To pass, it required a "yes" vote from half of all eligible voters in Taiwan, meaning that 9,619,697 "yes" votes from among 19,239,392 eligible voters were needed, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).

Instead, 5,647,102 voters backed the proposed revision, versus 5,016,427 opposing it, with 11,345,932 votes cast and 682,403 invalid votes, according to figures from the CEC.

Had the amendment passed, it would have eliminated Article 130 of the existing Constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan's official name) and been added to Article 1 of the Additional Articles of the Constitution..

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