An unprecedented vote to remove lawmakers from office could have handed President Lai Ching-te more power by ousting opponents. It didn’t.

The result is a blow to President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party, which missed an opportunity to reshape the legislature and regain its majority.

Taiwanese voters rejected a large-scale effort to recall opposition lawmakers from the Nationalist Party (KMT), dealing a blow to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). The recall aimed to shift legislative power but failed to remove any KMT lawmakers.