The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan), currently with 113 seats, down from the previous 225 in 1998.

73 are directly elected in local single-member districts by the citizens residing in the free area of the Republic of China.^[1] 6 seats are elected by indigenous peoples voters in two three-member constituencies. 34 are elected on nationwide party-list.

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List of single-member constituencies

Historical constituencies

1948

Prior to the Kuomintang's defeat in Mainland China to the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, there were 759 seats in the Legislative Yuan.

Provinces

• Andong (Antung): 5 seats
• Anhui (Anhwei): 25 seats
• Chahar: 5 seats
• Fujian (Fukien): 14 seats
• Gansu (Kansu): 8 seats
• Guangdong (Kwangtung): 33 seats
• Guangxi (Kwanghsi): 16 seats
• Guizhou (Kweichow): 12 seats
• Hebei (Hopeh): 31 seats
• Heilongjiang (Heilongkiang): 5 seats
• Hejiang (Hojiang): 5 seats
• Henan (Honan): 36 seats
• Hubei (Hupeh): 28 seats
• Hunan: 33 seats
• Jiangsu (Kiangsu): 38 seats
• Jiangxi (Kiangsi): 22 seats
• Jilin (Kirin): 9 seats
• Liaobei (Liaopei): 5 seats
• Liaoning: 13 seats
• Ningxia (Ninghsia): 5 seats
• Nenjiang (Nunkiang): 5 seats
• Qinghai (Tsinghai): 5 seats
• Rehe (Jehol): 8 seats
• Shaanxi (Shensi): 13 seats
• Shandong (Shantung): 40 seats
• Shanxi (Shansi): 16 seats
• Sichuan (Szechuan): 53 seats
• Sonjiang (Sunkiang): 6 seats
• Suiyuan: 5 seats
• Taiwan: 8 seats
• Xikang (Hsikang): 5 seats
• Xing'an (Hsingan): 5 seats
• Xinjiang (Sinkiang): 6 (5) seats
• Yunnan: 14 seats
• Zhejiang (Chekiang): 23 seats

Directly-controlled municipalities

• Beiping (Peiping): 5 seats
• Chongqing (Chungking): 5 seats
• Dalian (Dairen): 5 seats – (Soviet-controlled to 1950)
• Guangzhou (Canton): 5 seats
• Hankou (Hankow): 5 seats
• Harbin: 5 seats
• Nanjing (Nanking): 5 seats – National capital
• Qingdao (Tsingtao): 5 seats
• Shanghai: 7 seats
• Shenyang (Mukden): 5 seats
• Tianjin (Tiensin): 5 seats
• Xi'an (Sian): 5 seats

Outer Mongolia

• Outer Mongolia: 22 seats

Tibet

• Tibet (Xizang): 5 (3) seats
• Overseas Tibetans: 5 seats
• Provincial Tibetans: 5 seats

Ethnic minority representatives

• Minorities in frontier regions: 6 seats
• Overseas diaspora: 19 (8) seats

Sectoral representatives

• Accounting: 1 seat
• Agriculture: 18 seats
• Business: 10 seats
• Education: 10 seats
• Engineering: 2 seats
• Fishery: 3 seats
• Healthcare: 4 seats
• Industrial and Mining: 10 seats
• Journalism: 5 seats
• Legal: 3 seats
• Post-secondary Education: 5 seats
• Workers: 18 seats

1992

Starting from the 1992 legislative election, the second Legislative Yuan had 161 members elected from the Taiwan Area of the Republic of China, 119 from 27 multi-member constituencies, 6 from indigenous constituencies, 6 from overseas constituencies and 30 elected on nationwide party-list.

1995

In 1995, the number of seats from the multi-member constituencies was increased to 122.

1998

In 1998, the number of seats was further increased to 225, 168 from 29 multi-member constituencies, 8 from indigenous constituencies, 8 from overseas constituencies and 41 elected on nationwide party-list.