TAIPEI (The Straits Times/ANN): Each voter will collect three ballots as Taiwanese go to the polls on Saturday (Jan 11) to elect a president and a new legislature.
One ballot will be for president and vice-president, the second for a district legislator, and the third for a political party. Together, the latter two make up what Taiwan calls its"single-district, two-votes system".
Many believe the results might break the stranglehold the two main parties in Taiwan - the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang - have exerted in the legislature over the years. A total of 19 political parties and 216 candidates are taking part in the poll this year, a record for a legislative election.
Among the smaller and newer parties, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je's The People's Party, environmentally-conscious Green Party Taiwan, left-leaning Taiwan Statebuilding Party and the NPP are popular with younger voters.
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