Results for Taiwan leadership election expected on Saturday evening

Voting in Taiwan's leadership and legislature elections ended at 4 p.m. on Saturday, with results expected to be announced in the evening.

Taiwan's current leader Tsai Ing-wen from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is competing with the candidate of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party's Han Kuo-yu and the People First Party (PFP)'s candidate Soong Chu-yu.

Each eligible voter can cast one ballot for the leadership election and two ballots for the legislature election, one for a candidate representing the voter's electoral district and the other for a political party, according to the island's election commission.

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The island's legislature has 113 seats, including 73 directly elected regional seats.

The Chinese mainland will continue to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and is concerned about Taiwan compatriots' interests and welfare, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, at a press conference last December.

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