Tsai Ing-wen to become Taiwan's first female president as Kuomintang concedes defeat

[yuiyoshida]

The writing was on the wall and now the numbers have confirmed it: Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, is set to become Taiwan's first female president as the Kuomintang concedes defeat in the presidential race even is vote counting is still underway.

In reports widely relayed by news outlets on the mainland, Tsai has taken almost double the number of votes of her arch rival, with votes counted as of 6:30 pm.


With a 57% vote share, Tsai is sitting comfortably above the 34% votes gained by her closest rival Eric Chu of the Kuomintang and looks set to win more than 50% of total votes by the time counting ends.

The entrance by James Soong of the People First Party into the presidential race has not proven to be a game changer.

http://shanghaiist.com/2016/01/16/tsai-ing-wen-president.php

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