Taiwan's Kuomintang (KMT) declared its candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, won the island's leadership election on Saturday, according to an initial ballot count.

　　根据选片的初步统计，国民党宣布其候选人马英九赢得了周六举行的台湾领导人选举。

　　Taiwan residents began voting in the leadership election at 8 a.m., voting ended at 4 p.m.. Results are expected at 9.30 p.m. About 17.3 million people voted at 14,401 polling stations, said the Taiwan authority.

　　台湾官方说，台湾领导人选举于早八点开始，下午四点结束。结果于晚上九点三十分揭晓。大约有一千七百三十万民众在14401个投票站参与投票。

　　Frank Hsieh from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and his running mate Su Tseng-chang, are competing to be Taiwan's next leaders with Ma Ying-jeou, former KMT party chairman, and Vincent Siew.

　　此次台湾下一任领导人竞选是在民进党的谢长廷和搭档苏贞昌与国民党主席马英九和萧万长之间展开。