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INFOGRAPHIC: Redrawing Taiwan's political map after KMT losses
The DPP were the biggest winners as the Kuomintang suffered a humiliating loss in Taiwan's biggest-ever local elections
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 29 November, 2014, 9:38pm
UPDATED : Saturday, 29 November, 2014, 9:57pm
The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were the biggest winners as Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang suffered a humiliating loss in the island’s biggest-ever local elections on Saturday, with KMT candidates conceding defeat in five of the biggest contests.
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