Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 11 January 2020 to elect the 113 members of the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for four-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a ...

. The elections were held concurrently with

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. The term of the Legislative Yuan began on 1 February 2020. The

Democratic Progressive Party The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is a centre to centre-left Taiwanese nationalist political party in Taiwan. As the dominant party in the Pan-Green Coalition, one of the two main political camps in Taiwan, the DPP is currently the ...

(DPP) lost seven seats but retained a majority of 61 seats in the Legislative Yuan. The

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gained three seats, winning 38. The

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won three seats, down from five in the last election. The Taiwan People's Party and Taiwan Statebuilding Party entered the Legislative Yuan with five seats and one seat, respectively, with five independent candidates winning their seats and the People First Party losing all of their seats.

Electoral system

Members were elected by

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. 73 members were elected by

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, 6 reserved for indigenous candidates by

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, and 34 by

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Constituency changes

In 2019, after negotiations between the Presidents of the Executive and Legislative Yuans, changes to the electoral divisions include:蘇嘉全、賴清德協商立委選區定案　僅屏東再微調
Mirror Media, 7 January 2019 *Kaoshiung and Pingtung each lost a seat. *Tainan and Hsinchu County each gained a seat. *The boundary between Taichung II and Taichung VII was adjusted.

Contesting parties and candidates

Opinion polling

Results

By constituency

Aboriginal constituencies

Notes

References

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Legislative election

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Legislative elections in Taiwan