ABSTRACT
In the 1992 Legislative Yuan election in the Republic of China on Taiwan, the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) fared poorly, obtaining 53.02 percent of the total valid votes 1 and merely 57.6 percent (72 out of 125) of the total seats, 2 compared with 60.22 percent of the votes and 71.29 percent (72 out of 101) of the seats in 1989. This was the KMT's worst performance in years (Figure 8.1). In contrast, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) performed quite well in the election. Its vote share increased from 28.26 percent in 1989 to 31.03 percent. And in terms of seats, its performance was even more remarkable. In 1989, it gained only 20.79 percent of the seats (21 out of 101 seats), but this time the figure jumped to 30.4 percent (38 out of 125 seats). 3
