TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen took an early lead in vote counting for the presidential election on Saturday, Taiwan television stations reported.
Tsai led her main opponent Han Kuo-yu from the opposition Kuomintang party by around 500,000 votes, according to a tally of votes gathered by three major television stations.
The final result is expected later on Saturday evening.
Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee; Editing by Shri Navaratnam
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