Legislative Yuan
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unicameral national legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Key facts
- Type
- Unicameral Lower house , (1947–2005)
- Founded
- 5 December 1928 ; 97 years ago ( 1928-12-05 ) , (pre-1947 Constitution) 18 May 1948 ; 78 years ago ( 1948-05-18 ) , ( 1947 Constitution ) 24 February 1950 ; 76 years ago ( 1950-02-24 ) , (Taiwan) 7 June 2005 ; 21 years ago ( 2005-06-07 ) , (current form)
- Disbanded
- 1 October 1949 ; 76 years ago ( 1949-10-01 ) , ( mainland ) 7 December 1949 ; 76 years ago ( 1949-12-07 ) , ( government relocated )
- Preceded by
- National Assembly
- Succeeded by
- Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1949), National People's Congress (1954)
- President
- Daniel Han ( KMT ) , since 1 February 2024
- Vice president
- Johnny Chiang ( KMT ) , since 1 February 2024
- Governing party leader
- Tsai Chi-chang ( DPP ) , since 24 February 2026
- Opposition leader
- Fu Kun-chi ( KMT ) , since 1 February 2024
- Political groups
- Government (51) DPP (51) Opposition (62) KMT Caucus (54) KMT (53) Independent (1) TPP (8)
- Length of term
- 4 years
- Voting system
- Parallel voting : 73 seats by FPTP 34 seats by party-list PR using largest remainder method with Hare quota 6 seats by SNTV
- Last election
- 13 January 2024
- Next election
- On or before January 2028
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Encyclopedic overview
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan), located in Taipei. Since 2008, it is composed of 113 members who serve four-year terms. They are directly elected by voters in the Taiwan Area, through a parallel voting system.
Originally located in Nanjing, the Legislative Yuan, along with the National Assembly (electoral college) and the Control Yuan (upper house), formed the tricameral parliament under the original 1947 Constitution. The Legislative Yuan previously had 760 members representing constituencies in all of China (includes provinces, municipalities, Tibet Area, and various professions in Mainland China).
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