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TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's ruling Democratic Progressive Party suffered a major defeat in Saturday's local elections, which are

‘SMART PLANS’: The former premier vowed to put in place a development plan for the city, including a vision to make Taoyuan into an ‘Asian tech capital’By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Simon Chang (張善政) of the Kuomintang (KMT) declared victory in Taoyuan's mayoral election Saturday evening, taking back the special municipality that has been governed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2014.

Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) Taiwan will hold its "9-in-1" local elections and a referendum on a Constitutional amendment to lower both the legal voting age and the age of candidacy to 18 on Saturday. CNA has compiled the following Q&A to explain what's on the ballot, where the crucial races are, and when we can expect to know the results.

Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) As campaigning for Saturday's local government elections entered its final stretch, candidates and major political parties held massive rallies around Taiwan on Friday, before all campaigns need to cease at midnight.