Central Election Commission – 2016 Elections
This is the most reliable source for live vote count. It is sometimes slower than media operating on the ground but CECs’s numbers are official. Website has Chinese and English versions.
The following are special election pages of leading Taiwan newspapers. They will offer comprehensive reporting during the day, but look out for vote-counting graphics. In addition to newspaper election specials, you can also follow the elections on any of media YouTube channels listed below.
List will be continuously updated during the election day. Polling stations close at 4pm, first results will start to come out at around 5pm and final official results should be available by 10pm (all times GMT +8).
UPDATE: Live election day coverage in English
Decision 2016 ICRT’s Live Election Night Coverage
ICRT election special will start at 10am 4pm and finish at 9pm. ICRT team will be joined by panel of experts, including:
- Ross Darrell Feingold, Senior Adviser at DC International Advisory
- Bruce Jacobs, Emeritus Professor of Asian Languages and Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
- Chieh-Ting Yeh, Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Ketagalan Media
Tune in by clicking on any of the three options: ICRT, hiChannel, or TuneIn.
LIVE Broadcast of the 2016 Presidential Election x 2016 年總統大選開票現場英文直播
New Bloom magazine will be live streaming updates 2016 elections in collaboration with 音地大帝 Indie DaaDee and 知日台灣・讀書青年. Program starts at 5pm and will be streamed in English and Japanese.
You can access their stream here or on the YouTube.
Taiwan Elections 2016: Essential Electronic Resources
Comprehensive list of electronic resources relevant to forthcoming January 16 legislative and presidential elections in Taiwan.
This list is a collaborative effort of Jonathan Sullivan (University of Nottingham/China Policy Institute), James Smyth, Ben Goren (Letters from Taiwan) and Michal Thim (Taiwan in Perspective).
Categories: Government Sites/ Election Results, Election Debates & Forums, Media Sites, Polling Sites, Candidate and Party Sites, Opinion & Commentary Sites, Think Tanks & NGOs, Twitter.
First appeared on the China Policy Institute Blog on December 29, 2015.
Government Sites / Election Results
- Central Election Commission (EN)
- Central Election Commission (TW) 中央選舉委員會
- Central Election Commission Database of Past Election Results (TW) 中選會選舉資料庫網站
- Central Election Commission Database of Past Presidential & Legislative Results (EN)
- Executive Yuan 行政院全球資訊網 (TW)
- Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan) (EN)
- IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Taiwan
- Office of the President 中華民國總統府網站-首頁 (TW)
- Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan) (EN)
- ROC National Statistics (EN)
- Taiwan Panorama (RUS)
- Taiwan Panorama Magazine (EN)
- Taiwan Panorama 台湾光華雑誌 (JP)
- Taiwan Panorama 台灣光華雜誌 (TW)
- Taiwan Today (EN)
- Taiwan Today (ESP)
- Taiwan Today (GER)
- Wiki 2000 Presidential Election Results
- Wiki 2001 Local Election Results
- Wiki 2004 Legislative Election Results
- Wiki 2004 Presidential Election Results
- Wiki 2005 Local Election Results
- Wiki 2006 Municipal Election Results
- Wiki 2008 Legislative Election Results
- Wiki 2008 Presidential Election Results
- Wiki 2009 Local Elections Results
- Wiki 2010 Municipal Elections Results
- Wiki 2012 Legislative Election Results
- Wiki 2012 Legislative Election Results (TW)
- Wiki 2012 Presidential Election Results
- Wiki 2014 Local & Municipal Election Results
- Wiki 2016 Legislative Elections (TW)
- Wiki 2016 Presidential Elections (TW)
- Wiki 2016 Taiwan General Elections
- Ketagalan Media – How Does Taiwan’s Parliamentary Election Work
- Global Database on Elections and Democracy: Taiwan (Country view)
- 2012 Electoral data by Frozen Garlic (link to downloadable Excel File)
Election Debates & Forums
- Central Election Commission YouTube site
- First Central Election Commission forum on presidential candidates’ political views (Dec. 25)
- Second forum (Dec. 30)
- Vice presidential forum (Jan. 4)
- Third forum (Jan. 6)
- Vice presidential debate (Dec. 26)
- First presidential debate (Dec. 27)
- Second presidential debate (Jan. 2)
- Mountains indigenous legislative candidate forum (Jan. 6)
- Plains indigenous legislative candidate forum (Jan. 6)
Media Sites
- 蘋果日報｜Apple Daily｜首頁
- 中時電子報 CTnews – Chinatimes.com
- 自由時報電子報 Liberty Times
- 三立新聞網 SETN.COM
- 風傳媒 | Storm Magazine
- 聯合新聞網：觸動未來 新識力 United Daily News
- CommonWealth Magazine (TW) 天下雜誌－華文世界最優質的財經雜誌
- CommonWealth Magazine (EN)
- Business Weekly (TW) 商業周刊 – 台灣最具影響力的商業財經雜誌
- The Journalist (TW) 新新聞
- Next Magazine (TW) 台灣壹週刊
- China Post (EN)
- Taiwan’s Central News Agency – FOCUS TAIWAN (EN)
- Taiwan’s Central News Agency (JP)
- 中央社即時新聞 CNA NEWS (TW)
- Taiwan’s Central News Agency (ESP)
- YouTube FTVNEWS 民視新聞頻道
- YouTube Sanlih SET 三立新聞台
- Youtube UDN
- The News Lens International Edition – Bilingual News & Voices from Taiwan
- Taipei Times (EN)
Polling Sites
- 台灣指標民調新聞發布 | 台灣指標民調 TISR (TW)
- 官網 TVBS (TW)
- 趨勢民意調查股份有限公司 Trend Survey & Research Co. (TW)
- 無情真實的未來事件: 選舉 Election Prediction Market & Poll Aggregator (TW)
- Election Study Center, National Chengchi University (EN)
Candidate and Party Sites
- Facebook Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文
- Facebook DPP 民主進步黨
- Facebook Eric Chu 朱立倫
- Facebook KMT 國民黨
- Facebook James Soong 親民黨全國聯合服務中心
- Facebook Tuan Yi-kang (DPP Legislator) 段宜康
- Facebook New Power Party 時代力量
- Facebook Green Party 綠黨
- Facebook SDP 社會民主黨
- Facebook MKT 民國黨
- YouTube Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文
- YouTube DPP
- YouTube Eric Chu 朱立倫
- YouTube KMT 中國國民黨
- YouTube PFP 親民黨
- Twitter DPP International (EN)
- KMT – Kuomintang News Network (EN)
- KMT (TW)
- DPP (TW)
- PFP (TW)
- Green Party (TW)
- MKT (TW)
- SDP (TW)
- TSU (TW)
Opinion & Commentary Sites
- Elect.tw
- The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato
- Frozen Garlic | A Blog on Elections in Taiwan
- Kharis Templeman
- Letters from Taiwan
- solidarity.tw
- The View from Taiwan
- Ketagalan Media | Taiwan, Asia and the World
- New Bloom Magazine
- Thinking Taiwan (EN)
- 想想論壇 Thinking Taiwan (TW)
- 關鍵評論網 – 分享觀點從這開始 The News Lens (TW)
Think Tanks & NGOs
- 新台灣國策智庫 Taiwan Brain Trust (TW)
- Taiwan Brain Trust (EN)
- Taiwan Brain Trust (JP)
- Asian Barometer
- Asian Network for Free Elections
- 公民監督國會聯盟 Citizens Congress Watch (TW)
- Facebook 公民監督國會聯盟 Citizens Congress Watch
- Facebook – ANFREL – Asian Network for Free Elections
- 財團法人中華經濟研究院 Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research (TW)
- 財團法人中華經濟研究院 Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research (EN)
- Institute of International relations, NCCU
- International Committee for a Democratic Taiwan (EN)
- 新境界文教基金會 New Frontier Foundation (TW)
- Facebook – 新境界文教基金會（民主進步黨智庫) New Frontier Foundation
- 財團法人國家政策研究基金會 National Policy Foundation (TW)
- National Policy Foundation (EN)
- National Policy Foundation (JP)
- Facebook – 財團法人國家政策研究基金會 National Policy Foundation
- 財團法人兩岸交流遠景基金會 Prospect Foundation (TW)
- 臺灣民主基金會 Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TW)
- 臺灣民主基金會 Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (EN)
- 財團法人台灣智庫 Taiwan Thinktank (TW)
- 財團法人台灣智庫 Taiwan Thinktank (EN)
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- Brian HioeFollow @brianhioe
- New Bloom MagazineFollow @newbloommag
- Jeremy Page 裴杰Follow @JNBPage
- Ankit PandaFollow @nktpnd
- ジェームス (aka Solidarity.tw) Follow @jmstwn
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Taiwan in Perspective 
[…] Taiwan Elections 2016: Essential Electronic Resources | Taiwan in Perspective Comprehensive list of electronic resources relevant to forthcoming January 16 legislative and presidential elections in Taiwan. This list is a collaborative effort of Jonathan Sullivan (University of Nottingham/China Policy Institute), James Smyth, Ben Goren (Letters from Taiwan) and Michal Thim (Taiwan in Perspective). […]
Just wanted to plug a podcast interview with Dr. Shelley Rigger and Paul Haenle on the elections this weekend and the future of cross-Strait relations. Audio: http://carnegietsinghua.org/2016/01/02/2016-taiwan-elections-with-dr.-shelley-rigger/ioi9 and Full Transcript: http://carnegieendowment.org/files/1.2.2016_Rigger_Podcast_Transcript_Final_Clean_Version.pdf
Thank you Anne!