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(有沒有很熟悉的樣子...沒錯 就是馬英九年輕時喔!)TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNN) -- Taiwan voters overwhelmingly elected Nationalist Party candidate Ma Ying-jeou to be president on Saturday, apparently choosing the promise of economic growth through closer ties with China over fears that those ties to the mainland could lead to a loss of independence.
Ma, whose campaign touted the economic benefits of better relations with China, defeated the Democratic Progressive Party's Frank Hsieh, who advocated going slower and holding back in some areas.
Taiwan's central election commission projected that Ma Ying-jeou had won more than 58 percent versus Frank Hsieh's 41 percent, with most of the votes counted.
His margin of victory was the largest in the history of Taiwan's presidential races.
Ma's vote total topped the 7 million mark, a point at which it would be mathematically impossible for him to lose, the commission said.
The commission estimated that 75 percent of Taiwan's eligible voters cast ballots in the presidential race.
"People want a clean a government instead of a corrupt one," Ma, also a former justice minister, told The Associated Press.
"They want a good economy, not a sluggish one. They don't want political feuding. They want peace across the Taiwan Strait. No war."
Hsieh, a former premier, conceded defeat in front of unhappy supporters, AP reported.
1. triumphs 大勝利
2. overwhelmingly 壓倒性
3. touted 招來
4. advocated 主張
5. margin 差距
6. eligible 法律上有資格
7. cast 投
8. ballots 票
9. sluggish 懶散的
10. feuding 長期不合的
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