Hsie Shen-shan, the KMT-PFP coalition candidate, won the election with a majority 73,000-plus votes, while You Ying-lang, the DPP candidate, lost his fourth bid for elective office in Hualien with 41,000-plus votes.
這一場縣長補選最後由國民黨與親民黨共推的謝深山，以過半數的七萬三千多票當選，民進黨候選人游盈隆得票四萬一千多票，第四度在花蓮參選失敗。