Even though a computer was used, the job took 14 hours longer than expected. This was mainly due to the delay in receiving reports filed by understaffed town ship offices where the votes were counted first. Said one computer engineer: "This is like trying to kill a chicken with a knife made specially for butchering a bull.
選民們都希望當選者能在今後的民意代表崗位上，實踐其競選諾言，使得這次選擇，成為表裡一致、名實相符的一次成功的選舉，在我國民主政治進程上，樹立一塊足資為分界線的鮮明里程碑。