Taiwanese vote to recall lawmakers, reshaping legislature and testing democratic integrity amid tensions with China.

Voters in Taiwan get to decide the fate of 31 KMT legislators in two recall votes with global implications.

Saturday’s democratic showdown will test whether anti-Beijing sentiment remains defining force in island’s polarised politics.

The vote could alter the balance of power in Taiwan, which has seen months of political deadlock.

Voting has started in a recall election that could see the unseating of dozens of opposition Kuomintang lawmakers.

Taiwanese vote to recall lawmakers, reshaping legislature and testing democratic integrity amid tensions with China.

Early results show voters rejecting all 24 recall motions in a DPP-backed bid to unseat opposition MPs and gain a legislative majority

The Blue-White alliance between the two parties helped see off an effort to unseat 24 legislators over the weekend.