Taiwan presidential election, 1990

Taiwan presidential election, 1990
March 21, 1990

 
Nominee Lee Teng-hui
Party Kuomintang
Electoral vote 641
Percentage 85.24%
President before election

Lee Teng-hui
Kuomintang

 Elected President

Lee Teng-hui
Kuomintang

The election for the 8th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China was held in the Republic of China on March 21, 1984 at the Chung-Shan Building in Taipei. Incumbent president Lee Teng-hui was re-elected by the National Assembly of the Republic of China with Secretary-General to the President Lee Yuan-tsu as the vice president. It was the last indirect presidential election in Taiwan.

Overview

Incumbent president Lee Teng-hui served as vice president under Chiang Ching-kuo before he succeeded Chiang, who died in office in 1988. After Chiang's death, the struggle between different factions in the Kuomintang surfaced for Chiang's successor. While Lee Teng-hui and Lee Yuan-tsu received nomination from the party in February 1990, a ticket of Lin Yang-kang and Chiang Wei-kuo was also pushed forward by the other factions until Lin decided not to run on March 9.

The main opposition party the Democratic Progressive Party launched a campaign for the direct election of the president, illegally nominating activist Huang Hua as their presidential candidate. The Wild Lily student movement led by National Taiwan University students also called for direct elections of the president and vice president and new popular elections for all representatives in the National Assembly.[1] After the election, Lee abolished the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion and pushed for the full democratization.

Vote summary

Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui 641 85.24%
Invalid votes 27 4.76%
Total 668 100.00%

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Linda Chao and Ramon H. Myers, 1998. The First Chinese Democracy: Political Life in the Republic of China on Taiwan. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 192.
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