As it happened: DPP’s William Lai wins Taiwan presidential election but party loses control of legislature
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The campaigning and the counting is over in Taiwan in one of the most closely watched elections this year.
The island’s voters cast their ballots to decide Vice-President William Lai Ching-te from the incumbent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) – and not Hou Yu-ih from the Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) party, or Ko Wen-je from the newer Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) – will be Taiwan’s next leader.
The stakes are particularly high, with the results expected to shape cross-strait relations as well as US-China ties.
Reporting by Lawrence Chung, Kinling Lo, Amber Wang, Dewey Sim, Hayley Wong and Josephine Ma
