Pan-Green Coalition

For the political party practicing Green politics in Taiwan, see Green Party Taiwan.

Pan-Green Coalition 泛綠聯盟
Leader	Tsai Ing-wen
Ideology	Majority: Taiwanese nationalism Anti-communism Anti-imperialism Factions: ROC independence Taiwan independence Progressivism Social democracy Social liberalism
Political position	Center to Centre-left (majority)
Colours	Green
Legislative Yuan	51 / 113 (45%)
Politics of Taiwan Political parties Elections ^ A:  Parties within the Pan-Green coalition are also sometimes described as right-wing by pro-China or pro-communism media outlets owing to its anti-communism.

Pan-Green coalition
Traditional Chinese	泛綠聯盟
Simplified Chinese	泛绿联盟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fànlǜ Liánméng Bopomofo ㄈㄢˋㄌㄩˋ ㄌㄧㄢˊㄇㄥˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Fannliuh Lianmeng Wade–Giles Fan4-lü4 Lien2-meng2 Tongyong Pinyin Fàn-lyù Lián-méng IPA [fân.lŷ ljɛ̌n.mə̌ŋ] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Huān-le̍k-liân-bêng
Pan-Green force
Traditional Chinese	泛綠軍
Simplified Chinese	泛绿军
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fànlǜ Jūn Bopomofo ㄈㄢˋㄌㄩˋ ㄐㄩㄣ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Fannliuh Jiun Wade–Giles Fan4-lü4 Chün1 Tongyong Pinyin Fàn-lyù Jyun IPA [fân.lŷ tɕýn] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Huān-le̍k-kun
Pan-Green groups
Traditional Chinese	綠營
Simplified Chinese	绿营
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǜ Yíng Bopomofo ㄌㄩˋ ㄧㄥˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Liuh Yng Wade–Giles Lü4 Ying2 Tongyong Pinyin Lyù Yíng IPA [lŷ ǐŋ] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Le̍k-iânn

The pan-Green coalition, pan-Green force or pan-Green groups is a nationalist political coalition in Taiwan (Republic of China), consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Green Party Taiwan, Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), and Taiwan Constitution Association (TCA). The platform of the New Power Party is also very closely aligned with all the other Pan-Green parties.

History

The name comes from the colours of the Democratic Progressive Party, which originally adopted green in part because of its association with the anti-nuclear movement. In contrast to the Pan-Blue Coalition, the Pan-Green Coalition favors Taiwanization and Taiwan independence over Chinese unification, although members in both coalitions have moderated their policies to reach voters in the center.

This strategy is helped by the fact that much of the motivation that voters have for voting for one party or the other are for reasons that have nothing to do with relations with China. This is particularly true among swing voters. For much of the 1990s, the parties which later formed the Pan-Green Coalition greatly benefited because they were less corrupt than the ruling Kuomintang (KMT). However, due to the controversies and the alleged corruption cases involving the former DPP nominated President Chen Shui-bian, the public perception of the Coalition is seemed to have been altered somewhat.

The Pan-Green Coalition formed in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, after which Lee Teng-hui was expelled from the Kuomintang and created his own party, the Taiwan Solidarity Union, which maintains a pro-independence platform.

The internal dynamics of the Pan-Green Coalition are different from those of the Pan-Blue coalition. 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. So rather than coordinating electoral strategies, as in the case of the parties within the Pan-Blue coalition, the presence of the TSU keeps the DPP from moving too far away from its Taiwan independence roots. In local elections, competition tends to be fierce between Pan-Green candidates from different parties, and as a rule, joint candidates are not proposed.

The Green Party Taiwan is not to be considered as part of the Pan-Green Coalition; however, the Green Party has similar views with the Democratic Progressive Party, especially on environmental and social issues, and the Green Party are also allied with Social Democratic Party.

Member parties

Current members

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) 民主進步黨	Progressivism Social liberalism Taiwanese nationalism Anti-communism Anti-imperialism	Tsai Ing-wen
	Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP) 台灣基進	Taiwanese independence Progressivism (Taiwanese) Radicalism Anti-communism	Chen Yi-chi
	Social Democratic Party (SDP) 社會民主黨	Social democracy Progressivism	Ting Yung-yan
	Green Party Taiwan 台灣綠黨	Green politics	Lee Keng-cheng and Chang Yu-jing
	Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) 臺灣團結聯盟	Economic nationalism Right-wing populism Taiwan independence Anti-Chinese nationalism	Liu Yi-te

Former members

Party		Ideology
	Taiwan Independence Party (TIP) 建國黨	Progressivism
	Taiwan Constitution Association (TCA) 制憲聯盟	Constitutionalism

Legislative strength

Legislative Yuan

Election	Number of popular votes	% of popular votes	Districts	At-large	Aborigine	Overseas	Total Seats	Member parties (extra-parliamentary parties bracketed)
1992	2,944,195 (Districts + Aborigine)	31.03	38	11	0	2	51 / 130	DPP
1995	3,132,156 (Districts + Aborigine)	33.20	41	11	0	2	54 / 164	DPP
1998	3,111,952 (Districts + Aborigine)	31.01	53	15	0	3	71 / 225	DPP + TIP
2001	4,250,682 (Districts + Aborigine)	41.15	77	19	0	4	100 / 225	DPP + TSU + (TIP)
2004	4,230,076 (Districts + Aborigine)	43.53	76	20	1	4	101 / 225	DPP + TSU + (TIP)
2008	4,043,781 (Party-list)	41.35	13	14	0	-	27 / 113	DPP + (TSU + TCA + Green)
2012	5,735,422 (Party-list)	43.57	27	16	0	-	43 / 113	DPP + TSU
2016	6,027,672 (Party-list)	49.48	49	18	1	-	68 / 113	DPP + (TSU + TIP + TCA + Green + SDP)
2020	5,650,427 (Party-list)	39.90	47	13	2	-	62 / 113	DPP + TSP + (Green + TSU + TIP)
2024	5,237,810 (Party-list)	38.01	36	13	2	-	51 / 113	DPP + (TSP + Green + TSU)

Media

• Liberty Times
• Apple Daily (Taiwan)
• Sanlih E-Television

See also

• Pan-Blue Coalition
• Pan-Purple Coalition
• Progressivism in Taiwan

External links

• Taipei Times editorial on the colored alliances