Changsha is my second hometown, and my family is the biggest highlight of my time in Changsha," he said

"I told him that we had just started here and we should at least spend five years in the city before judging whether we should move to another place," Cho said

The ruling National Party has secured 46 percent of the party votes, which transfer to 58 seats in the 120 member Congress in an Mixed-Member Proportional voting system, with the opposition Labor Party lagging behind at 35

"My great, great grandfather was Zeng Guofan," Watt said

The opposition camp, however, has criticized Abe's move to call a snap election, with some accusing him of merely trying to escape from the influence-peddling scandals he is currently implicated in and engineering his stay in power