KMT wins majority seats in Taiwan local elections
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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.
The KMT won 289 county and city lawmaker seats whereas the DPP won 128. Candidates with no party affiliations and those who did not run in the election through political parties won 170 seats.
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 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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