2. This is the first legislative election in Taiwan in which voters cast separate ballots for constituency and party list candidates. In past elections, voters cast only a constituency ballot, and party list allocation was determined by the total constituency votes that each party received. Due to limited comparability between this election and past elections, an increase / decrease comparison is made here for: "constituency votes received in 2004 vs 2008" and "percentage of total seats in outgoing legislature vs incoming legislature in 2008".