In the national elections held in early months of 2008 the DPP won less than 25 % of the seats ( 38. 2 % vote share ) in the new Legislative Yuan while its presidential candidate, former Kaohsiung mayor Frank Hsieh, lost to KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou by a wide margin ( 41. 55 % vs. 58. 45 %).

DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian won a three way race that saw the Pan-Blue vote split by independent James Soong ( formerly of the Kuomintang ) and Kuomintang candidate Lien Chan.

The company's name was changed back on 1 August 2008, and the names on the postal stamps were reversed in late 2008, soon after the Kuomintang ( KMT ) candidate Ma Ying-Jeou won back presidency and ended 8 years of the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) rule.

As a DPP candidate, she won a seat in the Folketing, representing the Funen County constituency ( 6 October 1995 – 11 March 1998 ).

Opposition DPP candidate Chen Shui-bian won a three way race that saw the Pan-Blue vote split by independent James Soong ( formerly of the Kuomintang ) and Kuomintang candidate Lien Chan.

Tsai Ing-wen, chairwoman of the DPP, finally won the nomination.

Among the notable candidates elected, independent candidate Li Ao won a legislative seat, whereas former DPP chairmen turned pan-blue supporter Shi Ming-teh and Hsu Hsing-liang failed to get elected in their seats.

In 2001, the DPP won 40 % of the seats even though they only polled 36 % of the vote, due in large part to the inability of the KMT, PFP, and New Party to coordinate their electoral strategies.

Faced with defections by independence supporters to the TSU accusing the DPP as being too moderate ( President Chen's senior adviser for international affairs, Lai Shin-yuan, resigned from the administration and won a seat as a TSU candidate ), President Chen seemed to be moving his party's campaign towards stronger support for Taiwan independence, calling for the renaming of state-owned enterprises.

In 2009 it was the DPP which won the election.

Under the administration of Hu Jintao, reunification under " one country, two systems " lost emphasis amid the reality that the DPP presidency in Taiwan would be held by pro-independence President Chen until 2008.

In 2008, the KMT regained both the presidency and the legislature with a pair of election victories over the DPP.

" DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen followed with a public statement on behalf of the party: " In regard to Chen and his wife's decision to withdraw from the party and his desire to shoulder responsibility for his actions as well as to undergo an investigation by the party's anti-corruption committee, we respect his decision and accept it.

The DPP marked the anniversary with massive rallies in Taipei and Kaohsiung.

The DPP rejects the so-called " one China principle " as the basis for official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and advocates a Taiwanese national identity which is separate from mainland China.

Democratic Progressive Party also differs from KMT on foreign and defense policies that DPP considers the relations with the United States, Japan, European states among other democratic countries are crucial for Taiwan security.

In the presidential election in May 2008, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou ran on a platform supporting friendlier relations with mainland China and economic reforms, and defeated DPP candidate Frank Hsieh with 58. 48 % of the vote.

This was seen in mainland China as being in line with a series of desinicization actions by both the Taiwan government and the DPP to rid both Chiang and China from the Taiwan public scene.

The then-opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) agreed to retain the province with an elected governor in the hopes of creating a " Yeltsin effect " in which a popular local leader could overwhelm the national government.

Unlike the Pan-Blue coalition, which consists of relatively equal-sized parties with very similar ideologies, the pan-green coalition contains the DPP, which is much larger and more moderate than the TSU.

Nonetheless, shortly after the legislative election, the PFP legislative caucus agreed to cooperate with the DPP over the investigation into the KMT's finances.

The TSU suffered defeat in the December 2005 local elections, along with its pan-green partner the DPP, and failed to win any municipal mayoral or county magistrate seats.

Ma was able to repair the political damage and, in December 2002, became the leading figure in the KMT by easily winning reelection as mayor of Taipei with the support of 64 % of Taipei voters while DPP challenger Lee Ying-yuan received 36 %.

He was strongly criticized by the DPP for not allowing the ROC national flag to be flown along with a PRC flag during Asian Women's Football Championship held in Taipei.

The DPP refused to reveal Thorup's salary and defended its actions, claiming that Pia Kjærsgaard's husband was the right man for the job and that his employment had nothing to do with his marriage to the party leader.

This had the effect of turning the May 14 elections into an opinion poll on relations with mainland China which was undesired by the Democratic Progressive Party, though the DPP subsequently gained a plurality in the elections.

It was lastly amended in 2005, with the consent of both the KMT and the DPP.

The Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world.

The DPP was responsible for the prosecution of only a small number of major cases until 1986 when responsibility for prosecutions was transferred to a new Crown Prosecution Service with the DPP as its head.

In the 2008 presidential election, KMT candidate Ma Ying-jeou defeated DPP candidate Frank Hsieh with 58. 48 % of the vote.

As DPP Chairman, Hsu had moderated the platform of the party, promoting reconciliation with the People's Republic of China and the opening of direct links, a move, ironically, not supported by President Lee.

Officials who identified most strongly with the nation itself, such as the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) and allied parties, saw no reason to adopt Hanyu Pinyin just because mainland China and the UN had.

In October 2007, with the DPP administration still in power, it was announced that the ROC would standardize the English transliterations of its Chinese Mandarin place names by the end of that year, after years of confusion stemming from multiple spellings, using the locally developed Tongyong Pinyin.

Su ran for Vice President alongside with Frank Hsieh, who was the DPP Nomination.

The DPP became the largest party having reached a plurality in the Legislative Yuan for the first time in 2002 following the 2001 legislative election.

The DPP suffered a significant election defeat in nationwide local and county elections in December 2005.

Su Tseng-chang resigned as DPP chairman soon after election results were announced.

Premier Frank Hsieh, DPP election organizer and former mayor of Kaohsiung twice tendered a verbal resignation immediately following the election, but his resignation was not accepted by President Chen until January 17, 2006 after the DPP chairmanship election had concluded.

Lee ran as the incumbent in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 against DPP candidate and former dissident, Peng Min-ming.

While analysts feared that a PFP run will split the Pan-Blue Coalition vote and hand a winnable election to the DPP ( as was the case in the 2000 Presidential election ), Soong has insisted that his campaign is a serious one and that he will complete his run .< ref > http :// www. atimes. com / atimes / China / MJ04Ad01. html </ reF > On election day, however, the Soong-Lin ticket underperformed and garnered a mere 2. 77 % of votes.

In both the 2005 and the 2007 election the DPP kept its position as third largest in the Folketing and was thus able to maintain its substantial role in policy-setting through both the remainder of Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Liberal-Conservative government and through that of successor Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Lee ran as the incumbent in the ROC's first direct presidential election against DPP candidate and former dissident, Peng Ming-min, which prompted the People's Republic of China to conduct a series of missile tests in the Taiwan Strait to intimidate the ROC electorate.

Having run for the 1996 election on a radical independence platform and lost by a landslide, the DPP in May 1999 moderated its stance by issuing the " Resolution on the Future of Taiwan.

Lu was a contender for the 2008 presidential election ; she announced her candidacy on March 6 and faced Yu Shyi-Kun ( former DPP chairman and executive premier ), Frank Hsieh ( former DPP chairman, former premier, former Kaohsiung mayor ), and Su Tseng-Chang ( former DPP chair, former premier ) for the nomination.

Su was a contender for the DPP nomination in the 2008 presidential election.

He was the chief spokesman for the DPP campaign in the 2000 presidential election.