Lee's campaign was not helped after she became embroiled in a plagiarism scandal a few weeks before the vote, accused of copying much of her master's thesis. Most of the themes discussed had already been elaborated upon by the candidates during the policy presentations in the weeks immediately prior to the debate. The Tsai Ing-wen suffered a stinging defeat during the The major inflection of the campaign came amid the Tsai reconciled with diverse elements in her party in signing up Lai to be her running mate. Taiwan 2020 Election Results. Select one or more years, states and race types, then click "Apply Filter" to see results. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won a second term in a landslide victory over her opponent Han Kuo-yu. While the campaign focused on domestic issues like Kaohsiung's heavy debt load, China grabbed the domestic spotlight in the run-up, with the arrest in Hong Kong of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and Chinese military drills near Taiwan.China claims democratic Taiwan as its "sacred" territory to be taken by force if necessary, and has repeatedly denounced Taiwanese leaders for supporting anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong, a former British colony returned to China in 1997 with promises of a high degree of autonomy that many fear is now being eroded.Chen had cast the election as a way of showing support for Hong Kong and the value of democracy, while President Tsai Ing-wen told a rally in Kaohsiung on Friday evening that China's military threats were Beijing's way of trying to influence the vote.The KMT, for its part, complained this week that Tsai's offers of help to Hong Kong's people were all talk and no action. Of the remainder, 34 are chosen by proportional representation from lists proposed by political parties and six are elected by indigenous peoples.Note: Rural islands including Lienchiang County and parts of Kinmen County are not shown.Notes: Total ballots for 2020 only include nationwide and overseas legislator election votes.
Kaohsiung, at the centre of Taiwan's struggle for democracy in the 1970s and 1980s and home to an important port, is normally firm DPP territory, and the party was taken aback when Han unexpectedly won in 2018.Han was also the KMT's defeated presidential candidate.
Taiwan, an island of 23 million off the southeast coast of China, functions as a de facto independent nation with its own elections, currency and military. The persons named in the polls are declared candidates or have received media speculation about their possible candidacy. The News Lens is bringing you live updates on Taiwan's presidential and legislative elections on January 11, 2020. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-jeâs Taiwanâs People Party entered the Legislative Yuan with a strong showing of 1.5 million votes in the nationwide and overseas legislator election, against 4.8 million and 4.7 million for the DPP and KMT, respectively.Starting in 2012, legislative elections have been held simultaneously with presidential ones.
"The election result proves one thing - a victory for democracy," Chen told cheering supporters.Lee, wearing a pink t-shirt with the words "keep going" on it, offered her congratulations.
Steve Schmidt is an idiot.
Tuesday will mark the last day for publication of any opinion polls before the Jan. 11 elections, in which Taiwanese voters will elect a president, vice president and 113 members of the state legislature.
Seventy-three members are elected in a first-past-the-post system from special municipalities, counties and cities.
Elections 2020 World news Environment ... W hatever happens when Taiwan’s voters go to the polls on Saturday, its president, Tsai Ing-wen, has made a truly remarkable comeback. Taiwan has ruled itself since effectively splitting from the mainland following the Nationalists’ flight across the Taiwan Strait in 1949 following China’s civil war.
TAIPEI, Aug 15 — Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), which traditionally favours close ties with China, was routed in a key mayoral by-election today, a vote overshadowed by turmoil in Hong Kong and tensions with Beijing.The KMT, under its youthful new leader, Johnny Chiang, has been trying to reinvent itself since being trounced by the Democratic Progressive PartyDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) in January’s presidential and parliamentary elections.The by-election in the southern city of Kaohsiung was called after its KMT mayor, Han Kuo-yu, was removed from office by a massive margin in a recall vote in June, his opponents charging he had little interest in the city.The DPP’s Chen Chi-mai, a former vice premier, won 70% of the votes, thrashing KMT candidate Jane Lee, though only about half of electors turned out.“The election result proves one thing — a victory for democracy,” Chen told cheering supporters.Lee, wearing a pink t-shirt with the words “keep going” on it, offered her congratulations.“I know I did not work hard enough,” she said in her concession speech.While the campaign focused on domestic issues like Kaohsiung’s heavy debt load, China grabbed the domestic spotlight in the run-up, with the arrest in Hong Kong of media tycoon Jimmy Lai and Chinese military drills near Taiwan.China claims democratic Taiwan as its “sacred” territory to be taken by force if necessary, and has repeatedly denounced Taiwanese leaders for supporting anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong, a former British colony returned to China in 1997 with promises of a high degree of autonomy that many fear is now being eroded.Chen had cast the election as a way of showing support for Hong Kong and the value of democracy, while President Tsai Ing-wen told a rally in Kaohsiung on Friday evening that China’s military threats were Beijing’s way of trying to influence the vote.The KMT, for its part, complained this week that Tsai’s offers of help to Hong Kong’s people were all talk and no action.Lee’s campaign was not helped after she became embroiled in a plagiarism scandal a few weeks before the vote, accused of copying much of her master’s thesis.