Taiwanese voters rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party, in a recall election Saturday, dampening hopes for the ruling party to flip the balance of power in the self-ruled island’s legislature.

Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a recall election, a setback for President Lai Ching-te.

The failed recall campaign in Taiwan will likely prompt continued political gridlock, raising important questions for U.S.-Taiwan and cross-Strait relations.

The “Great Recall” of more than two dozen opposition lawmakers in Taiwan over the weekend greatly disappointed the president and his progressive supporters. All 24 members of the Kuomintang, or KMT, survived the coordinated challenge of their office on Saturday,