Legislative Yuan
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Legislative Yuan 立法院 Lìfǎyuàn |
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| (9th Legislative Yuan) | |
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Caucus Leader
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Secretary General
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| Seats | 113 members (List) |
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Political groups
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Government (69)
Largest Opposition (35)
Other Oppositions (9)
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Last election
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16 January 2016 |
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| The Legislative Yuan in Taipei | |
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| www.ly.gov.tw (English) | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lìfǎyuàn |
| Bopomofo | ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄚˇ ㄩㄢˋ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh | Lihfaa Yuann |
| Wade–Giles | Li4-fa3 Yüan4 |
| Tongyong Pinyin | Lìfǎyuàn |
| MPS2 | Lìfǎ Yuàn |
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| Romanization | Li̍p-fap Yen |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Laap6 faat3 yun2 |
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| Hokkien POJ | Li̍p-hoat-īⁿ |
| Tâi-lô | Li̍p-huat-īnn |
Government (69)
Largest Opposition (35)
Other Oppositions (9)
The Legislative Yuan (Chinese: 立法院; pinyin: Lìfǎyuàn) is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan). It is one of the five branches (五院; wǔyuàn) of government stipulated by the Constitution of the Republic of China, which follows Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People. Although sometimes referred to as a “parliament”, the Legislative Yuan, under Sun's political theory, is a branch of government. According to the Judicial Yuan’s interpretation number 76 of the Constitution (1957), the parliament of the republic includes all three of the National Assembly (now abolished), the Legislative Yuan, and the Control Yuan. However, after constitutional amendments effectively transferring almost all of the National Assembly's powers to the Legislative Yuan in the late 1990s, it has become more common in Taiwanese newspapers to refer to the Legislative Yuan as “the parliament” (國會; guóhuì).
Starting with the 2008 legislative elections, drastic changes were made to the Legislative Yuan in accordance with a constitutional amendment passed in 2005. The Legislative Yuan has 113 members, down from 225. Legislators are elected to office through the following ways:
Members serve four-year terms, with the 9th Legislative term serving from 1 February 2016. The 5 largest parties with 3 seats or more can form caucuses. If there are fewer than 5 such parties, legislators in other parties or with no party affiliation can form caucuses with at least 4 members.
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