Party Lists and Campaign Dynamics
The 300 seats in the National Assembly were up for election. The follow parties fielded candidates on their party lists (followed by number of candidates for each):
- Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU): 50 candidates on its party list
- Taiwan Independence Party 22
- Non-Partisan Solidarity Union 30
- People First Party (PFP) 83
- New Party 26
- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 150
- Kuomintang (KMT) 147.
- 150 persons union led by Jhang Ya Jhong (ad hoc electoral coalition; also known as the Democratic Action Coalition): 150
- 20 persons union led by Wang Ting Sing (ad hoc electoral coalition): 20
- Peasant Party and Civil Party: 3 each
- Chinese People Party: 4
Each party or coalition, by law, had to register and announce whether it supported or disapproved of the proposed amendment; this was announced in the short gazette that was distributed along with the poll card. Since this assertion was binding on the members elected, the election was de facto a referendum on the proposed amendments. Only the Kuomintang, the governing DPP, and the three minor party registered their support for the amendments; the others have announced objection. Notably, the political tendencies dubbed pan-green and pan-blue coalitions were each split down the middle in their opinions on the proposed amendments, with the dominant partner in each coalition supporting the amendments, probably because the proposed electoral system would benefit large parties.
Each individual in the electorate voted for one from the 10 parties and 2 coalitions. The seats were distributed amongst the parties and coalitions based on the total number of votes garnered by each. There was to be at least 1 female member guaranteed for every 4 elected in each party/coalition; and 1 aboriginal member guaranteed for every 30 in each party/coalition.
The elections themselves generated very little interest in Taiwan, which accounted for the record-low turnout. Polls indicated that most Taiwanese did not plan to vote and had little interest in or knowledge of what the election is about. In addition, most parties did not spend very much in campaign funds. Terrible weather in the north of Taiwan on election day also affected the turnout.
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