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All 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan 57 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 18,692,217[a] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 66.34%[b] ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016 to elect all 113 members in the Legislative Yuan, alongside presidential elections. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led by Tsai Ing-wen, who also won the presidential election on the same day, secured a majority for the first time in history by winning 68 seats. The ruling Kuomintang (KMT) lost both the presidency and its legislative majority and returned to the opposition.
The DPP managed to unseat the KMT in its traditional blue strongholds across Taiwan, turning districts in Taipei, Taichung and Hualien green, while KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin conceded defeat to relatively unknown city councilor Tsai Shih-ying from the DPP, becoming one of the most notable upsets in the election. The year-old New Power Party (NPP), founded by young activists in the wake of the 2014 Sunflower Movement, entered the Legislative Yuan, winning five seats from KMT veterans.[2]
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