, was his partner to cure this "disease". He contended that Taiwanese people wanted a third party other than the KMT and the DDP, and the PFP was their choice.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vice president | |||||
| Kuomintang | Ma Ying-jeou (incumbent) | Wu Den-yih | 6,891,139 | 51.60% | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party | Tsai Ing-wen | Su Jia-chyuan | 6,093,578 | 45.63% | ||
| People First Party | James Soong Chu-yu | Lin Ruey-shiung | 369,588 | 2.77% | ||
| Total | 13,354,305 | 100% | ||||
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