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 | 39.30% |
| James Soong | Independent | 4,664,972 | 36.84% |
| Lien Chan | Kuomintang | 2,925,513 | 23.10% |
| Hsu Hsin-liang | Independent | 79,429 | 0.63% |
| Li Ao | New Party | 16,782 | 0.13% |