However, when the votes were counted, there he was in office and the better known Yu Chen Yeh-ying was out.
余陳月瑛在競選期間把蔡明耀宣傳成比「金牛」還大的「金鯨」型人物，這種策略顯然是認為選民對財主型的候選人沒有好感。但是蔡明耀的助選員將計就計，推出一份「高雄發現一座大金山」的宣傳單，把余陳月瑛和蔡明耀家族的資產列成明細表。