2001 Taiwanese legislative election

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2001 Taiwanese legislative election

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All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan 113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.16%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Frank Hsieh Lien Chan James Soong Party DPP Kuomintang People First Alliance Pan-Green Pan-Blue Pan-Blue Leader since 20 April 2000 20 March 2000 31 March 2000 Last election 29.56%, 70 seats 46.43%, 123 seats – Seats won 87 68 46 Seat change 17 55 New Popular vote 3,447,740 2,949,371 1,917,836 Percentage 33.38% 28.56% 18.57% Swing 3.82pp 17.87pp –   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Huang Chu-wen Hau Lung-pin Party TSU New Alliance Pan-Green Pan-Blue Leader since 12 August 2001 March 2000 Last election – 7.06%. 11 seats Seats won 13 1 Seat change New 10 Popular vote 801,560 269,620 Percentage 7.76% 2.61% Swing – 4.45pp
Elected member party by seat   Democratic Progressive Party   Kuomintang   People First   Taiwan Solidarity Union   New Party   Taiwan Number One   Independent
President before election Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang Elected President Wang Jin-pyng Kuomintang

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The 2001 Taiwanese legislative election was held on 1 December 2001. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the proportional representation based of the nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected from overseas Chinese constituencies on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties, eight elected by popular vote among the Taiwanese aboriginal populations. Members served three year terms from February 1, 2002 to February 1, 2005.