Country: | Taiwan |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | 1995 Taiwanese legislative election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 2001 Taiwanese legislative election |
Next Year: | 2001 |
Seats For Election: | All 225 seats in the Legislative Yuan |
Majority Seats: | 113 |
Election Date: | 5 December 1998 |
Turnout: | 68.09% |
Image1: | President Lee teng hui (cropped).png |
Party1: | Kuomintang |
Last Election1: | 46.06%, 85 seats |
Seats1: | 123 |
Seat Change1: | 38 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,659,679 |
Percentage1: | 46.43% |
Swing1: | 0.33pp |
Leader2: | Lin Yi-hsiung |
Party2: | Democratic Progressive Party |
Seats2: | 70 |
Seat Change2: | 16 |
Popular Vote2: | 2,966,835 |
Percentage2: | 29.56% |
Swing2: | 3.64pp |
Image3: | 周陽山.jpg |
Party3: | New Party (Taiwan) |
Last Election3: | 12.95%, 21 seats |
Seats3: | 11 |
Seat Change3: | 10 |
Popular Vote3: | 708,465 |
Percentage3: | 7.06% |
Swing3: | 5.94pp |
Map2 Image: | 1998_ROCLY_cartogram.svg |
Map2 Caption: | Elected member party by seat |
President | |
Before Election: | Liu Sung-pan |
Before Party: | Kuomintang |
After Election: | Wang Jin-pyng |
After Party: | Kuomintang |
Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998.[1] The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68%.[2]