Formation_of_the_tickets Taiwan_presidential_election,_2004

in months leading december 2003, there speculation whether president chen choose vice president annette lu running mate. polls had consistently showed chen better candidate such taipei county administrator su tseng-chang or kaohsiung mayor frank hsieh , many of dpp s popular lawmakers had petitioned chen consider candidate. after several weeks of public infighting between various factions of dpp, chen formally nominated lu running mate on december 11. backed pan-green coalition.

the existence of 2 tickets on ballot led several protest movements against both coalitions - notably alliance of 1 million invalid ballots - asking people disqualify ballots on purpose. partly responsible high number of invalid votes compared 2000 election.

kuomintang , people first party

in february 2003, kmt , pfp agreed run combined ticket representing entire pan-blue coalition lien chan president , james soong vice president. campaign emblem lien-soong campaign two-seat bicycle blue figure in first seat , orange figure in second. there initial doubts pairing since believed 2 men disliked each other - during 2000 campaigns, lien accused soong of positioning family graves interfere lien s feng shui forcing lien reposition graves. additionally, thought difficult 2 men agree upon run president , run vice president. though soong polled ahead of lien in 2000 , thought more charismatic lien, ended running vice president. pfp s poor showing in 2001 legislative election may have played role. initially, believed lien-soong ticket sure win, given both men garnered combined 59.9% of vote in 2000.