[Taiwan Presidential Election] Tsai Ing-wen Leads Significantly in Early Vote Count
[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] On the 11th, the voting for Taiwan's 15th presidential election was smoothly completed, and in the early stages of vote counting, incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate President Tsai Ing-wen is leading.
As of 4:44 PM local time, early in the vote count, President Tsai has received 1,098,163 votes, while her competitor, Kuomintang (KMT) Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, has received 761,426 votes.
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The voting took place from 8 AM to 4 PM, and the Taiwan Election Commission predicted that the counting would be completed around 10 PM that night, allowing the election results to be announced.
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