1999 Argentine Presidential Election
24 October 1999 · The restored democracy
The Convertibility Plan, which had helped bring about stable prices and economic recovery and modernization, had endured the 1995 Mexican peso crisis, the 1997 Asian financial crisis, and other global shocks; but not without strain.
President before
Carlos Menem
Justicialist Party
Elected President
Fernando de la Rúa
Radical Civic Union
Winning share
48.4%
Turnout
82.3%
The result
| Fernando de la Rúa | UCR | 9.167.220 | 48.37% |
| Eduardo Duhalde | PJ | 7.255.586 | 38.28% |
| Domingo Cavallo | AxR | 1.937.544 | 10.22% |