National Assembly elections were held in the

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on 23 March 1996, the first direct presidential election was also held on the same day.

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p535 The result was a victory for the

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, which won 183 of the 334 seats. Voter turnout was 76.2%.

Results

References

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Taiwanese National Assembly elections 1996 elections in Taiwan