Editing Democratic Progressive Party (section)

=== 2024–present: return to minority government ===
The 13 January 2024 [[2024 Taiwanese presidential election|presidential election]] and [[2024 Taiwanese legislative election|legislative elections]] led to the election of [[Lai Ching-te]] who won with 40.1% of the votes, while his opponents, [[Hou Yu-ih]] of the KMT had 33.5% of the votes, and [[Ko Wen-je]] of the [[Taiwan People's Party]] with 26.5% of the vote. In addition, this election made the DPP the first party to win three consecutive presidential terms since direct elections were introduced in [[1996 Taiwanese presidential election|1996]]. The DPP was unable to retain its majority in the Legislative Yuan, losing ten seats.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chen|last2=Sam|last3=Lin|first1=Spe|first2=Cedric|first3=Jeremy C.F.|date=January 13, 2024|title=Taiwan Election Live Results|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-taiwan-election/|work=Bloomberg|access-date=13 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113045015/https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-taiwan-election/|archive-date=13 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tan|first=Clement|date=13 January 2024|title=China skeptic Lai Ching-te wins Taiwan's presidential election|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/13/taiwan-2024-election-dpps-lai-ching-te-wins.html|access-date=13 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113122917/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/13/taiwan-2024-election-dpps-lai-ching-te-wins.html|archive-date=13 January 2024|work=CNBC}}</ref>