1984 Taiwanese presidential election

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1984 Taiwanese presidential election

← 1978 March 21, 1984 1990 →

Nominee Chiang Ching-kuo Party Kuomintang Running mate Lee Teng-hui Electoral vote 1,012 Percentage 100.00%

President before election Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang Elected President Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang

Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1984. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Ching-kuo was re-elected for the second term with Governor of Taiwan Province Lee Teng-hui as the Vice President.

Incumbent Vice-president Hsieh Tung-min decided not to seek for his second term due to old age. The then Governor of Taiwan Province Lee Teng-hui, also a Taiwan-born Kuomintang member, was picked Chiang's running-mate. Chiang died in office on January 13, 1988. Vice President Lee Teng-hui then sworn in as the President.

The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, National Assembly delegates elected in the following elections were eligible to vote:

• 1947 Chinese National Assembly election,
• 1969 Taiwanese legislative election, and
• 1980 Taiwanese legislative election.

In total, there were 1,036 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this seventh session of the first National Assembly.^[1]

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