KMT’s Huang Min-hui re-elected as Chiayi mayorBy Lee I-chia / Staff Reporter, with CNAChiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui (黃敏惠) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) was yesterday re-elected, defeating the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) candidate, Lee Chun-yi (李俊俋), and three independent candidates running in an election that had been postponed following the death of a candidate. Chiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui, front, second left, thanks supporters for their votes after winning the mayoral election yesterday. The Chiayi City Election Committee yesterday said it had set up 193 polling stations for the city’s 214,130 eligible voters. After one hour of counting, Huang Min-hui had already garnered 50,000 votes, surpassing the threshold of about 46,000 votes for winning the election. Lee said he has called Huang Min-hui to congratulate her, adding that she would hopefully implement some of the policies he had proposed during his campaign.
