Indirect elections were held for the

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and vice-presidency of the

government of the Republic of China The Government of the Republic of China, is the national government of the Republic of China whose ''de facto'' territory currently consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other island groups in the "free area". Governed by the De ...

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on March 21, 1990. The vote took place at the Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan,

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. Incumbent

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Lee Teng-hui Lee Teng-hui (; 15 January 192330 July 2020) was a Taiwanese statesman and economist who served as President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) under the 1947 Constitution and chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 1988 to 2000. He was the fir ...

was re-elected, with Secretary-General to the President

Lee Yuan-tsu Lee Yuan-tsu (; 24 September 1923 — 8 March 2017), was a Kuomintang politician who served under Lee Teng-hui as the eighth Vice President of the Republic of China. He was of Hakka ancestry. Early life His family was Hakka had origin in Meixi ...

as the

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. It was the last indirect presidential election in

Overview

Incumbent president Lee Teng-hui served as vice president under Chiang Ching-kuo before he succeeded Chiang, who died in office in 1988. After Chiang's death, the struggle between different factions in the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

surfaced for Chiang's successor. While Lee Teng-hui and Lee Yuan-tsu received nominations from the party in February 1990, a ticket of Lin Yang-kang and

Chiang Wei-kuo Chiang Wei-kuo (; 6 October 1916 – 22 September 1997), also known as Wego Chiang, was the adopted son of Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek, the adoptive brother of President Chiang Ching-kuo, a retired Army general, and an important f ...

was also pushed forward by the other factions until Lin decided not to run on March 9. The main opposition party the

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launched a campaign for the direct election of the president, illegally nominating activist Huang Hua as their presidential candidate. The Wild Lily student movement led by National Taiwan University students also called for direct elections of the president and vice president and new popular elections for all representatives in the National Assembly. After the election, Lee abolished the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion and pushed for the full democratization.

Electors

The election was conducted by the

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in its meeting place Chung-Shan Building in Yangmingshan,

. According to the '' Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion'', National Assembly delegates elected in the following elections were eligible to vote: *

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, *

1969 Taiwanese legislative election The first supplementary elections took place for the National Assembly and the Legislative Yuan in the Republic of China on 20 December 1969. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'' ...

, and *

1986 Taiwanese legislative election The sixth supplementary elections for the National Assembly of the Republic of China, National Assembly and Legislative Yuan were held in Taiwan on 6 December 1986.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data h ...

. In total, there were 738 delegates reported to the secretariat to attend this eighth session of the first National Assembly.第一屆國民大會第八次會議實錄
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Vote summary

Presidential election

Vice-presidential election

References

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