Wu Den-yihLin Rong-te (acting) Johnny Chiang The 2020 Kuomintang chairmanship by-election (Chinese: 2020年中國國民黨主席補選) was held on 7 March 2020.

Kuomintang candidate Han Kuo-yu lost the 2020 Taiwanese presidential election held on 11 January 2020.

[9] For the 2020 leadership election, each candidate was required to collect signatures from at least 3 percent of the party membership prior to 4 February 2020.

[12][13] In previous leadership elections, candidates were required to secure a simple majority in a two-round system before their certification as the victor.

[24] Johnny Chiang won the chairmanship election held on 7 March 2020, winning 84,860 votes to Hau Lung-pin's 38,483.

[27][28] On 8 March 2020, the Democratic Progressive Party released a statement on Chiang's election as Kuomintang chairman.

It read, in part, "We expect the new KMT chairman, Chiang, to open up a new era... People look forward to good interaction and cooperation between the ruling party and opposition parties, and for them to work together to advance Taiwan's democracy and achieve major reforms that benefit the nation."

Although the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party traditionally acknowledged the inauguration of a new Kuomintang chairman via telegram, a direct message between the two officeholders was not sent.

However, the Taiwan Affairs Office in China stated that Chiang should "cherish and protect the mutual trust between the CPP and the KMT on the foundation of the 1992 consensus.