James Soong, whose share of the vote was only 2.5 percentage points behind Chen Shui-bian's, called on the public to support the new government, and stated that he himself would not return to the KMT.
得票率僅差陳水扁二．五個百分點的宋楚瑜呼籲支持新政府，並表示他個人將不會回國民黨。