 Ma Ying-jeou made several appearances at Wang's campaign events, as did King Pu-tsung.Wang faced Democratic Progressive Party candidate Hsiao Bi-khim and independent Shih Sheng-liang.Five days before the election, Wang led Hsiao by thirteen percentage points, and eventually defeated her by approximately six thousand votes, a margin that the "Taipei Times" considered "narrow" due to Fu Kun-chi's strong influence in Hualien.