Voters in Taichung yesterday recalled Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟), making him the first legislator in the nation’s history to lose a recall election.
A total of 77,899 votes were cast to recall Chen, while 73,433 voted against, the Taichung City Election Commission said, adding that 51.72 percent of the city’s second electoral district turned out.
The Central Election Commission is to confirm the final figures within the next seven days, it said.
Commission data showed that there are 294,976 eligible voters in the second district, comprised of Dadu (大肚), Shalu (沙鹿), Longjing (龍井), Wufong (霧峰) and Wurih (烏日) districts.
Chen won
Taipei, Oct. 23 (CNA) Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) of the pro-independence Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP), who lost an unprecedented recall vote Saturday, vowed to make a comeback by winning "the next election."
Taipei, Oct. 23 (CNA) Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party will be removed from office after losing an unprecedented recall election in Taichung's second electoral constituency Saturday.