[2] Chen Chi-mai won the by-election by a landslide margin with slightly over 70 percent of the votes.

The law also required the CEC to hold a by-election no later than 11 September 2020, three months after the results of the recall were publicly announced.

[7] Han Kuo-yu is barred, by law, from contesting the Kaohsiung mayoralty for four years as a result of the successful recall petition.

[12] Following a meeting of the Central Standing Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party on 17 June 2020, Chen Chi-mai was nominated as the DPP candidate for the by-election.

[13][14] On 23 June 2020, the Kuomintang selected Kaohsiung City Councillor Li Mei-jhen to contest the by-election.