2020 Taiwan presidential election
15th Presidential and Vice Presidential election of the Republic of China
The 15th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國第十五屆總統、副總統選舉) took place in Taiwan on 11 January 2020.[1] Voters re-elected President and Vice President.
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| Registered | 19,311,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 74.9%  8.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The process of presidential primary elections and nominations were held during the last six months of 2019.
Current President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was elected in 2016, won re-election. She is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 May 2020.
Candidates
changeDemocratic Progressive Party
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| Tsai Ing-wen | William Lai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| President of the Republic of China (2016–present) |
Premier of the Republic of China (2017–2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Candidates
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| President of the Executive Yuan (2017–2019) |
| LN: June 13, 2019 |
Kuomintang
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| Han Kuo-yu | Chang San-cheng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mayor of Kaohsiung (2018–present) |
Premier of the Republic of China (2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Candidates
change| Terry Gou | Eric Chu | Chou Hsi-wei | Chang Ya-chung | Wang Jin-pyng | Lo Chih-chiang |
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| Founder and Former Chairman of Foxconn | Mayor of New Taipei (2010–2018) |
Magistrate of Taipei County (2005–2010) |
National Taiwan University Professor | Member of the Legislative Yuan (1976–present) |
Taipei City Councillor (2018–present) |
| LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | W: June 6, 2019 | W: April 7, 2019 |
| [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6][7] | [8][9] |
People First Party
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| James Soong | Sandra Yu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Governor of Taiwan (1994–1998) |
United Communications Group chairwoman (2009–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other parties and independents
changeWithdrawn candidates
change- Chang San-cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (2016)[10][11]
- Yang Shih-kuang, Television presenter and New Party Youth Corps leader[12][13]
- Annette Lu, Vice President of the Republic of China (2000–2008)[14][15]
Polling
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References
change- ↑ Wang, Cheng-chung; Ko, Lin (19 March 2019). "Presidential, legislative elections to be held Jan. 11, 2020". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Hetherington, William (18 April 2019). "Hon Hai's Gou officially enters presidential race". Taipei Times.
- ↑ 朱立倫卸新北市長 宣布投入2020總統選舉，中央社，2018-12-25
- ↑ Hsu, Stacy (2 March 2019). "KMT brass might select candidate: Wu". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ Maxon, Ann (8 January 2019). "Ex-Hung Hsiu-chu aide eyes presidential run". Taipei Times. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ↑ Liu, Kuan-ting; Wang, Flor (6 June 2019). "Wang Jin-pyng drops bid for Taiwan President, bows out of KMT primary". Taiwan News. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ↑ "Former legislative speaker announces presidential bid". Central News Agency. 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ 拋震撼彈！羅智強宣布4階段參選總統！ China Times, 26 November 2018
- ↑ "羅智強宣布不選總統了！要吳敦義「快徵召韓國瑜」". tw.news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ Lee, Hsin-fang (17 February 2019). "Former premier Simon Chang seeks 2020 presidential run as independent". Taipei Times. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ 2019-08-02【POP撞新聞】黃暐瀚專訪張善政：「挺韓、不選2020」！. POP Radio (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Chen, Yu-fu (3 July 2019). "New Party candidate vows to target 'woman' Tsai". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ↑ 總統連署未達門檻 新黨楊世光宣布改挺韓國瑜. FTV News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ↑ Wu, Chun-feng; Yang, Chun-hui; Chung, Jake (18 September 2019). "Ex-vice president Lu to run for president". Taipei Times. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ Huang, Rei-hung; Ko, Lin (2 November 2019). "Former Taiwan vice president abandons presidential bid". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2019.