Taiwan’s currently governing party, the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), had hopes for winning a majority in the legislature in addition to holding the presidency. But this legislative change would not have come from winning an election. Instead, it would have come as the result of a mass drive to recall KMT legislators.
There are 113 seats in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, of which the DPP holds 51. Organizers targeted 31 of the 54 members of the KMT Caucus.
Signatures were gathered in the legislators’ districts to force a recall vote. Of those, 24 recall attempts succeeded in proceeding to a popular vote, which was held today, July 26. Additional legislators will have recall votes in August.
