Taiwan’s presidential candidates will officially kick off their campaigns on Saturday.
Though a bruising primary season earlier in the year may make it feel as though campaigning has been underway for some time, the real campaigning only begins in the final weeks before Election Day. Taiwan will head to the polls January 11.
There are three candidates in the running. These are the incumbent, President Tsai Ing-wen of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, KMT candidate Han Kuo-yu, and James Soong who is chair of the People First Party.
The campaign period will last 28 days, ending on January 10. Candidates may only be on the streets campaigning between 7am and 10pm. In the final ten days before the vote, no discussion of polling is allowed.
Election officials estimate that the winner will be declared around 10pm on the night of the election.