Taiwan election results: Who won?

When Lai Ching-te formally becomes president in May, he’ll have to proceed with a “sense of humility,” says one UBC professor. Taiwan's two biggest political parties won some and lost some in the Saturday election, but a Department of Asian Studies professor from the University of B.C. said the biggest loser was not on the ballot. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) kept the presidency, as vice-president Lai Ching-te garnered 40 per cent of the popular vote to succeed two-term president Tsai Ing-wen. But Lai's party lost its legislature majority to the Kuomintang (KMT), which will have a 52-51 edge over…