The Election for the 10th-term President and Vice-President of the Republic of China (第十任中華民國總統、副總統選舉), the second ever direct elections for President and Vice President of the Republic of China on Taiwan and the 10th under the 1947 Constitution, were held on March 18, 2000. With a voter turnout of 82.69%, Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu of the Democratic Progressive Party were elected president and vice president, respectively. This put an end to more than half a century of Kuomintang rule on Taiwan.
| Political affiliation | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | VP | Total votes | Percentage | ||
| Chen Shui-bian | Annette Lu | 4,977,737 | 39.3% | ||
| James Soong | Chang Chau-hsiung | 4,664,932 | 36.8 % | ||
| Lien Chan | Vincent Siew | 2,925,513 | 23.1% | ||
| Hsu Hsin-liang | Josephine Chu | 79,429 | 0.63% | ||
| Li Ao | Elmer Fung | 16,782 | 0.13% | ||
| Total | 12,786,671 | 82.69% | |||
| Valid votes | 12,664,393 | ||||
| Invalid votes | 122,278 | ||||
