Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan’s main opposition party will become the island’s first female president after the ruling Kuomin­tang conceded defeat in polls yesterday, as voters turned their backs on closer China ties, reports AFP from Taipei. “I’m sorry... We’ve lost. The KMT has suffered an election defeat. We haven’t worked hard enough and we failed voters’ expectations,” said KMT candidate Eric Chu addressing tearful crowds at the party’s headquarters in Taipei. The vote count is continuing but live television figures from polling stations show Tsai has secured a historic landslide victory, with around 60 percent against 30 percent for Chu. Chu bowed deeply to distraught supporters in a sign of apology and declared his resignation as chairman of the party. “We want to congratulate the DPP’s victory, this is the Taiwan people’s mandate,” he said.