Taiwan presidential election: flash news on results

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Nikkei staff writers

TAIPEI -- Taiwanese on Saturday voted for their next president, whose four-year term begins in May. Here are the results as they come in.

The election is being contested by three candidates -- Lai Ching-te, 64, chairman of the governing Democratic Progressive Party; Hou Yu-ih, 66, the mayor of New Taipei City who represents the main opposition Kuomintang; and Ko Wen-je, 64, who heads the Taiwan People's Party.

Voters are also electing members of the Legislative Yuan, the 113-seat unicameral parliament.

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