The 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority
On 1 February 2024 the 11th Legislative Yuan swore in 113 members. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.
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On 1 February 2024 the 11th Legislative Yuan swore in 113 members. The DPP held 51 seats, the KMT 52, the TPP 8, with two independents aligned to the pan-blue camp. Han Kuo-yu was elected speaker. Lai was president-elect, not yet sworn. He did not write the seat arithmetic.
Context
The 13 January general election sat as parent. Neighbouring 20 May oath is later. He did not sit as CEC. A president-elect is not a LY majority.
The 13 January presidential win is neighbouring. 28 May legislative-power bills are a child of this split.
The president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is head of state under the Additional Articles and commander-in-chief. He does not write a PLA communique, a TSMC capex print, or a Legislative Yuan majority. A National Day address is not a completed interceptor. An inaugural line is not a PLA missile. A special-act press conference is not a passed statute. William Lai is a common English name for the same person; the stored English name is Lai Ching-te.
Why it matters
The path is democratic resilience versus polarisation: a completed chamber without a DPP majority constrains the incoming president.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Lai Ching-te
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.45 · verified
Voters and CEC produced the seats. He was DPP chair and president-elect. Han and the TPP share the speaker file.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority
- strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
- weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.6 · Effect from 1 February 2024 · verified
A completed KMT-plurality chamber against a DPP president-elect is dated polarisation weather.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.45)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.27 (weight 0.6 × strength 0.45)
Observed
43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.
Normal is zero · any amount = worse
- FactThe 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority
- weakensDriverDemocratic Resilience
- strengthensIndicators (3)Having a say in government
impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 1 February 2024 · verified
Divided government can stall statutes, remaining ordinary contest named.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.24 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.7)
Observed
29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).
20212023 Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.53 score from 0 to 1 · 0.34 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.17 score from 0 to 1 to 0.53 score from 0 to 1.
Above normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.Taiwan News — Han Kuo-yu elected Legislative Yuan speakerTaiwan News · High credibility · verified
- 2.Focus Taiwan / CNA — 11th Legislative Yuan at a glance, 1 February 2024Focus Taiwan (CNA) · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Focus Taiwan (CNA) carries the official instrument or communique. Taiwan News records the same dated act independently.
Established: 1 February 2024 swearing-in and speaker election, independently reported; DPP 51, KMT 52.
Not established: that every later bill was thereby blocked that Thursday, or a unique later GDP coefficient from the split.
He was DPP chair and president-elect. Han and the TPP share the speaker file.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies The 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority, not a later speech about The 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority.
Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to Voters and CEC produced the seats. He was DPP chair and president-elect. Han and the TPP share the speaker file. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorLai Ching-te
- contributed toFactThe 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority
- strengthensDrivers (2)Political Polarization
- weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government
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Factrail. (2026). The 11th Legislative Yuan convenes without a DPP majority. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/tw-lai-ly-split-2024
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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