By Ruzeki, Shadow News
January 13, 2024On Saturday, January 13, Taiwanese voters kept the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in power for another four years but elected a new legislature that cost the DPP its absolute majority in the 113-seat body.
William Lai Ching-te, the DPP's chairman and the incumbent vice president won the 2024 presidential election with 5,586,019 votes, i.e 40.05 percent of the total.
According to final election results released by the Central Election Commission (CEC), William Lai defeated Hou Yu-ih of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) who garnered 4,671,021 votes, i.e 33.49 percent.
Ko Wen-je of the smaller Taiwan People's Party (TPP) garnered 3,690,466 votes, i.e 26.46 percent of the total, official CEC vote counts showed.
Despite his victory, Lai will face a tougher challenge than his predecessor in gaining support for his policies and greater scrutiny in the Legislature, after the DPP failed to secure an absolute majority in the 113-seat body.
No party won a majority in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan for the first time since 2004, after Saturday's elections saw the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) win 51 seats, the Kuomintang (KMT) 52, and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) eight.
The DPP, which had held a majority in the 113-seat body since 2016, suffered a net loss of 11 seats on Saturday, dropping from 62 to 51 and losing its position of dominance.
With no party able to command a majority, which would need at least 57 seats, it is widely expected that the KMT and the TPP will negotiate a deal to prevent the DPP from retaining the speakership.
In addition to the party seats, two independent legislators won seats, both of whom are ideologically aligned with the KMT in the Legislative Yuan.
I hope you appreciated this article.
Please consider contributing via PayPal or Mpesa / Sendwave: +254792672031
0 Comments:
Post a Comment