Wang Hongwei won the election, and Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan received cheers from supporters.

(Photo by reporter Liao Zhenhui)

[Reporter Cai Sipei/Taipei Report] The by-election of the legislators of the third constituency in Taipei City (North Songshan, Zhongshan) will start counting at 4:00 p.m. today, and the counting of votes has been completed. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Wu Yinong has 54,739 votes; KMT candidate Wang Hongwei 60,519 votes.

Wang Hongwei delivered a victory speech in the evening, and also called out to her opponent Wu Yinong to "come on again". There will be winners and losers in every election. Wu accepted the expectations of many supporters. Wang called on all politicians to work hard from the original heart.

Wang Hongwei said that this election is an extension of the mayor of Taipei in 2020. She succeeded in taking over the baton, so that Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan will have no worries about fighting for Taipei City in the future; this election is also a prelude to the 2024 presidential election. The nine-in-one general election on the 26th, the Chiayi mayoral election on December 18, and the legislative by-election this time all won the elections steadily and steadily, and they also demonstrated the spirit of unity and cooperation. It is a shot in the arm for the 2024 election campaign.

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Wang Hongwei promised that in the future, voter services will still be provided in Songshan and Xinyi Districts, which were originally the constituencies of Taipei City Councilors, and that she will cooperate with councilors in the constituencies. She will thank voters first and handle voter services at the same time.

Concerned about whether there is a controversy about running out of parliamentarians in this election, whether it may affect the planning of the 2024 presidential election by New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi, Wang Hongwei said that the birthday wish of the head of the former constituency was to hope that she would be elected, and many Xinyi District heads were canvassing for her. , Wang emphasized that he will continue to honor his promise to expand services in the future, and thank the village chiefs for their understanding.

Wang Hongwei's camp counted votes this afternoon at the KMT's Taipei City Party Headquarters on Changchun Road, but did not set up a booth outdoors for supporters to count votes together, and simply counted votes through the screen.

However, there were still sporadic people at the scene to express their support. An old gentleman said that he had voted in the morning. He originally watched the counting of votes at home, but finally decided to come to support Wang Hongwei and praised Wang as a young force of the Kuomintang.

Wang Hongwei arrived at the scene at about 5:20 p.m. to give her victory speech. Jiang Wanan also showed up to support Wang, and everyone shouted "Come on, Wang Hongwei!"

In the evening, Wang Hongwei arrived at the KMT's Taipei City Party Headquarters to deliver a victory speech.

(Photo by reporter Cai Sipei)