Because the vote count was so close, even before counting was complete the Lien-Soong team-known as the "pan-blue camp" (as opposed to the "pan-green camp" of the DPP and its allies) -was claiming that the election was unfair. The KMT-PFP team said they would file a lawsuit to have the election declared invalid, and demanded that the Central Election Commission immediately seal all ballot boxes for a recount.
由於雙方得票數過於接近，在開票程序猶未完成前，「連宋配」即宣稱此次大選是一次不公平的選舉，國親聯盟將提出選舉無效之訴，同時要求中選會立刻查封所有票匭，以做為未來驗票的依據。