2. The LegislativeYuan 立法院 of Republic of China
(also known as Parliament 國會) has 113
members. 112 seats are occupied by 5 main
political parties, with the remaining 1 occupied
by an independent candidate.
3. The ruling party is the Kuomintang 國民黨.The
chairperson 主席 of the party, MaYing-jeou 馬英九,
was elected as president in 2008, and re-elected in
2012.The KMT holds 64 seats in the Legislative
Yuan, 48 of which were directly elected. It is the
leader of the Pan-Blue coalition 泛藍聯盟, which
favors a Chinese identity.
4. The largest opposition party is the Democratic
Progressive Party 民主進步黨, led by Tsai Ing-wen 蔡
英文. It occupies 40 seats in the LegislativeYuan, 27
of which were directly elected. A member of the
Pan-Green coalition 泛綠聯盟, it favors a separate
Taiwanese identity over a Chinese one.
5. The remaining four largest parties are the Taiwan
Solidarity Union 台灣團結聯盟 (Pan-Green), the
People First Party 親民黨 (Pan-Blue), New Party 新
黨 (Pan-Blue) and the Non-Partisan Solidarity Union
無黨團結聯盟 (officially non-aligned, but
conservative).The New Party does not have any
seats in the LegislativeYuan.
6. You can learn the Chinese name, logo and color
of each party.