The China Post news staff

November 30, 2014, 12:32 am TWN

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The opposition camp took control in Taipei and most other local governments that were up for grabs in elections yesterday, winning by a landslide that forced Premier Jiang Yi-huah to resign.

Independent hopeful Ko Wen-je routed ruling Kuomintang (KMT) rival Sean Lien in the Taipei mayoral race by a wide margin, while the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) took four special municipalities — Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung — and nine other cities and counties.