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◎Third Legislative Yuan (1995)
 The election for the Third Legislative Yuan was held on December 2, 1995. Compared to the previous elections, the campaigning and election-related activities surrounding this event were relatively subdued, as the upcoming presidential election had by that time already become the major focus of attention. In the weeks preceding the election, PRC military exercises in the region pushed national security concerns into the spotlight.
After the election, the KMT found its majority in the Legislative Yuan trimmed to a mere three seats. Of the 164 seats contested, the KMT captured 85, with the party’s overall share of the vote dwindled to 46.1 percent. The DPP won 54 seats with 33.2 percent of the vote, an outcome similar to the party’s performance in previous legislative elections.
The New Party could be considered the biggest winner, as it captured 13 percent of the vote and 21 seats, thereby tripling its presence in the Legislative Yuan. The remaining four seats were won by independents, who taken together garnered 7.8 percent of the vote.
◎Fourth Legislative Yuan (1998)
 The election for the Fourth Legislative Yuan was held on December 5, 1998. The KMT retained its majority position by capturing 46.43 percent of the vote nationwide and 123 (54.67) out of a total of 225 seats. The main opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party, suffered a major setback in the legislative election. With 29.56 percent of the vote, it captured 70 seats (31.11 percent). The DPP’s setback had much to do with an internal split and the formation of the Taiwan Independence Party (TAIP) 建國黨 and the New Nation Association新國家連線. Meanwhile, the New Party witnessed a halving in its number of seats in the legislature, by only obtaining 7.06 percent of the vote and 11 (4.89) seats. The newly established TAIP won one seat in the national legislature, as did the New Nation Association. Independent candidates, on the other hand, seemed to fare better than candidates of smaller parties, winning a total of 12 seats.
◎Fifth Legislative Yuan (2001)
 On December 1, 2001, more than 66 percent of eligible voters in Taiwan went to the polls to vote for the 225 members of the Legislative Yuan and the 23 county magistrates and city mayors. It was the first major election after the DPP’s victory in the 2000 presidential election, and, due to the stalemate between the DPP government and the KMT-controlled Legislative Yuan since then, the new Legislative Yuan election was of particular significance for Taiwan’s political development.
Losing its majority status in the Legislative Yuan, the KMT won only 68 seats, or 30.22 percent of the total seats available, with 28.56 percent of the total popular vote. The DPP became the largest party in the new legislature by capturing 87 (or 38.67 percent) out of 225 seats with 33.38 percent of the vote. Two other newly formed parties, the PFP and TSU, also performed quite well, with the former obtaining 46 seats and 18.57 percent of the vote, and the latter 13 seats and 7.76 percent of the vote. Of the remaining seats, the NP won only one seat with 2.61 percent of the vote, the Taiwan No. One Party 台灣吾黨 earned one seat as well, and the final nine seats went to independents.
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