1972 Taiwanese legislative election

The second supplementary elections took place for the National Assembly and Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 23 December 1972.[1]

Background

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Compared with the first supplementary election the number of eligible seats for the National Assembly had been increased from 15 to 53 and for the Legislative Yuan from 11 to 51. Of these, 36 seats for the Legislative Yuan represented Taiwan Province, Kinmen and Matsu, and the special municipality of Taipei and were to be elected directly. The remaining 15 seats for the Legislative Yuan represented overseas nationals and were chosen by the President.

Results

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Turnout for the supplementary election of the National Assembly was 68.35% and 68.18% for the Legislative Yuan. Of the newly elected members to the National Assembly 43 belonged to the Kuomintang and 10 were independent. Of the 36 elected delegates to the Legislative Yuan 30 belonged to the Kuomintang, 5 were independent and 1 belonged to the Chinese Youth Party. All representatives chosen were born Taiwanese except for 10 (5 in each of the legislative bodies) who were from the Mainland.

Legislative Yuan

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kuomintang3,590,34474.5041+33
Chinese Youth Party129,1152.681+1
Independents1,099,56422.829+6
Total4,819,023100.0051+40
Valid votes4,819,02392.90
Invalid/blank votes368,2897.10
Total votes5,187,312100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,608,58968.18
Source: Nohlen et al., Dong[2]

By constituency

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Constituency Seats Electorate Turnout % Party Votes % Seats
won
Taipei City 5 923,966 519,275 56.20 Kuomintang 307,628 61.88 3
Independents 189,449 38.12 2
Taiwan I 3 916,375 614,373 67.04 Kuomintang 411,505 70.51 2
Chinese Youth Party 129,115 22.12 1
Independents 42,990 7.37 0
Taiwan II 3 802,003 565,727 70.54 Kuomintang 383,019 72.71 3
Independents 143,774 27.29 0
Taiwan III 5 1,314,038 885,965 67.42 Kuomintang 559,013 68.66 4
Independents 255,148 31.34 1
Taiwan IV 5 1,346,760 914,183 67.88 Kuomintang 574,138 67.90 4
Independents 271,431 32.10 1
Taiwan V 4 1,107,689 777,566 70.20 Kuomintang 644,256 89.28 4
Independents 77,323 10.72 0
Taiwan VI 1 216,229 157,412 72.80 Kuomintang 149,055 100 1
Fujian 1 33,109 30,903 93.34 Kuomintang 30,648 100 1
Highland Aborigine 1 114,479 95,986 83.85 Kuomintang 92,081 100 1
Farmers 2 325,198 266,481 81.94 Kuomintang 173,244 74.55 2
Independents 59,152 25.45 0
Fishermen 1 99,257 67,633 68.14 Kuomintang 59,647 100 1
Workers 2 300,014 207,115 69.04 Kuomintang 127,085 67.82 1
Independents 60,303 32.18 1
Industrial group 1 12,028 7,835 65.14 Kuomintang 7,057 100 1
Business group 1 76,572 60,543 79.07 Kuomintang 55,111 100 1
Education group 1 20,872 18,365 87.99 Kuomintang 16,857 100 1
Source: Dong[2]

National Assembly

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Kuomintang43+28
Independents10+10
Total53+38
Valid votes4,796,19593.95
Invalid/blank votes308,9726.05
Total votes5,105,167100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,555,69467.57
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ a b Dong, Xiangfei (1984). The General Conditions Regarding Elections in the Republic of China.

Further reading

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Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan’s Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, [Baltimore, Md.], Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64), ISBN 0-942182-66-9

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