Kuomintang Party's (KMT) losing candidate for the mayoral election in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung has accused the winning candidate of a "dirty tricks" campaign and has called for a thorough judicial investigation.

The official vote count showed that Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Chu received just 1,114 votes more than KMT candidate Huang Chun-ying out of the 767,800 votes cast.

Chen and his supporters held a unusual news conference last Saturday just hours before the polls opened where they produced a videotape they say proves Huang's involvement in electoral bribery.

Huang said on Tuesday that the last minute allegation was "skillfully fabricated" and was only aimed at swaying voters towards Chen, which was a "quite immoral" act, Taiwan media reported.

Huang implored the authorities concerned to start investigating the case as quickly as possible and vowed to exonerate himself and tell the public the truth.

Ma Ying-jeou, the KMT chairman, said in a public denouncement that his party demanded an open apology from the DPP.

The official vote count showed that Chen received 379,417 votes or 49.41 percent of the vote, while Huang received 378,303 votes or 49.27 percent of the vote.

Source: Xinhua