Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has locked in a second term.

Beating out the more China-friendly Kuomintang party (leader is Han Kuo-yu)

  • Tsai has 57%, securing the highest number of votes for any candidate since Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996. DPP has maintained its majority in the parliament
  • Han on 39%

Tsai:

  • Today, I want to once again, call upon the Beijing authorities to remind them that peace, parity, democracy and dialogue are the key to positive interactions and long term sustainable development
  • China must abandon its threats of the use of force against Taiwan.

HK will be eyeing the result.