Overview

• All seven KMT lawmakers targeted in the second round kept their seats, preserving the KMT–TPP opposition majority over the DPP, according to official results.
• The Maanshan restart referendum drew about 4.34 million yes votes versus 1.51 million no votes but failed because yes ballots did not exceed 25% of eligible voters.
• Lai announced a Cabinet reshuffle, asked Premier Cho Jung-tai to remain, and said policy priorities will shift toward the economy, livelihoods, vulnerable groups, and youth.
• He instructed the Nuclear Safety Commission to set safety-review rules and Taipower to conduct inspections under law, while affirming principles of safety, waste resolution, and social consensus and signaling openness to advanced nuclear.
• Analysts cited voter fatigue from two closely timed votes as a factor in turnout that helped sink the referendum.