Government and Policy
KMT wins majority seats in Taiwan local elections
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-06 08:50
TAIPEI: The Kuomintang (KMT) Party won 12 county and city chief seats in Taiwan's local elections Saturday, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) landed four seats, voting results showed.
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The KMT also won a majority of 121 seats in the election of township chiefs, as opposed to the DPP's 34 seats.
The voting, also known as "three-in-one elections," lasted from 8 am to 5 pm Saturday.
