Taiwan presidential election, 1978

Taiwan presidential election, 1978
March 21, 1978

 
Nominee Chiang Ching-kuo
Party Kuomintang
Electoral vote 1,184
Percentage 98.34%
President before election

Yen Chia-kan
Kuomintang

 Elected President

Chiang Ching-kuo
Kuomintang

The election for the 6th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China was held in the Republic of China on March 21, 1978 at the Chung-Shan Building in Taipei. President of the Executive Yuan Chiang Ching-kuo, son of former President Chiang Kai-shek, was elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of China with Governor of Taiwan Province Hsieh Tung-min who became the first Taiwan-born Vice-President.

Incumbent President Yen Chia-kan who succeeded Chiang Kai-shek who died in office in the capacity of Vice-President in 1975 decided not to seek for re-election to make way for Chiang King-kuo, son of Chiang Kai-shek and the then Premier of the Executive Yuan and Chairman of the Kuomintang.

Out of 1,248 votes, Chiang Ching-kuo received 1,184 votes and Hsieh Tung-min received 941 votes.

Vote summary

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang Chiang Ching-kuo 1,184 98.34%
Invalid votes 64 1.66%
Total 1,248 100.00%

Source: Schafferer, Christian. The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan. Lexington Books, 2003.

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