Hou Yu-ih and Jaw Shaw-kong for the Kuomintang Party, Ko Wen-je and Wu Hsin-ying for the Taiwan People’s Party, and Lai Ching-te and Hsiao Bi-khim for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) competed in these elections.

Voters also cast two ballots for the island’s 113-seat legislature.

Beijing urged Taiwanese citizens to make the right choice in these elections and stressed that the options are “peace or war” and “prosperity or poverty.

Zhang Zhijun, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, called on residents to join the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus and oppose separatist activities firmly and interference by outside forces.

Vice President and Taiwan’s ruling party candidate, Lai Ching-te, who has won the elections, is an advocate of the island’s independence.

Beijing urged the United States not to “interfere in any way” in Taiwan’s election and reject the island’s alleged independence seriously.

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