Su Chih-fen, incumbent magistrate of central Taiwan's Yunlin County and a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) , grossed 65.37 percent of the ballots cast by Yunlin voters in Saturday's elections of administrators in 17 counties and cities around Taiwan. Su became the biggest winner in terms of ratio of votes, according to the Central Election Commission. Election results released by the commission indicate that the DPP has secured the administration of Yunlin County, Chiayi County and Pingtung County - traditional DPP strongholds - and clinched one more county - Ilan. Incumbent Yunlin County Magistrate Su and Pingtung Magistrate Tsao Chi-hung successfully won re-election. In Chiayi County, Chang Hwa-kuan's victory over the Kuomintang opponent Wong Chung-chun assured the continuity of DPP rule in Chiayi. With a plus of winning Ilan County after DPP nominee Lin Tsong-shyan beat the incumbent KMT magistrate Lu Kuo-hua, the DPP had the highest ratio of votes in has ever enjoyed in local level elections -- 45 percent of all the votes cast for magistrates and mayors in the 17 counties and cities. DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen said that the election results reflected that 'the DPP has rebounded from the bottom.' The 45 percent ratio of votes achieved signified that 'the people are willing to give the DPP another chance,' she added. In each of the four counties -- Yunlin, Chiayi, Pingtung and Ilan Vthe DPP candidates have grossed more than half of the votes, Tsai noted. She said that the DPP would launch a new start on a solid basis. Su in Yunlin won 229,958 votes, 108,126 votes ahead of her opponent; Chang in Chiayi got 177,333 votes, 48,360 votes ahead; Tsao in Pingtung had 270,107 votes, 85,018 votes ahead; Lin in Ilan won 133,394 votes, 20,925 votes ahead. 