In those days, under martial law, multi-parter elections were not allowed, and the keys to success in KMT elections were the ability to procure the support of local party members whose advice people would follow when voting and who could therefore allocate blocks of votes to candidates, and the ability to mobilize the local party organization and control local factions.
早年由於戒嚴，未開放政黨競爭，國民黨選舉主要靠配票，組織動員能力及地方派系是否掌握得宜就是勝敗的關鍵。