KMT wins 52 legislative seats, DPP bags 51 and TPP eightTHREE AT LARGE: Only the DPP, KMT and TPP crossed the threshold to receive legislator-at-large seats, with the DPP and KMT each winning 13 and the TPP eightBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporterNo party won a majority of legislative seats in yesterday’s elections, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) taking 51 seats and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) taking 52 seats. Former KMT legislator Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恆) — accused by his opponent, DPP Legislator Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀), of corruption and dishonest property declarations — won in Taichung’s second electoral district. Photo: CNAThe KMT’s Sean Liao (廖偉翔), another candidate endorsed by both the KMT and TPP, beat incumbent DPP Legislator Chang Liao Wan-chien (張廖萬堅) to win Taichung’s first electoral district. Among the 16 parties that submitted legislator-at-large candidate lists, only three — the DPP, the KMT and the TPP — crossed the 5-percentage-point threshold to be awarded seats in the legislature. The KMT received 13 seats through 34.58 percent of party votes, while the TPP won eight seats with 22.07 percent of party votes.

Source: Taipei Times January 14, 2024 10:42 UTC