Republic of China legislative election, 1948

Elected Government Officials of the Republic of China
Title	Government Role	Constitutional Provisions	Amended Provisions
President	Head of State	Indirectly Elected by the National Assembly	Elected directly by the citizens in the Free Area
National Assembly Delegate	Organs of State of Power	Directly elected by the citizens	National Assembly Frozen, Power transferred directly to the people
Legislative Representative	Legislature	Directly elected by the citizens	Directly elected by the citizens in the Free Area
Control Yuan Members	Monitoring Authority	Indirectly elected by the provincial councils	Appointed by the President with the agreement of the Legislature

First Legislative Representative Election of the Republic of China, and the preceding 1947 National Assembly Election were the Republic of China's first public direct elections since its founding. At the time most of China's territory was under the control of the Government of the Republic of China, using a direct voting system elected 759 Legislative Representatives. Using the Republic's then 461 million population to calculate, on average 600,000 people elected one representative in the Legislature. The election along with the one held for the National Assembly also made China the largest democracy at the time.

In 1928, the National Government completed the Northern Expedition and after achieving unification in the name of China, initiated the “Political Tutelage” period and created the Legislative Yuan. But the Legislative Representatives at the time were not elected, but appointed by the National Government for a 2-year term. There were initially 49 seats, but it was increased to the 194 seats before the Sino-Japanese War. But because of the Second World War, the 194 Legislative Representatives selected in 1934's terms were extended until after WWII in 1947.

On January 1, 1947, the “Constitution of the Republic of China” was published, and in the same year on December 25 promulgated. April 1947, according to the Political Consultative Conference, the National Government was reorganised to allow other political parties (e.g. Youth Party, Democratic Socialist Party) to enter. In the beginning of 1948, according to the Constitution's Article 64, the first Constitutional Legislative Election was held. Because of the largeness of the provinces, not all of the elections in the various provinces were held on the same date. The starting and ending dates were from January 21 to January 23.

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