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1st LD: Hung Hsiu-chu elected Kuomintang leader

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

Hung Hsiu-chu, Taiwan's former deputy legislative speaker, was elected the chairperson of Kuomintang (KMT) on Saturday to become the party's first female leader.

Hung garnered 78,829 votes, or more than 56 percent of the total, to beat the other three candidates -- KMT's acting chairperson Huang Min-hui, legislator Chen Shei-saint and Taipei city legislator Lee Hsin.

The election was held after Eric Chu resigned from the post to take responsibility for the defeat in the island's leadership election to Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party on Jan. 16. Endi