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Taiwan’s minor parties a force to be reckoned with? 13 March 2020 Authors: Chuyao Zeng, SOAS and Felix Wiebrecht, CUHK Taiwan’s  2020 elections  were dominated by the contest between incumbent President Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and her populist challenger Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang (KMT). But the  legislative elections  also generated significant changes for Taiwan’s overall party system. Among the five parties that are now represented in the Legislative Yuan, two have entered parliament for the first time. The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) gained five seats through the proportional representation system and the Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP) defeated the KMT incumbent in a Taichung City constituency and obtained its first ever mandate. In contrast, the previously third-placed New Power Party (NPP) lost two of its seats in parliament despite making gains in the overall vote share. The People First Party (PFP), led by the once-influential presi