Taipei: All 24 lawmakers of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) up for recall Saturday survived their recall votes, ensuring that the KMT along with Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) lawmakers will maintain opposition control of the Legislature.

According to Focus Taiwan, recall votes against all of the 24 KMT lawmakers as well as Hsinchu Mayor Kao Hung-an failed to pass, based on figures from the Central Election Commission (CEC). In only six of the 25 recall votes did the ballots cast in favor of the recall meet the required threshold of 25 percent of eligible voters needed for the recall to succeed.

However, in all six cases, the number of votes opposing the recall exceeded those cast in favor, leading to the failure of those recall campaigns. In the remaining 19 recall races, the number of votes against the recall exceeded those in favor, and the threshold of pro-recall votes was not met.

This outcome marks a significant defeat for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and civic groups advocating for the recall votes. They had aimed to remove lawmakers they argued were pro-China and obstructing the government’s policies.