Even the Ami tribe member Lin Jung-hui who stood as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate for Hualien County executive drew fewer votes in his own home area of Kuangfu Rural Township and in the Ami stronghold of Yuli Township than did the KMT candidate Wang Ching-feng.
連民進黨提名阿美族的林榮輝角逐花蓮縣縣長，他在自己的故鄉﹘﹘光復鄉，及阿美族大本營玉里鎮的得票數，都輸給國民黨提名的王慶豐。