Plurality president The key to Chen Shui-bian's election victory was the split in the KMT, which resulted in three major forces contesting the vote. This was in fact a repeat of the conditions under which Chen was elected mayor of Taipei back in 1994.
陳水扁的勝選，關鍵在於國民黨的分裂，三強鼎立的選局，有如九四年台北市長選舉的翻版，使陳得以不到四成的選票，成為首位少數總統。