Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/01/16
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Saturday declared victory in Taiwan’s presidential election, before the final ballot count was announced.

As of 8:50 p.m., Tsai had 6.74 million votes or 56.2 percent against 3.71 million or 30.9 percent for her main rival, Eric Chu (朱立倫) of the ruling Kuomintang, according to local media.      [FULL  STORY]