2000 Taiwanese Presidential Election
The first transfer of power18 March 2000 · The direct-election era
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 18 March 2000 to elect the president and vice president. With a voter turnout of 83%, Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were elected president and vice president respectively with a slight plurality.
President before
Lee Teng-hui
KMT
Elected President
Chen Shui-bian
DPP
Winning share
39.3%
Turnout
82.7%
The result
Chen Shui-bian
Democratic Progressive Party · 4,977,697 votes
39.30%
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James Soong
Independent · 4,664,972 votes
36.84%
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Lien Chan
Kuomintang · 2,925,513 votes
23.10%
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Hsu Hsin-liang
Independent · 79,429 votes
0.63%
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Li Ao
New Party · 16,782 votes
0.13%
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