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1978 Taiwanese presidential election

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1978 Taiwanese presidential election
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Nominee Chiang Ching-kuo
Party Kuomintang
Running mate Hsieh Tung-min
Electoral vote1,184
Percentage100.00%
President before election

Yen Chia-kan
Kuomintang

Elected President

Chiang Ching-kuo
Kuomintang

Indirect elections were held for the presidency and vice-presidency of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan on March 21, 1978. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. Premier Chiang Ching-kuo, son of former President Chiang Kai-shek, was elected as the President with Governor of Taiwan Province Hsieh Tung-min who became the first Taiwan-born Vice President.

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Incumbent Yen Chia-kan, who rose to the presidency after the death of Chiang Kai-shek, chose not to seek re-election and called on the National Assembly to support Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of Chiang Kai-shek and the then-premier and Chairman of the Kuomintang. [1] [2]

Electors

The election was conducted by the National Assembly in its meeting place Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan, Taipei. According to the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion , National Assembly delegates elected in the following elections were eligible to vote:

In total, there were 1,220 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this sixth session of the first National Assembly. [3]

Results

President

CandidatePartyVotes%
Chiang Ching-kuo Kuomintang 1,184100.00
Total1,184100.00
Valid votes1,18498.34
Invalid/blank votes201.66
Total votes1,204100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,22098.69
Source: Schafferer [4]

Vice president

CandidatePartyVotes%
Hsieh Tung-min Kuomintang 941100.00
Total941100.00
Valid votes94179.14
Invalid/blank votes24820.86
Total votes1,189100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,22097.46
Source: Schafferer [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nominations from the Kuomintang". Free China Review. 1 March 1978. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "President C.K. Yen favors Premier Chiang as his successor". Free China Review. 1 February 1978. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. ↑ 第一屆國民大會第六次會議實錄
  4. 1 2 Christian Schafferer (2003) The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan
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