When looked at purely in terms of seats won, the KMT walked away winning three times the seats the DPP won (12 to four). But in terms of actual votes cast, the KMT narrowly squeaked past the DPP with only a 2.56 % lead (47.88 % of the vote compared with 45.32 %) -a massive drop from the 2005 year-end elections, where they led by 9 %.
以縣市長當選席次論，兩黨差距高達 3 倍（12：4），但就得票率來看，國民黨僅以 47.88 %「小贏」民進黨的 45.32 %，雙方差距僅僅 2.56 個百分點，較 2005 年底的上屆縣市長選舉（9 個百分點）大幅縮小。