2016 Taiwanese General Election Saturday January 16,2016

 

The 2016 Taiwanese General Election is scheduled to be held on Saturday January 16,2016 to elect the 14th President and Vice President of the Republic of China, and all 113 members of the 9thLegislative Yuan

This will be the6th direct election of the president and vice president by the citizens of Taiwan which was previously indirectly elected by the National Assembly prior to 1996.

All three presidential candidates announced their running mates in November 2015, and for the first time in Taiwanese electoral history, none of the vice presidential candidates shared the same party affiliation as their corresponding presidential candidates

Tsai Ing-wen was duly nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP)

Tsai Ing-wen announced former health minister Chen Chien -jen as her running mate

James Soong  party chair of the PFP, announced his presidential bid on August 6, 2015.He  announced Minkuotang(MKT) chair and legislator Hsu Hsin ying as his running mate in November 2015

Kuomintang party chair Eric Chu Li luan is the Presidential candidate and announced former labour minister Jennifer Wang as his running mate

Taiwan is voting in polls that could see the island elect its first female leader and set an uncertain course for future relations with China.

If Tsai Ing-wen leads her opposition Democratic Progressive Party to power, it will be a victory for Taiwan's pro-independence camp.

Eric Chu will stand for the ruling KMT, which oversaw improved ties with China.

Tsai Ing-wen elected first woman President of Taiwan

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan’s main opposition party will become the island’s first female president after the ruling Kuomintang conceded defeat in polls Saturday, as voters turned their backs on closer China ties.
“I’m sorry... We’ve lost. The KMT has suffered an election defeat. We haven’t worked hard enough and we failed voters’ expectations,” said KMT candidate Eric Chu addressing tearful crowds at the party’s headquarters in Taipei.
The vote count is continuing but live television figures from polling stations show Tsai has secured a historic landslide victory, with around 60% against 30% for KMT candidate Eric Chu
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen announces her election victory to the media at their party headquarters in Taipei

 

  Eric Chu (C), presidential candidate from the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), speaks to supporters as he concedes defeat in presidential polls outside the party headquarters in Taipei