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Taiwan’s Constitution of 1947 with Amendments through 1994 (The Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China)

Article 1

1.1 Members of the National Assembly shall be elected according to the following provisions without being subject to the restrictions in Articles 26 and 135:

1. Two members shall be elected from each Special Municipality, each county or city in the free area. However, where the population exceeds 100,000 persons, one member shall be added for each additional 100,000 persons.
2. Three members each shall be elected from the lowland and highland aborigines in the free area.
3. Twenty members shall be elected from the Chinese citizens who reside abroad.
4. Eighty members shall be elected from one nationwide constituency.

1.2 Members for the seats set forth in Items 3 and 4 of the preceding paragraph shall be elected in accordance with the formula for proportional representation among political parties. If the number of seats allotted to a Special Municipality, county or city covered under Item 1 above, or if the number of seats won by a political party under Item 3 or 4 above is between five and ten, then one of the seats stipulated in the pertaining item shall be reserved for a female candidate. Where the number exceeds ten, one seat out of each additional ten shall be reserved for a female candidate.

Before the 2008 elections, Taiwan used a 2 tiered electoral system that combined the SNTV and List PR system.