Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/11/30
By: Li Shu-hua and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Nov. 30 (CNA) Legislative by-elections for seats vacated in Taipei and Taichung during recent elections for local government offices will be held on Jan. 26, 2019, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on Friday.

One election will be held for the seat representing Taipei’s second electoral district after Taipei mayoral candidate Yao Wen-chih (姚文智) announced on Nov. 18 he would give up his seat as a legislator regardless of what happened in the election.

Yao finished a distant third in the mayoral race.

The other election will fill the seat representing Taichung’s fifth electoral district left vacant by Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕). Lu resigned as a legislator on Nov. 20 before being elected as the city’s new mayor on Nov. 24.    [FULL  STORY]