Editing Legislative Yuan (section)

==Elections and terms==
{{Main|Legislative elections in Taiwan|Legislative Yuan constituencies}}
The [[Kuomintang]]-led [[government of the Republic of China]] [[Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan|retreated]] to [[Taiwan]] in 1949, the year following the [[1948 Chinese legislative election|first legislative elections (1948)]] after the enactment of the 1947 constitution. As the Kuomintang government continues to claim sovereignty over [[Mainland China]], the term of the original legislators was extended until "re-election is possible in their original [[electoral districts]]." In response to the increasing democracy movement in Taiwan, limited supplementary elections were held in [[Taiwan Province|Taiwan]] starting from 1969 and parts of [[Fujian Province, Republic of China|Fujian]] from 1972. Legislators elected in these supplementary elections served together with those who were elected in 1948. This situation remained until a Constitutional Court ([[Judicial Yuan]]) ruling on 21 June 1991 that ordered the retirement of all [[1948 Chinese legislative election|members with extended terms]] by the end of 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.cec.gov.tw/central/cms/elec_hist/21228 |title=中央選舉委員會歷次選舉摘要－立法委員選舉 |access-date=2020-08-25 |archive-date=2020-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910105150/https://web.cec.gov.tw/central/cms/elec_hist/21228 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
!Term!!Length!!Actual served!!Election!!Seats!!Note
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|align=center rowspan=8|'''1st'''||rowspan=8|Initially 3 years,<br />then limit removed by<br />''[[Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion|Temporary Provisions]]''||rowspan=8|{{start and end dates|1948|5|8|1993|1|31|df=y}}<br />(See ''Note'' column for<br />detailed terms)
|[[1948 Chinese legislative election|1948 election]]||759||The only election held in [[mainland China]]. 8 seats were elected in [[Taiwan Province|Taiwan]].<br />509 members [[Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan|retreated to Taiwan]] with the [[Government of the Republic of China|government]]; served until the end of 1991.
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|[[1969 Taiwanese legislative election|1969 1st supp]]||11||Elected in [[Taiwan (island)|Taiwan]]; terms equal to the 1948-elected members
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|[[1972 Taiwanese legislative election|1972 2nd supp]]||51||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms.
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|[[1975 Taiwanese legislative election|1975 3rd supp]]||52||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms; then extended to 5 years.
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|[[1980 Taiwanese legislative election|1980 4th supp]]||97||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms.
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|[[1983 Taiwanese legislative election|1983 5th supp]]||98||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms.
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|[[1986 Taiwanese legislative election|1986 6th supp]]||100||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms.
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|[[1989 Taiwanese legislative election|1989 7th supp]]||130||Elected in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]] with 3-year terms; served until Jan 31, 1993.
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|align=center|'''2nd'''||rowspan=5|3 years||{{start and end dates|1993|2|1|1996|1|31|df=y}}
|[[1992 Taiwanese legislative election|1992 election]]||161||Total re-election in the [[Free area of the Republic of China|Free Area]]
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|align=center|'''3rd'''||{{start and end dates|1996|2|1|1999|1|31|df=y}}
|[[1995 Taiwanese legislative election|1995 election]]||164||
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|align=center|'''4th'''||{{start and end dates|1999|2|1|2002|1|31|df=y}}
|[[1998 Taiwanese legislative election|1998 election]]||rowspan=3|225||
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|align=center|'''5th'''||{{start and end dates|2002|2|1|2005|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2001 Taiwanese legislative election|2001 election]]||
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|align=center|'''6th'''||{{start and end dates|2005|2|1|2008|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2004 Taiwanese legislative election|2004 election]]||
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|align=center|'''[[7th Legislative Yuan|7th]]'''||rowspan=5|4 years||{{start and end dates|2008|2|1|2012|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2008 Taiwanese legislative election|2008 election]]||rowspan=5|113||Introduced changes in the [[electoral system]], term length, and seat numbers. 
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|align=center|'''[[8th Legislative Yuan|8th]]'''||{{start and end dates|2012|2|1|2016|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2012 Taiwanese legislative election|2012 election]]||
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|align=center|'''[[9th Legislative Yuan|9th]]'''||{{start and end dates|2016|2|1|2020|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2016 Taiwanese legislative election|2016 election]]||
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|align=center|'''[[10th Legislative Yuan|10th]]'''||{{start and end dates|2020|2|1|2024|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2020 Taiwanese legislative election|2020 election]]||
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|align=center|'''[[11th Legislative Yuan|11th]]'''||{{start and end dates|2024|2|1|2028|1|31|df=y}}
|[[2024 Taiwanese legislative election|2024 election]]||Incumbent
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'''Timeline of Legislative Yuan elections and terms'''
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    from: 05/18/1948  till: 12/31/1991  color:chn  text:759 seats (1948)
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    from: 02/01/1970  till: 12/31/1991  color:spp  text:11 seats
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    from: 02/01/1973  till: 01/31/1976  color:spp  text:51 seats
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    from: 02/01/1976  till: 01/31/1981  color:spp  text:52 seats
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    from: 02/01/1981  till: 01/31/1984  color:spp  text:97 seats
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    from: 02/01/1984  till: 01/31/1987  color:spp  text:98 seats
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    from: 02/01/1987  till: 01/31/1990  color:spp  text:100 seats
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    from: 02/01/1990  till: 01/31/1993  color:spp  text:130 seats
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    from: 02/01/1993  till: 01/31/1996  color:twn  text:161 seats
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    from: 02/01/1996  till: 01/31/1999  color:twn  text:163 seats
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    from: 02/01/1999  till: 01/31/2002  color:twn  text:225 seats
  bar:5th
    from: 02/01/2002  till: 01/31/2005  color:twn  text:225 seats
  bar:6th
    from: 02/01/2005  till: 01/31/2008  color:twn  text:225 seats
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    from: 02/01/2008  till: 01/31/2012  color:twn  text:113 seats
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    from: 02/01/2012  till: 01/31/2016  color:twn  text:113 seats
  bar:9th
    from: 02/01/2016  till: 01/31/2020  color:twn  text:113 seats
  bar:10th
    from: 02/01/2020  till: 01/31/2024  color:twn  text:113 seats
  bar:11th
    from: 02/01/2024  till: 01/31/2028  color:twn  text:113 seats

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The legislature had 225 members during the 4th, 5th, and 6th terms. Legislators were elected as follows:
* 168 were elected by popular vote through [[single non-transferable vote]] in multi-member consistencies.
* 41 were elected on the basis of the proportion of nationwide votes received by participating political parties.
* 8 were allocated for [[overseas Chinese|overseas citizens]] and were selected by the parties on the basis of the proportion of votes received nationwide.
* 8 seats were reserved for the [[Taiwanese indigenous peoples|indigenous populations]].

Since the 7th term, the 113 legislators are elected to office as follows:
*73 are elected under the [[Plurality voting system|first-past-the-post]] system in single-member constituencies.
*34 are elected under the [[Proportional representation|supplementary member]] system on a second ballot, based on nationwide votes, and calculated using the [[largest remainder method]] by the Hare quota.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh:公職人員選舉罷免法-全國法規資料庫入口網站|url=http://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawParaDeatil.aspx?Pcode=D0020010&LCNOS=++67+++&LCC=3|website=law.moj.gov.tw|access-date=27 August 2017|language=zh|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414110309/https://law.moj.gov.tw/ErrorPage.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Any party which receives 5% or more of the party vote can enter the parliament. For each party, at least half of the legislators elected under this system must be female.
*6 seats are elected by [[Taiwanese indigenous peoples|indigenous]] voters through [[single non-transferable vote]] in two three-member constituencies.