1975 Taiwanese legislative election

none The third supplementary elections for the Legislative Yuan were held in the Republic of China (Taiwan) on 20 December 1975.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p535 0-19-924959-8 Compared with the second supplementary election the number of new delegates to the Legislative Yuan had been increased by one to 52, because of an increase in population. Of these, 37 were to be elected directly to represent Taiwan Province and the special municipality of Taipei. The remaining 15 seats were to represent overseas nationals and were appointed by the President. Turnout for the supplementary election of the Legislative Yuan was 75.97% of 8,410,775 eligible votes. Of the 37 elected delegates, 30 belonged to the Kuomintang, one belonged to the Chinese Youth Party, and 6 were independent. All members chosen were born on Taiwan except for 5 delegates, who (or their parents) were from the Mainland. Results Kuomintang 4942461 42 +1 Chinese Youth Party 143992 1 0 Independents 1133981 9 0 168877 +1 8410775 Executive Yuan, Dong By constituency ConstituencySeatsElectorateTurnout%PartyVotes%SeatswonTaipei City51,013,279578,98957.14Kuomintang356,80963.013Independents209,35936.992Taiwan I31,077,411768,46371.32Kuomintang305,93641.412Chinese Youth Party143,99219.491Independents288,87139.10Taiwan II3903,559823,35591.12Kuomintang809,3671003Taiwan III51,404,1521,108,68478.96Kuomintang951,53388.054Independents129,03511.951Taiwan IV51,442,2041,104,95576.62Kuomintang914,45684.914Independents162,46815.091Taiwan V41,256,684929,58373.97Kuomintang693,41389.284Independents213,33210.720Taiwan VI1229,718187,35881.56Kuomintang155,17484.991Independents27,40915.010Fujian130,30729,74498.14Kuomintang29,4361001Highland Aborigine1124,896114,01791.29Kuomintang112,5901001Farmers2329,169299,32290.93Kuomintang288,1881002Fishermen181,82961,98275.75Kuomintang60,7161001Workers2367,088266,99672.73Kuomintang173,14268.001Independents81,48032.001Industrial group121,22113,62764.21Kuomintang12,7661001Business group187,40366,75176.37Kuomintang46,63473.241Independents17,03826.760Education group141,85538,43788.71Kuomintang32,30186.991Independents4,82913.010Source: DongDong Xiangfei The General Conditions Regarding Elections in the Republic of China 1984 References Further reading Copper, John F. and George P. Chen (1984), Taiwan’s Elections. Political Development and Democratization in the Republic of China, [Baltimore, Md.], Occasional Papers/Reprints Series in Contemporary Asian Studies, no. 5-1984 (64), 0-942182-66-9 Taiwan Category:Legislative elections in Taiwan Category:1975 elections in Taiwan Category:December 1975 in Asia