The results, announced on the evening of the poll, showed that DPP candidates Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu had been elected with 39.3 % of the vote, thus bringing to an end over 50 years of continuous KMT rule, and heralding the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in ROC history.
選舉結果於當天晚上揭曉，民進黨籍候選人陳水扁與呂秀蓮以相對多數百分之三十九．三的得票率當選，打破國民黨在台超過五十年的執政局勢，完成國家第一次政黨輪替。