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The election, officially the Election for the 11th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China ( Chinese: 第十一任中華民國總統 、副總統選舉), was the third direct presidential election in Taiwan's history and the 11th presidential election overall under the 1947 Chinese Constitution. A consultative referendum took place on the same day regarding relations with the People's Republic of China.
| Number on ballot | Presidential candidate | VP candidate | Political affiliation | Total votes | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (incumbent) | Chen Shui-bian | Lu Hsiu-lien A. | Democratic Progressive Party ( Pan-Green CoalitionThe Pan-Green Coalition or Pan-Green Force ( Chinese: ; pinyin: fanljun), is an informal political alliance in early 21st century Taiwan, consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), and the Taiwan Independence Part) | 6,446,900 (Before recount: 6,471,970) | 50.11% | ||
| 2 | Lien Chan | James C.Y. Soong | Kuomintang/ People First Party ( Pan-Blue CoalitionThe Pan-Blue Coalition or Pan-Blue Force ( Chinese: ; pinyin: fan lan jun), is a political coalition in early 21st century Taiwan, consisting of the Kuomintang (KMT), the People First Party (PFP), and the tiny New Party (CNP). The name comes from the part) | 6,423,906 (Before recount: 6,442,452) | 49.89% | ||
| Votes cast | 13,251,719 | ||||||
| Voter turnout | 80.28% | ||||||
| Valid votes | 12,914,422 | ||||||
| Invalid votes | 337,297 | ||||||
(official announcement of candidates; official announcement of results)
In February 2003, the KMT and PFP agreed to run a combined ticket representing the entire Pan-Blue Coalition with Lien Chan for president and James Soong for vice president. The campaign emblem for the Lien-Soong campaign was a two seat bicycle with a blue figure in the first seat and an orange figure in the second. There were initial doubts to this pairing since it was believed that the two men personally disliked each other - during the 2000 campaigns, Lien accused Soong of positioning his family graves to interfere with Lien's Feng Shui forcing Lien to reposition his graves. Additionally, it was thought to be difficult for the two men to agree upon who would run for president and who would run for vice president. Though Soong polled ahead of Lien in 2000 and was thought to be much more charismatic than Lien, he ended up running for vice president. The PFP's poor showing in the 2001 legislative election may have played a role. Initially, it was believed that the Lien-Soong ticket would be a sure win, given that both men garnered a combined 59.9% of the vote in 2000.
In the months leading up to December 2003, there was speculation as to whether President Chen would choose Vice President Annette Lu as his running mate. Polls had consistently showed that Chen would do better with another candidate such as Taipei county administrator Su Tseng-chang or Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh and many of the DPP's most popular lawmakers had petitioned Chen to seriously consider another candidate. After several weeks of very public infighting between various factions of the DPP, Chen formally nominated Lu as his running mate on December 11. They were backed by the Pan-Green Coalition.
The existence of only two tickets on the ballot led to several protest movements against both coalitions - most notably the Alliance of One Million Invalid Ballots - asking people to disqualify their ballots on purpose. This was partly responsible for the high number of invalid votes compared to the 2000 election.
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