Taiwan vote fails to unseat oppn’s pro-China legislators

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Taipei, Updated At : 02:00 AM Jul 27, 2025 IST

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Taiwan opposition lawmakers survived a major recall election on Saturday, thwarting a bid to oust one-fifth of the island’s parliamentarians — a move supporters had hoped would send a message to China but that opponents said was an assault on democracy.

All recall votes against 24 lawmakers from the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, were rejected, according to live vote counts by Taiwanese media. The voting followed a campaign begun by civic groups.

The election result will come as a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party.

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