Taiwan has concluded its 2012 presidential election. In a three-way race, the incumbent President Ma Ying-jeou of the Nationalist Party … Read the rest
Category: Taiwan 2012
The 2012 Taiwan Election
In the end, the result of the combined presidential and legislative elections looks like a comfortable and routine win for Ma Ying-jeou and the KMT. Sitting presidents who successfully steward … Read the rest
The joint presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan are over and it is time to sum up the results. Without doubt, there will be plenty of opinions why the result … Read the rest
This is the second Taiwan Presidential election I have had the pleasure to observe on site. In 2008 I spend more than two weeks on the road and managed to … Read the rest
For those of us academics based in Taiwan, keeping a close watch on the elections was not too much of an effort, although I agree with the observations in some … Read the rest
1. The DPP had too much ground to make up.
The only DPP presidential administration to date, Chen Shui-bian 2000-2008, was characterised by severe governance problems (some of its own … Read the rest
As promised in an earlier post, I kept notes from the field on the language practices of the campaigning candidates, and there is much to say!
First, as an … Read the rest
Taiwan has just had a set of good elections. President Ma Ying-jeou and his Kuomintang (KMT) have won a second term with a convincing majority. But the elections had … Read the rest
Last night, Friday 13th January, the candidates rallied their respective supporters – President Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang (KMT) in front of his office in Taipei, Tsai Ing-wen of the … Read the rest
Welcome to the Election Day live blog. Whether you’re in Taiwan or observing from elsewhere, please check in with your thoughts. Mail me at Jonathan.sullivan@nottingham.ac.uk or Tweet me @jonlsullivan.
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