Article: 2nd Ld: Ma wins Taiwan's leadership election

2nd Ld: Ma wins Taiwan's leadership election

TAIPEI, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Ma Ying-jeou, the candidate representing Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT), won the island's leadership election on Saturday, according to Taiwan media reports.

Ma, former KMT party chairman, and Vincent Siew, got 7.6587 million ballots, or 58.45 percent of the votes, whereas Frank Hsieh of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and his running mate Su Tseng-chang got 5.4452 million ballots, or 41.55 percent of the votes.

Taiwan residents began ...

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