2000 Taiwanese presidential election

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The 2000 Taiwanese presidential election was a landmark vote in which opposition leader Chen Shui-bian won the presidency, ending more than five decades of Kuomintang rule and marking Taiwan’s first peaceful transfer of power.

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instanceOf presidential election ⓘ
campaignIssue Taiwanese identity and national status ⓘ
corruption and political reform ⓘ
cross-strait relations with mainland China ⓘ
ChenShuiBianParty Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
ChenShuiBianVotes 4,977,697 ⓘ
ChenShuiBianVoteShare 39.30% ⓘ
country Taiwan ⓘ
date 18 March 2000 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
historicalSignificance major milestone in Taiwan’s democratization ⓘ
marked consolidation of multi-party competition in Taiwan ⓘ
incumbentBeforeElection Lee Teng-hui ⓘ
incumbentPartyBeforeElection Kuomintang ⓘ
JamesSoongRunningMate Chang Chao-hsiung ⓘ
JamesSoongVotes 4,664,972 ⓘ
JamesSoongVoteShare 36.84% ⓘ
LienChanRunningMate Vincent Siew ⓘ
LienChanVotes 2,925,513 ⓘ
LienChanVoteShare 23.10% ⓘ
location Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
linked to: Republic of China
mainOpponent Lien Chan ⓘ
mainOpponentParty Kuomintang ⓘ
nextElection 2004 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ
notableFeature first time Kuomintang lost the presidency in Taiwan ⓘ
first time an opposition party candidate won the presidency in Taiwan ⓘ
three-way race splitting the pan-blue vote ⓘ
numberOfCandidates 5 ⓘ
numberOfRounds 1 ⓘ
officeContested President of the Republic of China ⓘ
Vice President of the Republic of China ⓘ
otherMajorCandidate James Soong ⓘ
otherMajorCandidateFormerAffiliation Kuomintang ⓘ
otherMajorCandidateStatus independent politician ⓘ
oversightBody Central Election Commission (Taiwan) ⓘ
panBlueCandidate James Soong ⓘ
panBlueCandidate Lien Chan ⓘ
panGreenCandidate Chen Shui-bian ⓘ
presidentElected Chen Shui-bian ⓘ
previousElection 1996 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ
resultedIn end of continuous Kuomintang presidential rule since 1948 ⓘ
first peaceful transfer of presidential power in Taiwan ⓘ
termLengthElected 4 years ⓘ
tookPlaceUnderConstitution Constitution of the Republic of China ⓘ
totalVotes 12,238,247 ⓘ
vicePresidentElected Annette Lu ⓘ
voterTurnout 82.69% ⓘ
winner Chen Shui-bian ⓘ
winningCandidate Chen Shui-bian ⓘ
winningParty Democratic Progressive Party ⓘ
winningRunningMate Annette Lu ⓘ

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Lien Chan → candidateInElection → 2000 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ
Chen Shui-bian → electedIn → 2000 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ
1996 Taiwanese presidential election → nextElection → 2000 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ
2004 Taiwanese presidential election → previousElection → 2000 Taiwanese presidential election ⓘ