KMT holds edge in mayoral races
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November 28, 2010, Sunday
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TAIWAN'S ruling party held onto most of the island's mayoral posts up for grabs in tense elections yesterday seen as a test of the party's popularity ahead of the 2012 race for the island's leader.
The Kuomintang party won second four-year terms in Taipei and Xinbei, the island's two largest cities, and in the central city of Taichung. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party held the southern cities of Kaohsiung and Tainan.
Yesterday's wins end a slump for the KMT, although KMT leaders were low-key in their acceptance speeches.
"Hau Lung-bin will go to the people and listen to their voices," the reelected Taipei mayor said of himself in a televised speech.
"There are a lot of areas where we need to review and improve."
Voters cast ballots after Lien Sheng-wen, the son of Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Kuomintang, was shot and wounded during a ruling party campaign rally near Taipei late on Friday and a bystander was killed.
Media reports said a man arrested for the shooting was a member of a criminal gang and did not appear to have a political motive.
The Kuomintang party won second four-year terms in Taipei and Xinbei, the island's two largest cities, and in the central city of Taichung. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party held the southern cities of Kaohsiung and Tainan.
Yesterday's wins end a slump for the KMT, although KMT leaders were low-key in their acceptance speeches.
"Hau Lung-bin will go to the people and listen to their voices," the reelected Taipei mayor said of himself in a televised speech.
"There are a lot of areas where we need to review and improve."
Voters cast ballots after Lien Sheng-wen, the son of Lien Chan, honorary chairman of Kuomintang, was shot and wounded during a ruling party campaign rally near Taipei late on Friday and a bystander was killed.
Media reports said a man arrested for the shooting was a member of a criminal gang and did not appear to have a political motive.
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