Ma Declares Victory in Taiwan's Leadership Election
Ma Ying-jeou, the candidate representing Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT), won the island's leadership election on Saturday, according to Taiwan media reports.
Ma, former KMT party chairman, and Vincent Siew, got 7.6587 million ballots, or 58.45 percent of the votes, whereas Frank Hsieh of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and his running mate Su Tseng-chang got 5.4452 million ballot s, or 41.55 percent of the votes.
Taiwan residents began voting in the leadership election at 8 a.m., voting ended at 4 p.m.. Results are expected at 9.30 p.m. About 17.3 million people voted at 14,401 polling stations, said the Taiwan authority .
Taiwan residents also voted on Saturday in two "referendums" on launching a bid to join the United Nations, one put forward by the DPP and one by the KMT. Both were rejected by Taiwan residents.
In January, the KMT won 81 of the 113 seats in Taiwan's "legislature " elections, scoring a landslide victory over the DPP, which got 27 seats.
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据台湾“中选会”二十二日晚上公布选举结果显示，此次选举台湾共有合资格的选举人数一千七百三十二万一千六百0六人，共有一千三百二十二万一千六百零九人参与投票，投票率为百分之七十六点三三。
以往三届台湾大选，一九九六年、二000年和二00四年的投票率，分别为百分之七十六点0四、百分之八十二点六九和百分之八十点二八。
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