TAIPEI -- The Kuomintang Party won six county and city chief seats in Taiwan's biggest-ever local elections held Saturday, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party landed 13 seats, according to the island's electoral authorities.
The other 3 seats of the island's 22 county and city chiefs were picked up by independent candidates.
The polls to select 11,130 holders for nine types of public offices ranging from municipal mayors to county chiefs, city councilors, village leaders, known as "nine-in-one elections," were held from 8 am to 4 pm Saturday.
The elections are the biggest in history in terms of candidates and open positions. It is the first time Taiwan residents elect officials for 11,130 local government and legislative positions simultaneously.
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