Elections
Candidates for President must be citizens of ROC who has reached 40 years of age, has set their domicile in the ROC for not less than 15 years and lived in the free regions of the ROC for not less than 6 consecutive months. Naturalised citizens, residents of Hong Kong, Macao or the People's Republic of China, soldiers and election officials are not eligible.
The President and Vice President are nominated on a joint ticket. A party which has gained at least 5% of the votes at the last presidential or legislature election may nominate a set of candidates. (For the 2012 elections, only the KMT and DPP are eligible to nominate candidates under this method.) Alternatively, candidates may be nominated by a petition signed by eligible voters numbering no less than 1.5% of electors at the last legislature election. (This equals 252,848 signatures for the 2012 election.)
- Republic of China presidential election, 1996
- Republic of China presidential election, 2000
- Republic of China presidential election, 2004
- Republic of China presidential election, 2008
- Republic of China presidential election, 2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Vice president | |||||
| Kuomintang | Ma Ying-jeou (incumbent) | Wu Den-yih | 6,891,139 | 51.60% | ||
| Democratic Progressive Party | Tsai Ing-wen | Su Jia-chyuan | 6,093,578 | 45.63% | ||
| People First Party | James Soong Chu-yu | Lin Ruey-shiung | 369,588 | 2.77% | ||
| Total | 13,354,305 | 100% | ||||
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