1. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 A National Electoral System with Uniqueness: the Legislative Election of Taiwan Dr. Po-ya Chang Chairperson of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA)

2. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 First Legislative Yuan （ or Parliament ） having severed the country from 1948 to 1992 Elections for additional numbers of the First legislative Yuan began in 1969 At that time, the legislators were representing respective constituencies, as well as indigenous, vocational and women groups but representatives for overseas citizen were by appointing. THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ELECTION

3. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 Propositional Representation Electoral System has been added since 1991. The 2nd Legislative Yuan was formed in 1993 with 225 seats. Seats for Vocational and Women Groups were abolished LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS FROM 1991 & SINGLE NON-TRANSFERABLE VOTING SYSTEM

4. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 Drawbacks of the SNTV system Reform to the Legislative Yuan & the Electoral System –Seats were reduced by half (225 to 113) –Single-Member District Two-Ballot System was introduced. ELECTORAL REFORMS & THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION IN 2008

5. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM The total 113 Legislative seats, 73 are elected from single member districts, 34 seats by PR system; and 6 members by aborigines. a combination of Multimember District and Proportional Representative Electoral systems Parties gaining 5% or more party votes are entitled to share PR seats 1. multimember district works together with proportional representative electoral systems

6. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 2.High threshold for nominating candidates campaigning for the PR Seats To complete in the PR seats, a political party or ad hoc campaigning group shall conform to one of the following provisions: The total votes attained in the recent Presidential election by the recommended candidates have achieved 2% or more of the total valid votes in the election; or the total party votes attained has totaled 2% or more in the recent legislative election. Endorsement of incumbent 5 MPs or more. A group of 10 or more qualified candidates campaigning for district and aboriginal seats recommended by a party As for the constituency legislators, an elector meeting relevant requirements may apply for being registered as the candidate. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

7. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 Taiwan has a sound household registration system, and the list of electors shall be compiled by the government agency of household registration according to the household registration data. The voters are not required to register to vote before the election. 3. Automatic registration UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

8. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 4. Campaign deposit When registering as a candidate, campaign deposit shall be made to the Central Election Commission. Since 2008, the deposit for legislator candidacy has been set to NTD 200,000 (equivalent to US$ 6,900) UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

9. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 5. Seats reserved for women Before constitutional amendment, the percentage of seats won by female was 8.4%, however, after constitutional amendment; the figure went up to 15% In 2004 election, there were 21 % of total seats won by female candidates, and 30 % in 2008. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

10. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 6.Guarantee the seats for aboriginal the constitutional amendment offered a more advantageous position for the aboriginal to participate in the legislative elections. In addition, parties would increasingly keen on adding an aboriginal person to the party list competing for PR seats. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

11. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 7.The Emerging of two-party system Two-Party Politics Emerged Political Party Discipline strengthened Politicians tend to please the median voters UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

12. The Central Election Commission 中央選舉委員會 Thank You !