Who are the contenders running for president of Taiwan?

S Venkateshwari
Who are the contenders running for president of Taiwan?


In Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections, the three parties are mostly competing with one another. The three primary parties are as follows:

Party of Democratic Progressives (DPP)

Kuomintang (KMT)

People's party of taiwan (TPP)

The current President of taiwan is Tsai Ing Wen. Taiwan's first female president is Democratic Progressive party member Tsai Ing-wen. He has served as president for two terms in a row, starting in 2016. Since 2020, she has also served as the Democratic Progressive Party's president.

Democratic Progressive party (DPP): The nominee for president is the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's Lai Ching-tey. Since 2020, he has served as Taiwan's vice president. With 63 MPs, the DPP now holds a majority in Parliament. The DPP is a strong opponent of china and advocates for Taiwan's unique identity. china is not as favoured by DPP as it is by America. china, on the other hand, views them as an ardent separatist group.

According to a pre-election survey, the Democratic Progressive party appears to be leading. For the first time in Taiwan's 27-year democratic history, a party will form the government three times in a row if the DPP wins. The DPP has improved ties with china over its eight years in office, particularly with the US. China's discontent has grown as a result.

Party Kuomintang (KMT)

Hou Yu-yi, a presidential candidate from the Kuomintang party, leads the opposition. He has the appearance of a liberal leader. His party views taiwan as a part of china, and he enjoys cordial ties with China. Hou stresses the need for communication and closer economic connections with china in order to uphold peace. The Kuomintang party (KMT) was the same party that ruled china until 1949, but it was forced to leave after losing the civil war to the Communist Army. Even though KMT explicitly says it is not pro-Beijing, it is pro-China.





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