Description of government structure:

    * Chief of State: President MA Ying-jeou

    * Head of Government: Premier WU Den-yih

    * 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.

    * The Premier is appointed by the President.

    * In the Legislative Yuan, 73 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms, 34 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 6 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms.***

 

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

    MA Ying-jeou, Chinese Nationalist Party / Kuomintang 中國國民黨 (KMT)

    TSAI Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) / 民主進步黨: Mínzhǔ jìnbù dǎng

    James SOONG Chu-yu, People First Party (PFP) / 親民黨