1954 Taiwanese presidential election

none Republic of China presidential 1948 Chinese presidential election 1948 1960 Taiwanese presidential election 1960 March 22, 1954 yes Presidential election presidential 53.19% 蔣中正總統玉照.png Chiang Kai-shek Chen Cheng Kuomintang 1,507 96.91% Hsu Fu-lin.jpg Hsu Fu-lin Shih Chih-chuan China Democratic Socialist Party 48 3.09% President Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang Indirect presidential elections were held in the Republic of China on March 22, 1954 to elect the President and Vice President. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. Incumbent President Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected for the second term. The premier Chen Cheng was elected to be the Vice-President. These were the first elections that took place since the fall of the mainland to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949. Electors The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Hall in Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion, the term of the delegates who were elected during the 1947 Chinese National Assembly election was extended indefinitely until "re-election is possible in their original electoral district". In total, there were 1,578 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this second session of the first National Assembly.第一屆國民大會第二次會議實錄 The 1947 National Assembly election elected 2,961 delegates for the 3,045 seats of the National Assembly. About half of them did not flee to Taiwan with the government. The 1,578 delegates reported to this session barely passed the 50% requirement (1,523) of the National Assembly to hold a valid meeting. Results President Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang 1507 Hsu Fu-lin China Democratic Socialist Party 48 20 2961 SchaffererChristian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan Vice-president Chen Cheng Kuomintang 1417 Shih Chih-chuan China Democratic Socialist Party 109 43 2961 Schafferer 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, 1954 Presidential Taiwan