2024 can be dubbed the ‘Election Year’ of the world, with over 60 countries headed toward elections. One of the first elections of the year was conducted in Taiwan on January 13. With 71.86 percent of voter turnout, the 2024 elections saw a three-way fight between the candidates for the top position. The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) candidate, William Lai, got elected over his competitors Hou Yu-ih from the Kuomintang (KMT) and Ko Wen-je from the Taiwan Progressive Party (TPP). This article would like to dissect the elections and their pre-and post-cross-strait affairs before the 2024 presidential elections and what lies ahead for cross-strait affairs.