The "Temporary Provisions" were amended again in 1972 to enable the president to promulgate regulations providing for elections to replenish central elective offices, and elections were held again at the end of that year.
民國六十一年復修訂臨時條款第五項，授權總統訂頒辦法，在自由地區增加中央民意代表名額，並定期選舉，並在當年年底選出國代五十三人、立委五十一人、與監委十五人。