List of unsuccessful candidates for President of the Republic of China

Since the amendment of the Constitution of the Republic of China in 1994 that introduced direct elections,[1] there have been 13 unsuccessful candidates for President of the Republic of China.[2][a] Since 1996, four third party or independent candidacies have won at least ten percent of the popular vote, but all failed to win the presidency.

List of unsuccessful candidates[edit]

Term
(Election) 		Candidate Vote Running mate
Candidate
(Birth–death) 		Party Office at time
of election[b] 		PV % Candidate
(Birth–death) 		Party Office at time
of election[b]
9
(1996) 		Peng Ming-min
彭明敏
(1923–2022) 		Peng Ming-min   Democratic Progressive Professor 2,274,586 21.13% Frank Hsieh
謝長廷
(1946– ) 		  Democratic Progressive fmr. Member of the Legislative Yuan
9
(1996) 		Lin Yang-kang[c]
林洋港
(1927–2013) 		Lin Yang-kang   Independent fmr. President of the Judicial Yuan 1,603,790 14.90% Hau Pei-tsun
郝柏村
(1919–2020) 		  Independent fmr. Premier
9
(1996) 		Chen Li-an[c]
陳履安
(1937– ) 		Chen Li-an   Independent fmr. President of the Control Yuan 1,074,044 9.98% Wang Ching-feng
王清峰
(1952– ) 		  Independent fmr. Member of the Control Yuan
10
(2000) 		James Soong[c]
宋楚瑜
(1942– ) 		James Soong   Independent fmr. Governor of Taiwan 4,664,972 36.84% Chang Chau-hsiung
張昭雄
(1942– ) 		  Independent Surgeon
10
(2000) 		Lien Chan
連戰
(1936– ) 		Lien Chan   Kuomintang Vice President 2,925,513 23.10% Vincent Siew
蕭萬長
(1939– ) 		  Kuomintang Premier
10
(2000) 		Hsu Hsin-liang[c]
許信良
(1941– ) 		Hsu Hsin-liang   Independent fmr. Taoyuan County Magistrate 79,429 0.63% Josephine Chu
朱惠良
(1950– ) 		  Independent Member of the Legislative Yuan
10
(2000) 		Li Ao
李敖
(1935–2018) 		Li Ao   New Writer 16,782 0.13% Elmer Fung
馮滬祥
(1948–2021) 		  New Member of the Legislative Yuan
11
(2004) 		Lien Chan
連戰
(1936– ) 		Lien Chan   Kuomintang fmr. Vice President 6,442,452 49.89% James Soong
宋楚瑜
(1942– ) 		  People First fmr. Governor of Taiwan
12
(2008) 		Frank Hsieh
謝長廷
(1946– ) 		Frank Hsieh   Democratic Progressive fmr. Premier 5,444,949 41.55% Su Tseng-chang
蘇貞昌
(1947– ) 		  Democratic Progressive fmr. Premier
13
(2012) 		Tsai Ing-wen
蔡英文
(1956– ) 		Tsai Ing-wen   Democratic Progressive fmr. Vice Premier 6,093,578 45.63% Su Jia-chyuan
蘇嘉全
(1956– ) 		  Democratic Progressive fmr. Minister of the Interior
13
(2012) 		James Soong[c]
宋楚瑜
(1942– ) 		James Soong   People First fmr. Governor of Taiwan 369,588 2.77% Lin Ruey-shiung
林瑞雄
(1938– ) 		  Independent Epidemiologist
14
(2016) 		Eric Chu
朱立倫
(1961– ) 		Eric Chu   Kuomintang Mayor of New Taipei City 3,813,365 31.04% Wang Ju-hsuan
王如玄
(1961– ) 		  Independent fmr. Minister of the Council of Labor Affairs
14
(2016) 		James Soong
宋楚瑜
(1942– ) 		James Soong   People First fmr. Governor of Taiwan 1,576,861 12.83% Hsu Hsin-ying
徐欣瑩
(1972– ) 		  Minkuotang Member of the Legislative Yuan
15
(2020) 		Han Kuo-yu
韓國瑜
(1957– ) 		Han Kuo-yu   Kuomintang Mayor of Kaohsiung 5,522,119 38.61% Chang San-cheng
張善政
(1954– ) 		  Independent fmr. Premier
15
(2020) 		James Soong
宋楚瑜
(1942– ) 		James Soong   People First fmr. Governor of Taiwan 608,590 4.26% Sandra Yu
余湘
(1959– ) 		  Independent Businesswoman
16
(2024) 		Hou Yu-ih
侯友宜
(1957– ) 		Hou Yu-ih   Kuomintang Mayor of New Taipei City 4,671,021 33.49% Jaw Shaw-kong
趙少康
(1950– ) 		  Kuomintang fmr. Member of the Legislative Yuan
16
(2024) 		Ko Wen-je
柯文哲
(1959– ) 		Ko Wen-je   Taiwan People's fmr. Mayor of Taipei 3,690,466 26.46% Cynthia Wu
吳欣盈
(1978– ) 		  Taiwan People's Member of the Legislative Yuan

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ There have been 17 unsuccessful major party candidacies by 13 individuals in 8 presidential elections.
  2. ^ a b The most recent elective office, or senior appointive position, held by the candidate when the presidential election was held.
  3. ^ a b c d e Candidacy obtained through citizen petitions.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China". Wikisource. 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  2. ^ "中選會資料庫網站 (Central Election Commission Election Database)". 中選會 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2020-08-22. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
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