At stake in this election:

• 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President CHEN Shui-bian
• Head of Government: Premier Chun-hsiung CHANG
• Assembly: Taiwan has a unicameral Legislative Yuan with 113 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the Legislative Yuan, 73 members are elected by simple majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms, 6 members are reserved to serve 4-year terms and 34 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms.***

*** Members of the Legislative Yuan are elected through a mixed member proportional system. 73 seats are elected from constituencies, 6 reserved for the representation of indigenous people, and 34 members from at-large seats.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
  • Leader: Shui-bian CHEN
  • Seats won in this election: 27
  • Seats won in last election: 89
• Party: Kuomintang Party (KMT)
  • Leader: Poh-hsiung WU
  • Seats won in this election: 81
  • Seats won in last election: 79
• Party: People First Party (PFP)
  • Leader: James SOONG
  • Seats won in this election: 1
  • Seats won in last election: 34
• Party: Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU)
  • Leader: Kun-huei HUANG
  • Seats won in this election: 0
  • Seats won in last election: 12
• Party: Non-Partisan Solidarity Union (NPSU)
  • Leader: Po-ya CHANG
  • Seats won in this election: 3
  • Seats won in last election: 6

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 22,858,872 (July 2007 est.)
• Registered Voters: 17,179,656 ( 2008 )