1978 Taiwanese presidential election

none January 2021 noref (GreenC bot) 1978 Taiwanese presidential election Taiwan presidential no 1972 Taiwanese presidential election 1972 1984 Taiwanese presidential election 1984 March 21, 1978 蔣經國總統 1.jpg 130px Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang Hsieh Tung-min 1,184 100.00% President Yen Chia-kan Kuomintang 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, 1978. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, son of former President Chiang Kai-shek, was elected as the President with Governor of Taiwan Province Hsieh Tung-min who became the first Taiwan-born Vice President. Incumbent Yen Chia-kan, who rose to the presidency after the death of Chiang Kai-shek, chose not to seek re-election and called on the National Assembly to support Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek and the then-premier and Chairman of the Kuomintang.Nominations from the Kuomintang https://taiwantoday.tw/AMP/politics/taiwan-review/5055/nominations-from-the-kuomintang 24 March 2025 Free China Review 1 March 1978President C.K. Yen favors Premier Chiang as his successor https://taiwantoday.tw/Politics/Taiwan-Review/5007/President-C.K.-Yen-favors-Premier-Chiang-as-his-successor 24 March 2025 Free China Review 1 February 1978 Electors National Assembly (Republic of China) 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 1972 Taiwanese legislative election. In total, there were 1,220 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this sixth session of the first National Assembly.第一屆國民大會第六次會議實錄 Results President Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang 1184 20 1220 SchaffererChristian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan Vice president Hsieh Tung-min Kuomintang 941 248 1220 SchaffererChristian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan See also History of Republic of China President of the Republic of China Vice President of the Republic of China References Category:Presidential elections in Taiwan Taiwanese presidential election, 1978 Category:1978 in Taiwan Taiwan