Before the election, the National Assembly amended the Temporary Provisions against the Communist Rebellion which allowed the President and Vice-President to seek for third term, which superseded the Article 47 of the Constitution of the Republic of China, in order to make way for Chiang to be re-elected.[1] As a result, Chiang received 1,481 votes of the 1,576 National Assembly members, while his running mate Chen Cheng was re-elected with 1,381 votes. The term began on May 20, 1960.
^周婉窈[in Chinese] (December 2009). 臺灣歷史圖說(增訂本) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taiwan: Linking Publishing Company. p. 281. ISBN 978-957-08-3489-5. 按照中華民國憲法,總統只能連任一次;蔣介石已擔任兩任總統,理應鞠躬下臺。該年三月修改臨時條款,蔣介石連任成功,他終將五任總統之職(1948-1975),直至過世為止。