1954 Taiwanese presidential election  The 2nd President and Vice President election of the Republic of China was held on March 22, 1954 at the Zhongshan Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. With electorate of 3,045 members of the National Assembly of the Republic of China, about half of them did not come to Taiwan. With 51.7% turnout, incumbent Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek with his running mate Chen Cheng defeated China Democratic Socialist Party Hsu Fu-lin in the landslide victory by winning 1507 votes to 48 votes. The term began on May 20, 1954. "Source: Schafferer, Christian. The Power of the Ballot Box: Political Development and Election Campaigning in Taiwan. Lexington Books, 2003."