At the time most of Chinese territory was under the control of the government of the Republic of China, using a direct voting system elected 759 Legislative Representatives.

Using the Republic's then 461 million population[1] to calculate, on average 600,000 people elected one representative in the Legislative Yuan.

The election along with the one held for the National Assembly also made China the largest democracy at the time.

Over a year later, the Communists overran the mainland, forcing the Nationalist government to flee to Taiwan.

In 1928, the Nationalist government completed the Northern Expedition and after achieving unification in the name of China, initiated the "Political Tutelage" period and created the Legislative Yuan.

In 1948, from 21 to 23 January, the country's 47 provinces, municipalities, 18 Mongolian leagues, Tibetan area, domestic occupational groups, women's organisations, and overseas Chinese regions, making up nearly 200 million voters voted for their legislators.

In 1948, 759 members were elected to the first Legislative Yuan under the rule of the recently promulgated Constitution of the Republic of China.

The members convened of their own accord on 8 May in the National Assembly Hall of Nanking and held six preparatory meetings during which Ko Sun (son of Sun Yat-sen) and Li-fu Chen were elected president and vice president respectively.

On 18 May, the first meeting of the first session of the first Legislative Yuan officially inaugurated 21 standing committees in operation.

On 24 February of the same year, the remaining legislators gathered for its first meeting of the fifth session at the Sun Yat-sen Hall in Taipei.

In December 1972, the Legislative Yuan was invigorated with 51 additional members of three-year term elected in accordance with the amended "temporary provisions."

The election slated for December 1978 was suspended until 20 November 1980, because of the severance of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and the United States of America.