The supreme electoral law for Taiwan’s elections came from The Constitution of the Republic of China. Article 17 of the Constitution implies that people have the rights to vote and in addition, the law is made relevant to the National Assembly, the Legislative, Local Monitoring, Provincial and the base of Taiwan Election section.

Taiwan election begin in the year 1935. During that period, under the 3-in-1 regulations of Taiwan, there was no gender limit and the amount of properties the candidates had was not taken into consideration.

The Taiwan election was held twice in 1935 and 1939 during the Japanese occupation. However, the elections came to a standstill after the outbreak of World War II

In 1945, Taiwan entered the Republic of China’s era and the National Government  proceeded on to promote Taiwan’s democratization with the elections.

In 1946, the Taiwan Provincial Administrative Office held various township elections to the public on behalf of universal suffrage.

The Taiwan Province sent representatives to the capital of Nanjing to participate in the Constituent National Assembly convened in 1946. The constitution of the Republic of China was state to be the highest source of law for the Republic of China.

On 21st November 1947, the republic of China had their first Legislative committee and National election whereby Taiwan  also participated in. Taiwan elected 18 candidates to represent the nation and 7 to enter the Legislative committee. They headed to Nan Jing to attend a meeting on 29th March 1948  whereby the vice president of China was being chosen.

Since 1950, The Taiwan’s local village mayor and chairperson, Village’s representative, magistrates and city mayors, councillors and provincial assembly members are elected by their own people.  The National Assembly will elect the president and vice president Constitution  with regards to the civil war factors.

Since 1950, The Taiwan’s local village mayor and chairperson, Village’s representative, magistrates and city mayors, councillors and provincial assembly members are elected by their own people. The National Assembly will elect the president and vice president Constitution with regards to the civil war factors.

The Chinese Nationalist Party presidential candidate Lee Teng-hui was elected as the president of the Republic of China in 1996.

In 2000, the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Shui-bian was elected as the president.

In 2008, the Chinese Nationalist Party candidate Ma Ying-jeou was elected as the president.

Taiwan can be broadly divided into two major political forces, mainly the pro-blue party supporting the Chinese Nationalist Party and the pro-green party supporting the Democratic Progressive Party. Taoyuan, Taipei City, New Taipei City are pro-blue while Lu Zhu, Da Yuan, Guan Yin and the new homes along the coast of Taoyuan are pro-green. Gao Hsiung  tends to be more supportive  of the green. However, Military dependents’ village Zuoying District also holds a strong and firm footing in the election which results in the Victory of Chinese National.