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On 13 January 2024, Taiwan elected Lai Ching-te as its new president, marking the first time a single political party won three consecutive times. Despite this victory, the Democratic Progressive Party did not secure a legislative majority, spelling a divided government. Meanwhile, China saw Lai as its foe and adopted a more hostile Taiwan policy. President Lai also faces a slow-growing economy, uncertain US relations and substantial challenges despite his party's resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In late 2022, Taiwan held its every four years mid-term election that was comprised of almost all of its local electoral contests; the ruling Democratic Progressive Party lost. President Tsai Ing-wen was blamed for the defeat for having focused excessively on tension with China while ignoring local problems. She was also seen to depend too much on the Biden administration's China's policy. After the election, observers predicted the election would give the opposition Nationalist Party (or Kuomintang, KMT) momentum to win the national presidential, vice-presidential and legislative election in January 2024. Subsequent events and polls, however, indicated a close contest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the December 3, 1983 elections in Taiwan where voters casted their ballots for the delegates of the Legislative Yuan and highlights the development of party competition in the national elections.

The article discusses the January 14, 2012 elections in Taiwan where voters casted their ballots for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, the nominations of the political candidates and parties and highlights the results and the political campaigns of the politicians.

The 2010 issue of the journal "Maryland Series in Contemporary Asian Studies," Number 4, is presented. It evaluates the metropolitan city elections in Taiwan in 2010. The election campaigns in the country are discussed as well as the strategies of various political parties and candidates. It also tackles the uses of the pendulum theory and the watermelon theory in forecasting the results of elections in Taiwan.