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
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]