HAN CONCEDES: Han Kuo-yu said that he had not tried hard enough and let his supporters down, while he expressed hope for a united and happy Taiwan
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 12, 2020
By: Yang Chun-hui, Shih Hsiao-kuang and Lin Liang-sheng / Staff reporters
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) triumphed in the
President Tsai Ing-wen, center, Vice President Chen Chien-jen, left, and vice president-elect William Lai wave at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
Tsai secured a second term in office in a landslide victory against the rival tickets of Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), the KMT’s presidential candidate, and his vice presidential candidate, former premier Simon Chang (張善政); and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and his vice presidential candidate, former United Communications Group chairwoman Sandra Yu (余湘).
Voting took place between 8am and 4pm at 17,226 polling stations nationwide.
The ticket of Tsai and her running mate, former premier William Lai (賴清德), won 8,170,231 votes, or 57.13 percent of the 19,311,105 registered voters, with the Han-Chang ticket garnering 5,522,119 votes (38.61 percent) and the Soong-Yu ticket receiving 608,590 votes (4.26 percent).
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