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2024 Taiwan presidential election
presidential election in Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 16th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國第十六屆總統、副總統選舉) took place on Taiwan on 13 January 2024. [1][2] Voters elected the President and Vice President.
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Registered | 19,548,531 (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 71.86% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There are three groups of nominees in this election. According to their registration numbers, they are Party Chairman Ko Wen-je(Chinese: 柯文哲) and non-district legislator(Chinese: 不分區立委) Cynthia Wu/Wu Hsin-ying(Chinese: 吳欣盈 ) (commonly known as "Ko-Wu Mates(柯吳配)" or "Ko-Ying Mates(柯盈配)") recommended by the Taiwan People's Party(TPP), and Vice President and Party Chairman William Lai/Lai Ching-te(Chinese: 賴清德 ) and former Representative to the United States Hsiao Bi-khim(Chinese: 蕭美琴) (commonly known as "Lai-Hsiao Mates(賴蕭配)" or "Bi-Te Mates('Viture Mates')(美德配)") recommended by the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP), as well as Mayor of New Taipei City Hou Yu-ih(Chinese: 侯友宜) and Broadcasting Corporation of China Chairman Jaw Shaw-kong(Chinese: 趙少康) (commonly known as "Hou-Jaw Mates(侯趙配)"or "Hou-Kong Mates(侯康配)" ) recommended by the Chinese Kuomintang(KMT).
William Lai finally won the presidential election as Vice President. This election set a lot of historical records. It was the first presidential election since 2000 in which no nominee received more than half of the votes. It was also the first time since direct elections that a nominne from the same political party was elected for the third time continuously, breaking the previous precedent of political parties rotating every eight years.
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