One example of the warning being sounded was Yilan County, considered a battleground county. KMT incumbent Lu Kuo-hua lost to DPP challenger Lin Tsong-shyan, returning Yilan to green-camp hands, where it had been for 24 years previously before a brief four-year "blue-sky" interlude under the KMT. This also made Yilan the only green seat in a sea of KMT blue across northern, central, and eastern Taiwan.
尤其被視為「雙英對決」、「藍綠輸贏在此一縣」的宜蘭縣，國民黨連任者呂國華敗給了民進黨的林聰賢，短短 4 年「藍天」後，宜蘭重又回歸過去長達 24 年的「綠地」懷抱，也成為民進黨在北中東藍天環伺下的唯一綠色突圍點。