Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/27
By: Chen Yi-hsuan, Liu Chien-pang and Shih Hsiu-chuan
By Chen Yi-hsuan, Liu Chien-pang and Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Jan. 27 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Ho Chih-wei (何志偉) was elected legislator in a by-election in Taipei held Sunday, beating Chen Ping-fu (陳炳甫) of the Kuomintang (KMT).
Chen Su-yu (陳思宇), the candidate backed by popular Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), finished a distant third.
In the race that saw a turnout of only 30.39 percent, Ho received 38,591 votes, or 47.76 percent of the valid votes cast, against 9,689 votes (12.2 percent) for Chen Su-yu., and 31,532 (39.02 percent) votes for Chen Ping-fu.
Independent Wang Yi-kai (王奕凱) and the national non-partisan coalition’s Chen Yuan-chi (陳源奇), two minor candidates, received 897 and 89 votes respectively. [FULL STORY]
