Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen won her party’s primary for the upcoming presidential election, beating off a challenge from her former premier William Lai.
In telephone polls conducted over the past three days, Ms Tsai garnered 35.7 per cent in an assumed three-way presidential race, while Mr Lai received 27.5 per cent, the Democratic Progressive Party said.
According to the phone polls, conducted by five different pollsters, Ms Tsai would defeat Han Kuo-yu, the mayor of Kaohsiung who is one of the leading contenders for the presidential nomination of the opposition Kuomintang, and Ko Wen-je, the independent Taipei mayor who is also considered a strong potential presidential contender.