TAIPEI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Taiwan\’s leadership and legislature elections were held on Saturday.
Candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Lai Ching-te and his running mate Hsiao Bi-khim won the leadership election.
In the election of the island\’s 113-seat legislature, the Chinese Kuomintang party garnered 52 seats, the DPP won 51 seats, and the Taiwan People\’s Party seized eight seats. The rest two went to independent candidates.