[Global Network Report] Voting for the by-election for the mayor of Kaohsiung officially ended earlier today (15th). At 16:00 in the afternoon, the balloting offices opened the ballots. According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report, by 5:30 pm, according to Taiwan's "successful election" data, Chen Qimai had exceeded 570,000 votes, reaching the threshold for election.
Taiwan media reported that the Mayor of Kaohsiung by-election was voted from 8 am to 4 pm on the 15th. The by-election was due to the removal of former Kaohsiung mayor Han Guoyu during his term and a by-election was required. According to information from the Kaohsiung City Election Committee, there were 2,301,597 people in this election, and the term of office of the elected will end on December 24, 2022.