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1st LD: KMT acknowledges defeat in Taiwan's leadership election

Xinhua, January 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Eric Chu, candidate of the Kuomintang (KMT), declared his failure in Taiwan's leadership election on Saturday evening.

This means the victory of major opposition Democratic Progressive Party chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen.

Chu announced that he would take responsibility for the failure and resign from the post of KMT chairman. Endi