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| name = Democratic Progressive Party
| native_name = {{nobold|民主進步黨}}
| logo = DPP-Taiwan.svg
| colorcode = {{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}
| leader = 
| chairperson = [[Tsai Ing-wen]]
| secretary_general = [[Lin Hsi-yao]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1986|9|28|df=y}}
| ideology = {{nowrap|[[Progressivism in Taiwan|Progressivism]]<ref>
* {{cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3855810|title=Democracy prevails in Taiwan|date=12 January 2020|access-date=7 July 2020|publisher=[[Taiwan News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114142120/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3855810|archive-date=14 January 2020|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite web|url=https://thetaiwantimes.com/with-tsais-inauguration-over-the-work-begins/2762 |title=With Tsai's Inauguration Over – The Work Begins|date=21 May 2020|access-date=7 July 2020|publisher=[[Taiwan Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716124225/https://thetaiwantimes.com/with-tsais-inauguration-over-the-work-begins/2762|archive-date=14 January 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://international.thenewslens.com/article/127768|title=Why Do Taiwanese Empathize With Hong Kong Protesters?|date=20 November 2019|access-date=7 July 2020|publisher=[[The News Lens]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707102214/https://international.thenewslens.com/article/127768|archive-date=7 July 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/taiwan-china-election-progressive/ |title=Progressives: Taiwan Would Like Your Attention |date=9 January 2020|access-date=7 July 2020|publisher=[[The Nation]]}}</ref><br>[[Social liberalism]]<ref name="casey">{{cite web|title=Time to Start Worrying about Taiwan|website=The National Interest|url=http://nationalinterest.org/feature/time-start-worrying-about-taiwan-16551|date=June 12, 2016|last=Casey|first=Michael|access-date=February 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="SD">{{cite book |title=Taiwan International Review, Volume 5 |quote=  The DPP resembles a cross - mix of Western social democratic and liberal values . |date=1999 |page=13 |publisher=Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan, Mission in the United States}}</ref><br>[[Social democracy]]<ref name="SD"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-taiwan-and-its-courageous-leader-a-rare-bright-spot-in-our-dreary-covid-world |website=National Post |title=Terry Glavin: Taiwan and its courageous leader a rare bright spot in our dreary COVID world |quote=President Tsai went into Wednesday’s ceremony with an approval rating of 70.3 per cent after besting her opponents in a landslide re-election in January, all the while quietly enduring Beijing’s subversive efforts to unseat her and Xi Jinping’s constant threats of war and occupation.The Taiwanese have been blessed with four years of Tsai’s avowedly liberal, mildly social-democratic and happily free-enterprise government. |date=May 20, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref><br>[[Taiwanese nationalism]]<ref name="casey"/><ref name="anticom"/>}}
| headquarters = {{nowrap|10F-30, Beiping East Rd.}}<br>[[Zhongzheng District]], [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]]<br>10049<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dpp.org.tw/en/about|title=DPP governance, committed to excellence|website=www.dpp.org.tw}}</ref>
| international = [[Liberal International]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.dpp.org.tw/}}
| country = Taiwan
| abbreviation = {{lang|en|DPP}}
| flag = Flag of Democratic Progressive Party.svg
| think_tank = [http://www.dppnff.tw/ New Frontier Foundation]
| membership_year = 2014
| membership = {{Increase}} 335,643
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]<ref name="anticom">{{cite book|editor=Carin Holroyd |title=Introducing East Asia: History, Politics, Economy and Society |url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=PecLEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT129&dq=taiwan+centre-left+Democratic+Progressive+Party&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ7azW8dzuAhWG7WEKHdNpAnMQ6AEwBHoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=taiwan%20centre-left%20Democratic%20Progressive%20Party&f=false |quote=  Launched in 1986, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is one of the two main political parties in Taiwan. The DPP is a centre-left, pan-Green party with a Taiwanese nationalist, strongly antiCommunist focus. |date=2020 |publisher=[[Routledge]]}}</ref><ref>{{bulleted list
|{{cite book|editor=Stephen Mills |title=The Australian Financial Review Asian Business Insight |quote=  ... the charade that Taiwan is simply a province of China-such as the centre-left Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) ...|date=1994 |page=80 }}
|{{cite journal|first=Dongtao|last=Qi|quote=Furthermore, the studies also suggest that the DPP, as a centre-left party opposed to the centre-right KMT, has been the leading force in addressing Taiwan's various social justice issues.|doi=10.1017/S0305741013001124|title=Globalization, Social Justice Issues, Political and Economic Nationalism in Taiwan: An Explanation of the Limited Resurgence of the DPP during 2008–2012|date=November 11, 2013|journal=[[The China Quarterly]]|volume=216|pages=1018&ndash;1044}}
|{{cite journal|issn=1932-8036|url=https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2820|title=Celebrity Political Endorsement Effects: A Perspective on the Social Distance of Political Parties|first=Hsuan-Yi|last=Chou|volume=9|journal=[[International Journal of Communication]]|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226031653/https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2820|archive-date=2019-12-26|url-status=dead}}
|{{cite web|url=http://jppgnet.com/journals/jppg/Vol_2_No_2_June_2014/11.pdf |title=The Heuristic Value of the Left—Right Schema in East Asia |author=W Jou |work=American Research Institute for Policy Development |quote=KMT voters in 2001 scored both the left-wing Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and center-left Democratic Progressive Party above 5.0, ...|date=2010}}
|{{cite journal|url=http://www.sppir.uav.ro/?p=53|title=Taiwanese consciousness vs. Chinese consciousness: The national identity and the dilemma of polarizing society in Taiwan|first=Li-Li|last=Huang|pages=119–132|volume=1|issue=1|journal=Societal and Political Psychology International Review|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216001942/http://www.sppir.uav.ro/?p=53|archive-date=2020-02-16|url-status=dead}}
|{{cite book|editor=Dongtao Qi |title=The Taiwan Independence Movement In And Out Power |url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=82jFCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA245&dq=taiwan+centre-left+DPP&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihjOrG8NzuAhWBdXAKHYlXBNQQ6AEwCXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=taiwan%20centre-left%20DPP&f=false |quote=  ... two party-dominated system, with the center-right KMT and the center-left DPP, has been institutionalized in Taiwan. |date=2016 |page=245 |publisher=[[World Scientific]]}}
|{{cite book|editor=Catherine Jones Finer |title=Comparing the Social Policy Experience of Britain and Taiwan |url=https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=Vn10DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16&dq=taiwan+centre-left+Democratic+Progressive+Party&hl=ko&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQ7azW8dzuAhWG7WEKHdNpAnMQ6AEwCHoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=taiwan%20centre-left%20Democratic%20Progressive%20Party&f=false |quote=  Taiwan's main, centre-left, party of opposition (the Democratic Progressive Party) has been committed to securing formal independence for Taiwan from the communist mainland, for all that its latest election success (March 2000) ... |date=2020 |publisher=[[Routledge]]}}
|{{cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/populism-comes-to-taiwan-in-election-focused-on-future-relationship-with-china-129198 |website=The Conversation |title=Populism comes to Taiwan in election focused on future relationship with China |quote=The DPP, on the other hand, is a centre-left party that pushes for Taiwanese autonomy from China and stays closer to the Americans. |date= January 10, 2020 |access-date=June 19, 2020}}}}</ref><ref name="economist">{{cite news |title=Hurry up: Taiwan's president has upset both business and workers |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/05/26/taiwans-president-has-upset-both-business-and-workers |work=[[The Economist]] |access-date=June 25, 2018 |date=May 26, 2018 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="Jacobin magazine">{{cite news |title=Viewing Taiwan From the Left |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/taiwan-elections-hong-kong-protests-china-dpp-kmt |work=[[Jacobin magazine]] |access-date=2020-05-06 |date=2020-01-10}}</ref>{{cref|a}}
| national = [[Pan-Green Coalition]]
| regional = [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]
| colours = {{Color box|{{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Green
| seats1_title = [[Legislative Yuan]]
| seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|62|113|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| seats2_title = [[Special municipality (Taiwan)|Municipal]] mayors
| seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|3|6|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| seats3_title = Magistrates/mayors
| seats3 = {{Infobox political party/seats|4|16|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| seats4_title = Councillors
| seats4 = {{Infobox political party/seats|238|912|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| seats5_title = [[Township (Taiwan)|Township]]/[[County-administered city|city]] mayors
| seats5 = {{Infobox political party/seats|40|204|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| footnotes = {{cnote|a|The DPP has also been characterized as [[centrism|centrist]]<ref>{{bulleted list
|{{cite book|last1=Derbyshire|first1=J. Denis|last2=Derbyshire|first2=Ian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RyAGDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA108|volume=1|title=Encyclopedia of World Political Systems|page=108|publisher=Routledge|date=15 April 2016|isbn=978-1-3174-7156-1}}
|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nFjPNItB6kAC|title=The Economist|page=58|publisher=Economist Newspaper Limited|date=2011}}
|{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLAgAQAAMAAJ&q=dpp+centrist|title=Business Asia|page=40|publisher=[[Business International Corporation]]|date=2001}}
|{{cite web|url=https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2002/taiwan|title=Taiwan|work=[[Freedom in the World]] 2002|publisher=[[Freedom House]]|date=2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226012925/https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2002/taiwan|archive-date=December 26, 2019|access-date=December 26, 2019}}}}</ref> on an international [[political spectrum]] because of its historical positioning as the major [[big tent]] [[opposition party]] supporting [[democracy]]. In general, the DPP is often described as a centre-left and is accepted as part of Taiwan's left-wing camp.<ref name="Jacobin magazine"/>}}
}}
{{Chinese
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The '''Democratic Progressive Party''' ('''DPP'''){{efn native lang|tw|name=word1 |t=民主進步黨 |p=mín zhǔ jìn bù dǎng |m=Bîn-tsú Tsìn-pōo Tóng |s=Mìn-chú Chin-phu Tóng}} is a [[Taiwanese nationalism|Taiwanese nationalist]] and [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[political party]] in [[Taiwan]].<ref name="economist"/><ref>{{cite web |title=解嚴後臺灣政黨的競爭策略：Downs 理論的再檢視 |url=http://www2.scu.edu.tw/politics/journal/doc/j323/1.pdf |website=Soochow University |access-date=31 August 2019 |date=5 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=藍與綠 台灣選民的意識型態初探 |url=https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/files/paper/117_09747810.pdf |website=Election Study Center National Chengchi University |access-date=31 August 2019 |date=May 2003 |archive-date=29 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729213830/https://esc.nccu.edu.tw/files/paper/117_09747810.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Controlling both the [[President of the Republic of China|Republic of China presidency]] and the unicameral [[Legislative Yuan]], it is the majority [[ruling party]] and the dominant party in the [[Pan-Green Coalition]] as of 2020.

Founded in 1986, the DPP is one of two [[Major party|major parties]] in Taiwan, along with the historically dominant [[Kuomintang]]. It has traditionally been associated with strong advocacy of [[human rights]], and a distinct [[Taiwanese identity]]. The incumbent [[President of the Republic of China|President]] and three-time leader of the DPP, [[Tsai Ing-wen]], is the [[List of presidents of the Republic of China|second]] member of the DPP to hold the office.<ref name="chinapost.com.tw">[http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/presidential-election/2012/01/14/329044/Tsai-steps.htm "Tsai steps down as DPP chair after defeat in presidential poll"] (14 January 2012). ''The China Post''. Retrieved 6 April 2018.</ref>

The DPP is a longtime member of [[Liberal International]] and a founding member of the [[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]. It represented Taiwan in the [[Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation]]. The DPP and its affiliated parties are widely classified as [[socially liberal]] because of their strong support for human rights, including support for [[same-sex marriage]]. They are also proponents of a [[Taiwanese nationalism|Taiwanese national identity]]. In addition, the DPP is more willing to increase military expenditures to defend against a potential Chinese invasion, and on foreign policy favors closer ties with the [[United States]] and [[Japan]].

==History==
The DPP's roots were in the "[[tangwai]]" – or "outside-the-KMT" – movement, which formed in opposition to the [[Kuomintang]]'s [[One-party state|one-party]] [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian rule]] under the "[[Dang Guo|party-state]]" system. This movement culminated in the formation of the DPP as an alternative, but still illegal, party on 28 September 1986 by eighteen organizing members at [[Grand Hotel (Taipei)|Grand Hotel Taipei]], with a total of 132 people joining the party in attendance. The new party members contested the [[1986 Taiwan legislative election|1986 election]] as "nonpartisan" candidates since competing parties would remain illegal until the following year.  These early members of the party, like the ''tangwai'', drew heavily from the ranks of family members and defense lawyers of political prisoners, as well as intellectuals and artists who had spent time abroad. These individuals were strongly committed to political change toward democracy and freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lu|first1=Lu Hsin-hui|last2=Kuo|first2=Chung-han|title=DPP should clarify its cross-strait policy: founding member|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201609280026.aspx|access-date=29 September 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=28 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001032028/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201609280026.aspx|archive-date=1 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Li-hua|last2=Chin|first2=Jonathan|title=DPP members say party must discuss core values|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/09/30/2003656223|access-date=30 September 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=30 September 2016}}</ref>

The ''tangwai'' were not a unified political unit and consisted of factions which carried over into the early DPP.  At its founding the DPP consisted of three factions: the Kang group (a moderate faction led by [[Kang Ning-hsiang]]), [[New Tide faction]] (consisting of intellectuals and social activists led by [[Wu Nai-ren]] and [[Chiou I-jen]]), and the Progress Faction (led by [[Lin Cheng-chieh]], a ''[[waishengren]]'' opposed to independence).  Moderates would later coalesce around the Formosa faction, founded by those arrested during the [[Formosa Incident]] after their release from prison.  In the early days of the party, the Formosa faction focused on winning elections by wielding the star power of its leaders, while New Tide would focus on ideological mobilization and developing grassroots support for social movements.  As a result, the Formosa faction would become more moderate, often bending to public opinion, while New Tide would become more ideologically cohesive.  By 1988 the Formosa Faction would dominate high-level positions within the party.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rigger |first1=Shelley |title=From Opposition to Power: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party |date=1 May 2001 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=978-1555879693| pages=21–27}}</ref>

The party did not at the outset give explicit support to an independent Taiwanese national identity, partially because moderates such as [[Hsu Hsin-liang]] were concerned that such a move that could have invited a violent crackdown by the Kuomintang and alienate voters, but also because some members such as [[Lin Cheng-chieh]] supported unification.  Partially due to their waning influence within the party and partially due to their ideological commitment, between 1988 and 1991 the New Tide Faction would push the independence issue, bolstered by the return of pro-independence activists from overseas who were previously barred from Taiwan.  In 1991, in order to head off the New Tide, party chairman [[Hsu Hsin-liang]] of the moderate Formosa faction agreed to include language in the party charter which advocated for the drafting of a new constitution as well as declaration of a new Republic of Taiwan via referendum (which resulted in many pro-unification members leaving the party).<ref name="rigger27-32">{{cite book |last1=Rigger |first1=Shelley |title=From Opposition to Power: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party |date=1 May 2001 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=978-1555879693 |pages=27–35}}</ref><ref name="1991article">{{cite journal |last1=Fell |first1=Dafydd |title=Measuring and Explaining Party Change in Taiwan: 1991–2004 |journal= Journal of East Asian Studies|date=2005 |volume=5 |issue=1 |page=112 |doi=10.1017/S1598240800006275 |jstor=23417889 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23417889 |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>  However, the party would quickly begin to walk back on this language, and eventually in 1999 the party congress passed a [[Resolution on Taiwan's Future|resolution]] that Taiwan was already an independent country, under the official name "Republic of China," and that any constitutional changes should be approved by the people via referendum, while emphasizing the use of the name "Taiwan" in international settings.<ref name="resolution">{{cite web |title=DPP Party Convention |url=http://www.taiwandc.org/nws-9920.htm |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref>

Despite its lack of electoral success, the pressure that the DPP created on the ruling KMT via its demands are widely credited in the political reforms of the 1990s, most notably the [[direct popular election]] of Republic of China's [[President of the Republic of China|president]] and all representatives in the [[National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly]] and [[Legislative Yuan]], as well the ability to open discuss events from the past such as the [[February 28 Incident]] and its long aftermath of [[White Terror (Taiwan)|martial law]], and space for a greater variety of political views and advocacy.  Once the DPP had representation in the [[Legislative Yuan]], the party used the legislature as a forum to challenge the ruling KMT.{{citation needed span|reason=unclear that DPP was directly involved?|As the major opposition party in the Legislative Yuan, the DPP worked with then-President [[Lee Teng-hui]], the then-leader of KMT, to push through a series of amendments to transform into a [[semi-presidential system]] (for example, Republic of China's [[premier of the Republic of China|premier]] would no longer have to be confirmed by the Legislative Yuan). Among the electoral reforms, a [[party-list proportional representation|proportional representation list]] was adopted and aboriginal seats in the Legislative Yuan were created.|date=December 2020}}  

Post-democratization, the DPP shifted their focus to anti-corruption issues, in particular regarding KMT connections to organized crime as well as "party assets" illegally acquired from the government during martial law.<ref name="rigger-39-49">{{cite book |last1=Rigger |first1=Shelley |title=Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years |date=22 June 2016 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=978-1626374041 |page=42}}</ref>  Meanwhile, factions continued to form within the DPP as a mechanism for coalition-building within the party; notably, future President [[Chen Shui-bian]] would form the [[Justice Alliance faction]].  

===2000–2008: in minority government===
[[File:Chen Shui-bian from VOA.jpg|thumb|right|Former President Chen Shui-bian, the first DPP [[President of the Republic of China|President]] (2000-2008)]]


The DPP won the presidency with the [[2000 Taiwan presidential election|election]] of [[Chen Shui-bian]] in March 2000 with a plurality, due to [[Pan-Blue]] voters splitting their vote between the Kuomintang and independent candidate [[James Soong]], ending 91 years of KMT rule in the Republic of China. Chen softened the party's stance on independence to appeal to moderate voters, appease the United States, and placate China. He also promised not to [[Four Noes and One Without|change the ROC state symbols or declare formal independence]] as long as the [[China|People's Republic of China]] did not attack Taiwan.  Further, he advocated for economic exchange with China as well as the establishment of transportation links.<ref name="rigger-39-49" />

In 2002 the DPP became the first party other than the KMT to reach a plurality in the Legislative Yuan following the [[2001 Taiwan legislative election|2001 legislative election]]. However, a majority coalition between the KMT, [[People First Party (Republic of China)|People First Party]], and [[New Party (Republic of China)|New Party]] prevented it from taking control of the chamber.  This coalition was at odds with the presidency from the beginning, and led to President Chen's abandonment of the centrist positions that he ran his campaign on.<ref name="rigger-39-49" />

In 2003, Chen announced a campaign to draft a referendum law as well as a new constitution, a move which appealed to the fundamentalist wing of the DPP.  By now, the New Tide faction had begun to favor pragmatic approaches to their pro-independence goals and dominated decision-making positions within the party.  By contrast, grassroots support was divided largely between moderate and fundamentalist wings.  Though Chen's plans for a referendum on a new constitution were scuttled by the legislature, he did manage to include a largely symbolic [[2004 Taiwanese cross-Strait relations referendum|referendum on the PRC military threat]] to coincide with the [[2004 Taiwan presidential election|2004 presidential election]].<ref name="rigger-39-49" />  [[President of the Republic of China|President]] Chen Shui-bian would be narrowly re-elected in 2004 after an [[3-19 shooting incident|assassination attempt]] the day before the election, and in the [[2004 Taiwan legislative election|later legislative election]], the pan-blue coalition opposition retained control of the chamber.

President Chen's moves sparked a debate within the party between fundamentalists and moderates who were concerned that voters would abandon their party.  The fundamentalists won out, and as a result the DPP would largely follow Chen's lead.  The DPP suffered a significant election defeat in nationwide [[2005 Taiwanese local elections|local and county elections in December 2005]], while the pan-blue coalition captured 16 of 23 county and city government offices under the leadership of popular [[Taipei]] mayor and KMT Party Chairman [[Ma Ying-jeou]].  Moderates within the party would blame this loss on the party's fundamentalist turn.<ref name="rigger-39-49" />

The results led to a shake up of the party leadership. [[Su Tseng-chang]] resigned as DPP chairman soon after election results were announced. Su had pledged to step down if the DPP lost either Taipei County or failed to win 10 of the 23 mayor/magistrate positions. Vice President [[Annette Lu]] was appointed acting DPP leader. Presidential Office Secretary-General [[Yu Shyi-kun]] was elected in a [[2006 Democratic Progressive Party chairmanship election|three-way race]] against legislator [[Chai Trong-rong]] and [[Wong Chin-chu]] with 54.4% of the vote.

Premier [[Frank Hsieh]], DPP election organizer and former mayor of [[Kaohsiung]] twice tendered a verbal resignation immediately following the election, but his resignation was not accepted by President Chen until 17 January 2006 after the DPP chairmanship election had concluded. The former DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang was appointed to replace Hsieh as premier. Hsieh and his cabinet resigned en masse on January 24 to make way for Su and his new cabinet. President Chen had offered the position of Presidential Office Secretary-General (vacated by Su) to the departing premier, but Hsieh declined and left office criticizing President Chen for his tough line on dealing with China.

====Separate identity====
On 30 September 2007, the DPP approved a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] asserting a separate identity from China and called for the enactment of a new constitution for a "normal nation". It struck an accommodating tone by advocating general use of "[[Taiwan]]" as the country's name without calling for abandonment of the name Republic of China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-09-30-taiwan_N.htm|title=Taiwan party asserts separate identity from China - USATODAY.com|website=usatoday30.usatoday.com}}</ref>

[[File:蔡英文官方元首肖像照.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Tsai Ing-wen]], the second DPP [[President of the Republic of China|President]] (2016-present) and the leader of the DPP since 2008, she is the first female leader of the DPP.]]

===2008–2016: back to opposition===
In the national elections held in early months of 2008, the DPP won less than 25% of the seats (38.2% vote share) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former [[Kaohsiung]] mayor [[Frank Hsieh]], lost to KMT candidate [[Ma Ying-jeou]] by a wide margin (41.55% vs. 58.45%).  In May, the DPP elected moderate [[Tsai Ing-wen]] as their new leader over fundamentalist [[Koo Kwang-ming]].<ref name="rigger-39-49" />  Tsai became the first female leader of the DPP and the first female leader to lead a major party in Taiwan.

The first months since backed to the opposition were dominated by press coverage of the travails of [[Chen Shui-bian]] and his wife [[Wu Shu-jen]]. On 15 August 2008, Chen resigned from the DPP and apologized: "Today I have to say sorry to all of the DPP members and supporters. I let everyone down, caused you humiliation and failed to meet your expectations. My acts have caused irreparable damage to the party. I love the DPP deeply and am proud of being a DPP member. To express my deepest regrets to all DPP members and supporters, I announce my withdrawal from the DPP immediately. My wife Wu Shu-jen is also withdrawing from the party." DPP Chairperson followed with a public statement on behalf of the party: "In regard to Chen and his wife's decision to withdraw from the party and his desire to shoulder responsibility for his actions as well as to undergo an investigation by the party's anti-corruption committee, we respect his decision and accept it."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/08/17/former-taiwan-president-resigns-from-party-over-corruption-charges|title=pacificmagazine.net, Former Republic of China President Resigns From Party Over Corruption Charges}}</ref>

The DPP vowed to reflect on public misgivings towards the party. Chairperson Tsai insisted on the need for the party to remember its history, defend Republic of China's sovereignty and national security, and maintain its confidence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080827/1/14w0t.html|title=中廣 via Yahoo! News, 媒體民調僅剩11趴　民進黨：虛心檢討}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/080827/58/14wkq.html|title=央廣 via Yahoo! News, 民進黨支持度剩11%？ 蔡英文：覺得信心還在}}</ref>

The party re-emerged as a voice in Taiwan's political debate when Ma's administration reached the end of its first year in office. The DPP marked the anniversary with massive rallies in Taipei and Kaohsiung. Tsai's address to the crowd in Taipei on May 17 proclaimed a "citizens' movement to protect Republic of China" seeking to "protect our democracy and protect Republic of China."<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://dpptaiwan.wordpress.com/2009/05/17/tsai-ing-wens-opening-speech-at-the-517-rally/ | title=Tsai Ing-wen's Opening Speech at the 517 Rally| date=2009-05-17}}</ref>

=== 2016–present: in majority government ===
On 16 January 2016, Taiwan held [[2016 Taiwanese presidential election|a general election for its presidency]] and [[2016 Taiwanese legislative election|for the Legislative Yuan]]. The DPP gained the presidential seat, with the election of Tsai Ing-wen, who received 56.12% of the votes, while her opponent [[Eric Chu]] gained 31.2%.<ref>{{cite web|title = Taiwan gets first female President as DPP sweeps election|url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-gets-first-female/2432040.html|website = Channel NewsAsia|access-date = 2016-01-16}}</ref> In addition, the DPP gained a majority of the Legislative Yuan, winning 68 seats in the 113-seat legislature, up from 40 in 2012 election, thus giving them the majority for the first time in its history.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hsiao |first=Alison |date=17 Jan 2016 |title = ELECTIONS: DPP to control Legislative Yuan |url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/01/17/2003637414 |newspaper=Taipei Times |page=6}}</ref> 

President Tsai won reelection in the [[2020 Taiwanese presidential election]] on 11 January 2020, and the Democratic Progressive Party retained its legislative majority, [[2020 Taiwanese legislative election|winning 61 seats]].

=={{anchor|Policies|Ideology|Political views|Political positions|Political ideology}}Policies==
Programs supported by the party include moderate [[social welfare]] policies involving the rights of women, senior citizens, children, young people, labor, minorities, indigenous peoples, farmers, and other disadvantaged sectors of the society. Furthermore, its platform includes a legal and political order based on human rights and democracy; balanced economic and financial administration; fair and open social welfare; educational and cultural reform; and, independent defence and peaceful foreign policy with closer ties to United States and Japan. For these reasons, it used to be considered a party of the [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] economically though its base consisted largely of the [[middle class]].{{cn|date=December 2020}} The party also has a [[social liberal]] stance that includes support for [[gender equality]] and [[LGBT rights in Taiwan|LGBT rights]] (the party have supported [[Same-sex marriage in Taiwan|same-sex marriage]] under Tsai's leadership), and also have a conservative base, including support from the [[Presbyterian Church in Taiwan]].

=== Stance on Taiwanese independence ===

The primary political axis in Taiwan involves the issue of [[Taiwan independence]] versus eventual [[Cross-Strait Unification|unification with China]]. Although the differences tend to be portrayed in polarized terms, both major coalitions have developed modified, nuanced and often complex positions. Though opposed in the philosophical origins, the practical differences between such positions can sometimes be subtle.

The current official position of the party is that Taiwan is an independent and sovereign country whose territory consists of Taiwan and its surrounding smaller islands and whose sovereignty derives only from the ROC citizens living in Taiwan (similar philosophy of [[self-determination]]), based on the 1999 "[[Resolution on Taiwan's Future]]". It considers Taiwan as an independent nation under the name of Republic of China, making a formal declaration of independence unnecessary.<ref name="resolution" />  Though calls for drafting a new constitution and a declaration of a Republic of Taiwan was written into the party charter in 1991,<ref name="1991article" /> the 1999 resolution has practically superseded the earlier charter.  The DPP rejects the so-called "[[One China principle]]" defined in [[1992 Consensus|1992]] as the basis for official diplomatic relations with the PRC and advocates a Taiwanese national identity which is separate from mainland China.<ref name="92c">{{cite web |title=DPP denies existence of '1992 consensus' |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/12/25/2003491835 |website=[[Taipei Times]] |access-date=18 December 2020}}</ref> 

By contrast, the KMT or pan-blue coalition agrees that the Republic of China is an independent and sovereign country that is not part of the PRC, but argues that a one China principle (with different definitions across the strait) can be used as the basis for talks with China. The KMT also opposes Taiwan independence and argues that efforts to establish a Taiwanese national identity separated from the Chinese national identity are unnecessary and needlessly provocative. Some KMT conservative officials have called efforts from DPP "[[anti-China]]" (opposing migrants from mainland China, who DPP officials did not recognize as Taiwanese, but Chinese). At the other end of the political spectrum, the acceptance by the DPP of the symbols of the Republic of China is opposed by the [[Taiwan Solidarity Union]].

The first years of the DPP as the ruling party drew accusations from the opposition that, as a self-styled Taiwanese [[nationalism|nationalist]] party, the DPP was itself inadequately sensitive to the ethnographic diversity of Taiwan's population. Where the KMT had been guilty of Chinese [[chauvinism]], the critics charged, the DPP might offer nothing more as a remedy than [[Hoklo people|Hoklo]] chauvinism.{{cn|date=December 2020}}  The DPP argues that its efforts to promote a Taiwanese national identity are merely an effort to normalize a Taiwanese identity repressed during years of authoritarian Kuomintang rule.

=== Support ===

Since the democratisation of Taiwan in the 1990s, the DPP has had its strongest performance in the [[Hokkien]]-speaking counties and cities of Taiwan, compared with the predominantly [[Hakka]] and [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]]-speaking counties, that tend to support the [[Kuomintang]].

The deep-rooted hostility between [[Taiwanese aborigines]] and (Taiwanese) Hoklo, and the effective KMT networks within aboriginal communities contribute to aboriginal skepticism against the DPP and the aboriginals tendency to vote for the KMT.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Damm|first1=Jens|editor1-last=Damm|editor1-first=Jens|editor2-last=Lim|editor2-first=Paul|title=European perspectives on Taiwan|date=2012|publisher=Springer VS|location=Wiesbaden|isbn=9783531943039|page=95|chapter=Multiculturalism in Taiwan and the Influence of Europe}}</ref> Aboriginals have criticized politicians for abusing the "indigenization" movement for political gains, such as aboriginal opposition to the DPP's "rectification" by recognizing the Truku for political reasons, where the Atayal and Seediq slammed the Truku for their name rectification.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0t_CU9gmi8cC&pg=PA220&dq=truku&hl=en&sa=X&ei=P0QfVbq1MomWsAXRt4SADA&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=truku&f=false ed. Vinding 2004], p. 220.</ref> In 2008, the majority of mountain townships voted for [[Ma Ying-jeou]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOusAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false Simon 2011], p. 28.</ref> However, the DPP share of the aboriginal vote has been rising.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frozengarlic.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/dpp-vote-share-in-aboriginal-townships/|title=DPP vote share in Aboriginal townships|date=2014-11-30|website=Frozen Garlic|access-date=2017-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalia.info/new/10792/taiwan-president-to-apologize-to-aboriginal-people-promises-law-on-autonomy|title=Taiwan president to apologize to Aboriginal people, promises law on autonomy|work=Nationalia|access-date=2017-04-10|language=ca}}</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:Huashan Business Building 20130118.jpg|thumb|DPP headquarters at Huashan Business Building Level 10 in [[Taipei]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://dpptaiwan.blogspot.com/p/contact.html |title = Contact}}</ref>]]
The DPP National Party Congress selects, for two-year terms, the 30 members of the Central Executive Committee and the 11 members of the Central Review Committee. The Central Executive Committee, in turn, chooses the 10 members of the Central Standing Committee. Since 2012, the DPP has had a "China Affairs Committee" to deal with [[Cross-Strait relations]]; the name caused some controversy within the party and in the Taiwan media, with critics suggesting that "Mainland Affairs Committee" or "Cross-Strait Affairs Committee" would show less of a hostile "[[One Country on Each Side]]" attitude.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90785/8031251.html|title=China Focus: "China Affairs Committee" negative to Taiwan opposition party: Taiwan media|agency=Xinhua|location=Taipei|date=2012-11-22|access-date=2012-11-22}}</ref>

For many years the DPP officially recognized several factions within its membership, such as the [[New Tide faction]] ({{Script|hanb|新潮流系}}), the [[Formosa faction]] ({{Script|hanb|美麗島系}}), the [[Justice Alliance faction]] ({{Script|hanb|正義連線系}}) and [[Welfare State Alliance faction]] ({{Script|hanb|福利國系}}). Each faction endorsed slightly different policies. The factions were often generationally identifiable, representing individuals who had entered the party at different times. In 2006, the party ended recognition of factions.<ref name="fractions">{{cite news |first=Jewel |last=Huang |date=24 Jul 2006 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/07/24/2003320124 |newspaper=Taipei Times |title=DPP votes to do away with factions |page=1}}</ref> The factions have since stated that they will comply with the resolution. However, the factions are still referred to by name in national media.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Engbarth|first1=Dennis|title=DPP campaign aims to bring people 'Happiness and Pride'|url=http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1322395&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_taiwan&cate_rss=TAIWAN_eng|access-date=30 January 2016|work=Taiwan News|date=19 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Su|first1=Justin|last2=Yeh|first2=Sophia|last3=Wen|first3=Kui-hsiang|last4=Chang|first4=S. C.|title=New Tide remains largest faction inside DPP|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/search/201207150023.aspx?q=bear|access-date=31 January 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=15 July 2012}}</ref>

===Chair===
{{main|List of leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party}}
* Current Chair: [[Cho Jung-tai]] (since January 2019)

===Secretary-General===
{{main|List of Secretaries-General of the Democratic Progressive Party}}
* Current Secretary-General: [[Luo Wen-jia]] (since January 2019)

===Legislative Yuan leader (caucus leader)===
* [[Shih Ming-teh]] (1 February 1993 – 1 February 2002)
* [[Ker Chien-ming]] (since 1 February 2002)

==Election results==

===Presidential elections===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election
! Candidate
! Running mate
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Outcome
|-
![[1996 Taiwan presidential election|1996]]
|[[Peng Ming-min]]
|[[Frank Hsieh|Frank Hsieh Chang-ting]]
| 2,274,586
| 21.13%
|{{No|Defeated}}
|-
![[2000 Taiwan presidential election|2000]]
|[[Chen Shui-bian]]
|[[Annette Lu|Annette Lu Hsiu-lien]]
| 4,977,737
| 39.30%
|{{Yes|Elected}}
|-
![[2004 Taiwan presidential election|2004]]
|Chen Shui-bian
|Annette Lu Hsiu-lien
| 6,446,900
| 50.11%
|{{Yes|Elected}}
|-
![[2008 Taiwan presidential election|2008]]
|[[Frank Hsieh|Frank Hsieh Chang-ting]]
|[[Su Tseng-chang]]
| 5,445,239
| 41.55%
|{{No|Defeated}}
|-
![[2012 Taiwan presidential election|2012]]
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]]
|[[Su Jia-chyuan]]
| 6,093,578
| 45.63%
|{{No|Defeated}}
|-
![[2016 Taiwan presidential election|2016]]
|Tsai Ing-wen
|[[Chen Chien-jen]] ([[File:Black-nill.png|15x15px]] {{small|[[Independent (politician)|Ind.]]}})
| 6,894,744
| 56.12%
|{{Yes|Elected}}
|-
![[2020 Taiwan presidential election|2020]]
|Tsai Ing-wen
|[[William Lai|Lai Ching‑te]]
|8,170,231
|57.13%
|{{Yes|Elected}}
|}

===Legislative elections===
<!--Note: Legislative Yuan is the legislature of the Republic of China only. The members of the Executive Yuan, which can form the government of the Republic of China, are appointed by the President of the Republic of China and irrelevant to the Legislative Yuan.-->{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Election
!Total seats won
!Total votes
!Share of votes
!Changes
!Party leader
!Status
!President
|-
![[1989 Taiwanese legislative election|1989]]
|{{Composition bar|21|130|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|
|
|
|[[Huang Hsin-chieh]]
|{{no|Minority}}
|[[Lee Teng-hui]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[1992 Taiwan legislative election|1992]]
|{{Composition bar|51|161|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|2,944,195
|31.0%
|{{increase}} 30 seats
|[[Hsu Hsin-liang]]
|{{no|Minority}}
|[[Lee Teng-hui]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[1995 Taiwan legislative election|1995]]
|{{Composition bar|54|164|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|3,132,156
|33.2%
|{{increase}} 3 seats
|[[Shih Ming-teh]]
|{{no|Minority}}
|[[Lee Teng-hui]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[1998 Taiwan legislative election|1998]]
|{{Composition bar|70|225|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|2,966,834
|29.6%
|{{increase}} 16 seats
|[[Lin Yi-hsiung]]
|{{no|Minority}}
|[[Lee Teng-hui]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[2001 Taiwan legislative election|2001]]
|{{Composition bar|87|225|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|3,447,740
|36.6%
|{{increase}} 21 seats
|[[Chen Shui-bian]] {{DPP/logo}}
|{{no|Minority}}
|Chen Shui-bian {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|-
![[2004 Taiwan legislative election|2004]]
|{{Composition bar|89|225|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|3,471,429
|37.9%
|{{increase}} 2 seats
|Chen Shui-bian
|{{no|Minority}}
|Chen Shui-bian {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|-
![[2008 Taiwan legislative election|2008]]
|{{Composition bar|27|113|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|3,775,352
|38.2%
|{{decrease}} 62 seats
|Chen Shui-bian
|{{no|Minority}}
|Chen Shui-bian {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|-
![[2012 Taiwan legislative election|2012]]
|{{Composition bar|40|113|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|4,556,526
|34.6%
|{{increase}} 13 seats
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]]
|{{no|Minority}}
|[[Ma Ying-jeou]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[2016 Taiwan general election|2016]]
|{{Composition bar|68|113|{{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|5,370,953
|44.1%
|{{increase}} 28 seats
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]]
|{{yes|Majority}}
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]] {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|-
![[2020 Taiwanese legislative election|2020]]
|{{Composition bar|61|113|{{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|4,811,241
|33.98%
|{{decrease}} 7 seats
|[[Cho Jung-tai]]
|{{yes|Majority}}
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]] {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|}

===Local elections===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Election
! Magistrates and mayors
! Councillors
! Township/city mayors
! Township/city council representatives
! Village chiefs
! Party leader
|-
![[1994 Taiwanese municipal elections|1994]]<br>{{small|province-level only}}
|{{Composition bar|1|3|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|52|175|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|[[Shih Ming-teh]]
|-
![[1997 Taiwanese local elections|1997-1998]]
|{{Composition bar|12|23|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|114|886|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|28|319|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|[[Hsu Hsin-liang]]
|-
![[1998 Taiwanese municipal elections|1998]]<br>{{small|municipalities only}}
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|28|96|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|[[Lin Yi-hsiung]]
|-
![[2001 Taiwanese local elections|2001-2002]]
|{{Composition bar|9|23|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|147|897|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|28|319|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|[[Chen Shui-bian]]
|-
![[2002 Taiwanese municipal elections|2002]]<br>{{small|municipalities only}}
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|31|96|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| Chen Shui-bian
|-
![[2005 Taiwanese local elections|2005]]
|{{Composition bar|6|23|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|192|901|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|35|319|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| Chen Shui-bian
|-
![[2006 Taiwanese municipal elections|2006]]<br>{{small|municipalities only}}
|{{Composition bar|1|2|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|33|96|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| Chen Shui-bian
|-
![[2009 Taiwanese local elections|2009]]
|{{Composition bar|4|17|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|128|587|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|34|211|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|[[Tsai Ing-wen]]
|-
![[2010 Taiwanese municipal elections|2010]]<br>{{small|municipalities only}}
|{{Composition bar|2|5|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|130|314|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|220|3757|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| Tsai Ing-wen
|-
![[2014 Taiwanese local elections|2014]]<br>{{small|unified}}
|{{Composition bar|13|22|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|291|906|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|54|204|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|194|2137|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|390|7836|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| Tsai Ing-wen
|-
![[2018 Taiwanese local elections|2018]]<br>{{small|unified}}
|{{Composition bar|6|22|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|238|912|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|40|204|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|151|2148|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|{{Composition bar|285|7744|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|Tsai Ing-wen
|}

===National Assembly elections===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
! Total seats won
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Changes
! Party leader
! Status
! President
|-
![[1991 Taiwan National Assembly election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|66|325|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|2,036,271
|23.3%
|{{increase}}66 seats
|Huang Shin-chieh
| {{no|Minority}}
|[[Lee Teng-hui]] {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[1996 Taiwan National Assembly election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|127|334|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
|3,121,423
|29.9%
|{{increase}}33 seats
|Shih Ming-teh
| {{no|Minority}}
|Lee Teng-hui {{KMT/logo}}
|-
![[2005 Taiwan National Assembly election|2005]]
| {{Composition bar|127|300|hex={{Democratic Progressive Party/meta/color}}}}
| 1,647,791
| 42.52%
| {{increase}}28 seats
| Annette Lu Hsiu-lien
| {{partial|Plurality}}
| Chen Shui-bian {{DPP/logo}}[[image:DPP-Taiwan.svg|28px]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Liberalism in Taiwan]]
* [[Human rights in Taiwan]]
* [[Culture of Taiwan]]
* [[Taiwan independence movement]]
* [[Taiwanese people]]
* [[Taiwanese identity]]
* [[Resolution on Taiwan's Future]]
* [[Referendums in Taiwan]]
* [[Foreign relations of Taiwan#International disputes|Foreign relations of Taiwan]]
* [[February 28 Incident]]
* [[Formosa Incident]]
* [[Sunflower Student Movement]]

== Notes ==
=== Words in native languages ===
{{notelist-ur}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.dpp.org.tw/ DPP Official website]
* [http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/getfile?URN=etd-1223103-143943&filename=etd-1223103-143943.pdf Academic thesis on the factions within DPP]

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