Lai won in every county and city except Miaoli, Hsinchu, Keelung, Nantou, Jinmen, Lienchiang, Hualien and Taitung. I can't speak to the other six administrative districts, but having lived in Taitung for 13 years I can tell you that many people in Hualien and Taitung are VERY loyal to the KMT, often to a fanatical degree. Ko Wen-je (TPP) might have come in third with over 26% of the vote, but he didn't win a single city or county in this election. The eight administrative districts who didn't choose Lai chose Hou Yu-ih (KMT) instead.
For the record I'm happy that Lai won. Ko Wen-je would have been an embarrassing President, and Hou Yu-ih would have been an even worse choice. I won't reiterate my reasons for thinking so here, but if you're interested they're in the previous entry.
The election for legislative seats was more of a wash. The KMT won a majority with 52 seats, but they only beat the DPP by one seat. The TPP won 8 seats, and 2 candidates running independent also won seats in the Legislature. This puts both the TPP and independent legislators in the interesting position of tiebreakers should the Legislature stall on various issues, given that the KMT legislators will probably oppose President Lai's agenda at every turn.
The DPP, by the way, lost 10 seats in this election while the KMT gained 14. The KMT, despite a loss in the Presidential race, is very much alive on the local level, a fact also demonstrated by the previous election last year.
If you're interested in further details I recommend the Wikipedia articles on both the presidential election and the legislative election. Both are well researched and objective. And in this day and age "well researched" and "objective" aren't words often seen in conjunction, are they?
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