Taiwan’s ruling party dealt setback in local polls

导读:国民党在周六的“九合一”选举中遭遇惨败，在22个县市长中只获6席。台湾行政院院长江宜桦辞职为选举结果负责。

Taiwan’s ruling the Kuomintang Party lost ground in midterm local elections Saturday, a show of discontent that sparked the Cabinet head’s resignation and could snarl the party’s 2016 electoral bid.

台湾的执政党国民党在周六的中期选举中遭遇惨败，引发台行政机构负责人请辞，并可能会严重影响国民党2016年的领导人大选。

On Saturday, the Kuomintang Party won only six of 22 top mayoral and county magistrate posts, with the Democratic Progressive Party taking 13 and independents three. Among the positions the Kuomintang Party lost was the mayor’s job in Taipei, won by independent Ko Wen-je, and the leadership post in Taichung.

周六，在22个县市长中，国民党只获得6席，民进党获得13席，另有3席为无党籍。其中，国民党在台北市台中市均落败。无党籍候选人柯文哲胜选台北市长。

The president bowed in apology at a news conference after the election results came out, and he pledged to reform his party.

选举结果出炉后，国民党主席马英九在新闻发布会上鞠躬致歉，并承诺要对国民党进行改革。

Voters elected people to 11,130 local seats in all, from mayoral posts to chiefs of tiny boroughs, following intense campaigns marked by fireworks shows, truck-mounted loudspeakers and banners up to six floors high fastened to the sides of Taipei high-rises.

选民共选出从市长到行政区首长共11130地方席位。选举伴随着烟花表演，车载扬声器和环绕台北高楼的高达六层楼的横幅，好不热闹！

Taiwan Premier Jiang Yi-huah, the head of Ma’s Cabinet, resigned Saturday to take responsibility for the election outcome. A spokesperson for his office said the entire Cabinet may be reshuffled in the coming days.

周六，台湾当局行政院院长江宜桦请辞，为选举结果负责。江的一位办公室发言人表示，马英九内阁在未来几天可能重新洗牌。

“These election results show the government policies failed to attain people’s satisfaction, and showed that clearly through their votes,” Jiang told a news conference to announce his resignation.

江宜桦在宣布辞职的记者会上表示，这次选举结果显示“政府”的施政未能获得民众满意，人民的声音已透过选票清楚表达。

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