Keelung Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang will remain in office after a majority of
voters rejected his recall in a public vote.

According to the Keelung City Election Commission, 55.16-per cent of valid
votes were in favor of him remaining in office - while 44.85-per cent of the
same backed his recall.

Those figure mean that not only did a majority of voters reject the recall,
the number of ballots in favor of Hsieh stepping down from office failed to
meet the required 25-per cent threshold of 77,700 ballots.

Hsieh will now continue to serve as Keelung mayor of and cannot face another
recall vote for the remainder of his term in office.

The final result is still pending certification by the Central Election
Commission.

The commission has said it will release its tally of votes and make a formal
announcments as to the ballot's outcome this Friday at the latest.