ROC presidential election, 1996

The first direct election for the President of the Republic of China on Taiwan occurred on March 23, 1996. The previous eight ROC Presidential and Vice Presidential elections were by the octogenarian deputies of the National Assembly.

Incumbent Lee Teng-hui of the ruling Kuomintang won a major victory of 60% of the vote against Peng Ming-min of the Democratic Progressive Party and independent candidates Lin Yang-kang and Chen Lu-an.

Presidential candidate	VP Candidate	Political affiliation	Votes cast	Percentage of vote
Lee Teng-hui(W)	Lien Chan	Kuomintang	5,813,699	54.0%
Peng Ming-min	Frank Hsieh	Democratic Progressive Party	2,274,586	21.1%
Lin Yang-kang	Hau Pei-tsun	Independent	1,603,790	14.9%
Chen Lu-an	Wang Ching-Feng	Independent	1,074,044	9.98%

See also:

• Politics of Taiwan
• ROC presidential election, 2000
• ROC presidential election, 2004

• B/w candidate portraits