2015 Taiwanese legislative by-elections

2015 Taiwanese legislative by-elections
7 February 2015 (2015-02-07)
5 of 113 seats in the Legislative Yuan
57 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tsai Ing-wen Eric Chu
Party DPP Kuomintang
Leader since 28 May 2014 19 January 2015
Last election 40 seats, 34.62% 64 seats, 44.55%
Seats before 37 63
Seats won 3 2
Seats after 40 65

The 2015 Taiwanese legislative by-elections were held on 7 February 2015 in Taiwan to elect 5 of the 113 members of the Legislative Yuan for the remaining term until 2016. No change in the party composition of the Legislative Yuan resulted from the by-elections; three Democratic Progressive Party candidates won the seats vacated by DPP legislators, and two Kuomintang candidates won the seats vacated by KMT legislators.

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