Hualien County Magistrate Hsu Chen-wei (徐榛蔚) of the Kuomintang (KMT) declared victory in her reelection bid Saturday against her main challenger Kolas Yotaka of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Hsu declared victory at 6:55 p.m. The outcome of the election will not be confirmed until the Central Election Commission (CEC)

Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) declared victory in his reelection bid for Tainan mayor Saturday against his main rival Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) of the Kuomintang (KMT). Huang declared victory at around 7 p.m. Huang finished with 433,684 votes, or 48 percent of the total, with

Incumbent Kuomintang (KMT) Hsinchu County Magistrate Yang Wen-ke (楊文科) declared victory in his reelection bid Saturday against his nearest rival Chou Chiang-chieh (周江杰) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Yang declared victory at around 7 p.m. Yang finished with 163,662 votes, or 63.36 percent of the total, with Chou receiving

Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator Kao Hung-an (高虹安) declared victory in the Hsinchu mayoral election Saturday evening, marking the first time the upstart party has won at the local government level. Kao finished with 98,121 votes, or 45 percent of the total, with her primary opponent, former Hsinchu Deputy Mayor

Taipei-A proposed constitution amendment to lower the voting age in the Republic of China (the official name of Taiwan), from 20 to 18 requires the backing of nearly 9.62 million voters to pass in a national referendum to be held on Saturday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Tuesday. The

With local government elections just one week away, political parties begin making their closing appeals to voters at major rallies in western Taiwan on Saturday night, hoping to bump up their support. The local government elections scheduled for Nov. 26 will see voters in Taiwan’s 22 cities and counties cast

The main candidates running for mayor in Taichung on Tuesday outlined their policies for dealing with air pollution, a longstanding issue that has influenced voters in the central Taiwan city. At the televised forum in which candidates presented their policies, incumbent Kuomintang (KMT) mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) said she has