2016 Taiwanese Presidential Election
Tsai's landslide16 January 2016 · The direct-election era
Presidential elections were held in Taiwan on 16 January 2016. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Tsai Ing-wen with her independent running mate Chen Chien-jen won over Eric Chu of the Kuomintang (KMT) and James Soong of the People First Party (PFP).
President before
Ma Ying-jeou
KMT
Elected President
Tsai Ing-wen
DPP
Winning share
56.1%
Turnout
66.3%
The result
Tsai Ing-wen
Democratic Progressive Party · 6,894,744 votes
56.12%
share
Eric Chu
Kuomintang · 3,813,365 votes
31.04%
share
James Soong
People First Party · 1,576,861 votes
12.84%
share