Taiwan Election Candidates 2020

On saturday 11 january the taiwanese people will vote for their next president and legislature.

Taiwan election candidates 2020. In this 2020 taiwanese legislative election the dpp retained their majority in the legislature winning 61 seats along with dpp s presidential candidate tsai ing wen reelected with a record breaking historical high vote count. Taiwan 2020 election results. Candidate running mate party votes tsai ing wen.

Tsai ing wen was re elected as president of taiwan on january 11 2020. The most consequential election of 2020 might not come at the end of the year when us president donald trump seeks a second term in the white house but much earlier and closer to home for australia in taiwan this weekend. Supporters of han kuo yu presidential candidate for taiwan s main opposition kuomintang kmt party react during a rally outside the campaign headquarters on january 11 2020 in kaohsiung.

On january 2016 she indeed won the presidential election by 56 percent against her kuomintang opponent eric chu who secured 31 percent of the votes. Results of the 2020 taiwanese presidential election. Taiwan president tsai ing wen of the democratic progressive party dpp won a second term in a landslide victory over her opponent han kuo yu of the kuomintang kmt.

President tsai ing wen of the democratic progressive party dpp people. Taiwan an island of 23 million off the southeast coast of china functions as a de facto independent nation with its own elections currency and military. Supporters of taiwan s current president and democratic progressive party presidential candidate tsai ing wen cheer at a rally in taoyuan on january 8 2020.