Count starts in Taiwan's high-stakes presidential and legislative elections - South China Morning Post

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Counting has begun in Taiwan in one of the most closely watched elections this year.

The island’s 19 million-plus voters have cast their ballots to decide who will be the island’s new president in the three-way contest between Vice-President William Lai Ching-te from the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Hou Yu-ih from the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) party, and Ko Wen-je from the newer Taiwan People’s Party (TPP).

The stakes are particularly high, with the results expected to shape cross-strait relations as well as US-China ties.

Results are expected by the evening. The vote-counting widget below updates every 10 minutes with the latest tallies.

Reporting by Lawrence Chung, Kinling Lo, Amber Wang, Dewey Sim, Hayley Wong and Josephine Ma

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