[3] Ex-magistrate Teng Chung-yen (鄧仲演) became the interim magistrate following the appointment by the chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government.

Letters were written to President Chiang Kai-shek, Premier Chen Cheng, and to the Legislative Yuan, arguing his candidacy was approved by the authorities beforehand and hence the officials should be responsible, instead of ousting Liu.

[5][6] Liu also appealed to the court, believing the judge cited legal requirements that had not finished parliamentary proceedings.

[11] Voters again returned to the polling station on 22 July,[12] which eventually saw a larger turnout at over 60% following official's urge to vote.

[14] Lai Shun-sheng (賴順生) from the ruling Kuomintang was elected,[15] although falling behind in the two previous rounds of voting as Li Pai-pin (李白濱), from the Young China Party who ran as an independent, was forced to withdraw under pressure from the government.