2020 Taiwan presidential election
The 15th President and Vice President election of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國第十五屆總統、副總統選舉) took place in Taiwan on 11 January 2020.[1] Voters re-elected President and Vice President.
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| Registered | 19,311,105 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 74.9%  8.6 pp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The process of presidential primary elections and nominations were held during the last six months of 2019.
Current President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who was elected in 2016, won re-election. She is scheduled to be inaugurated on 20 May 2020.
Candidates
| Terry Gou | Eric Chu | Chou Hsi-wei | Chang Ya-chung | Wang Jin-pyng | Lo Chih-chiang |
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| Founder and Former Chairman of Foxconn | Mayor of New Taipei (2010–2018) |
Magistrate of Taipei County (2005–2010) |
National Taiwan University Professor | Member of the Legislative Yuan (1976–present) |
Taipei City Councillor (2018–present) |
| LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | LN: July 15, 2019 | W: June 6, 2019 | W: April 7, 2019 |
| [2] | [3] | [4] | [5] | [6][7] | [8][9] |
Democratic Progressive Party
Nominees
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| Governor of Taiwan (1994–1998) |
United Communications Group chairwoman (2009–2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kuomintang
People First Party
Other parties and independents
Withdrawn candidates
- Chang San-cheng, President of the Executive Yuan (2016)[10][11]
- Yang Shih-kuang, Television presenter and New Party Youth Corps leader[12][13]
- Annette Lu, Vice President of the Republic of China (2000–2008)[14][15]
Polling
Opinion pollings of the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election between Tsai Ing-wen, Han Kuo-yu and James Soong.
2020 Taiwan Presidential Election Media
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賴清德副總統 總統府官方肖像
Official portrait of the Premier of Taiwan, Simon Chang San-cheng.
References
- ↑ Wang, Cheng-chung; Ko, Lin (19 March 2019). Presidential, legislative elections to be held Jan. 11, 2020. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201903190013.aspx. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Shih, Hsiao-kuang; Hetherington, William (18 April 2019). "Hon Hai’s Gou officially enters presidential race". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/04/18/2003713590.
- ↑ 朱立倫卸新北市長 宣布投入2020總統選舉，中央社，2018-12-25
- ↑ Hsu, Stacy (2 March 2019). "KMT brass might select candidate: Wu". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/03/02/2003710690. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ↑ Maxon, Ann (8 January 2019). "Ex-Hung Hsiu-chu aide eyes presidential run". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/01/08/2003707561. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ↑ Liu, Kuan-ting; Wang, Flor (6 June 2019). "Wang Jin-pyng drops bid for Taiwan President, bows out of KMT primary". Taiwan News. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3718637. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ↑ Former legislative speaker announces presidential bid. 7 March 2019. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201903070009.aspx. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ 拋震撼彈！羅智強宣布4階段參選總統！ China Times, 26 November 2018
- ↑ "羅智強宣布不選總統了！要吳敦義「快徵召韓國瑜」". tw.news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ Lee, Hsin-fang (17 February 2019). "Former premier Simon Chang seeks 2020 presidential run as independent". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/02/17/2003709891. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ (in zh-tw)POP Radio. 2 August 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSJpLxmop4. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ↑ Chen, Yu-fu (3 July 2019). "New Party candidate vows to target ‘woman’ Tsai". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/07/03/2003718038. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ↑ (in zh-tw)FTV News. 1 November 2019. https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2019B01P06M1. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
- ↑ Wu, Chun-feng; Yang, Chun-hui; Chung, Jake (18 September 2019). "Ex-vice president Lu to run for president". Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2019/09/18/2003722488. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ Huang, Rei-hung; Ko, Lin (2 November 2019). Former Taiwan vice president abandons presidential bid. http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201911020013.aspx. Retrieved 2 November 2019.