1990 Taiwanese presidential election

none 1990 Taiwanese presidential election Taiwan presidential no 1984 Taiwanese presidential election 1984 1996 Taiwanese presidential election 1996 March 21, 1990 李總統登輝先生玉照 (cropped).jpg Lee Teng-hui Lee Yuan-tsu Kuomintang 641 100.00% President Lee Teng-hui Kuomintang Lee Teng-hui Kuomintang Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1990. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Incumbent President Lee Teng-hui was elected, 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 nominations 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.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. After the election, Lee abolished the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion and pushed for the full democratization. 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 1986 Taiwanese legislative election. In total, there were 738 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this eighth session of the first National Assembly.第一屆國民大會第八次會議實錄 Vote summary Presidential election Lee Teng-hui Kuomintang 641 27 738 SchaffererChristian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan Vice-presidential election Lee Yuan-tsu Kuomintang 602 40 738 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 1990 Taiwanese presidential election, 1990 President