When the votes were tallied, Chang's votes rocketed straight up to 190,000, and the Broadcasting Company of China along with the county's two privately run radio stations announced her election. However, just an hour later, her vote tally dropped to 90,000, sealing her "narrow defeat."
開票後，張博雅的票數快速上升，一直衝到十九萬多票，當時的中廣和其他兩家民營電台已經宣佈她當選，但一小時之後，票數卻變成了九萬，於是「高票落選」。