Taiwan’s 2008 Presidential Election

Kerry Dumbaugh

Taiwan’s 2008 Presidential Election

In a large turnout on March 22, 2008, voters in Taiwan elected as president Mr. Ma Ying-jeou of the Nationalist (KMT) Party. Mr. Ma out-polled rival candidate Frank Hsieh, of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), by a 2.2 million vote margin of 58 percent to 42 percent. Coming on...
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Politics
Keywords: 
Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou