TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Taiwan's opposition Nationalist party won mid-term elections, taking 17 of 23 seats and undermining confidence in President Chen Shui-bian.
The Kuomintang party won with its campaign focused on allegations of corruption in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party.
"It is a severe setback for the DPP... (and) a warning from the people to the DPP," DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang told reporters. "I hereby resign to shoulder full responsibility."
The government and the opposition each claimed they needed to win the most seats to show they had a mandate for their strategy to improve relations with mainland China, which regards Taiwan as a breakaway province that should be reunited with the mainland.
The KMT said the outcome is a sign that the electorate has lost confidence in Chen and his party, the BBC said.
